@LovebeingJewish: You ask a very good question, although our “friends” are correct. A date to an ice-cream parlor is hardly a date, unless:
1. You are engaged as s2021 wrote;
2. You are not really interested in this woman;
3. You have a very tight budget.
Even if it’s #3 classier to go to a nice cafe like Spoons (13th Avenue and 50th Street) than sit in an ice-cream parlor like teenagers. Their fat-free muffins cost as much as an ice-cream cone/cup.
@truthbetold: Since the posters on CR are suppose to be anonymous, how would anyone know who the couple is sitting in the ice-cream parlor?