A real date

So I'm going on a real date tonight. It has been a while. And by real date I mean...
****Someone decides they are interested in you and spends some time talking to you, ocassionally showing up where you are, getting to know you.

*****Then, someone tells you that they would like to take you out and do something fun...see a movie, go bowling, etc.

******And the person does this many, many days before the actual day they would like to take you.

It is very hard as an adult or maybe mostly as a single parent to have all of those situations actually occur, but it is nice when someone is interested enough to make plans with you ahead of time. (premeditated) For them to decide that they want to spend some of their free time with you and they want to let you know in advance in hopes that you will also save some of your free time for them. Sounds simple. Sounds planned. Sounds like they value you and your time.

I once thought it was old fashioned, but I think I get what my grandma meant when she used to tell me..."Don't go out with a boy who waits until after 6pm on Wednesday to ask you out for Friday." Clearly she didn't like it when I would jump in the shower at 5pm on Saturday because someone called and made last minute plans with me. I guess I'm getting old, but I'm doing better Grandma!