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Imagine you’re going on a first date with someone, and they want to go to a Chinese buffet

Kind of an odd first date idea, but you agree anyway. You get there and you guys are getting along. They say they love Chinese food, but when they return to the table with their food, they have the most odd collection of food from the buffet you can imagine. Like a few pieces of jello, a little pickle from the salad bar, maybe some cantaloupe.
The date goes fine and they’re easy to talk to. Would you go on another date if they asked you? And if your answer is yes, what if they wanted to eat at the Chinese buffet again? And if the answer is still yes, would you bring up their choice of food?

and no this didn’t happen to me, but I have the giggles over this hypothetical situation

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JustGoneNow

Ma’am, this is a Wendy’s.

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JustGoneNow

@Viper $2.39 at the window please.

Viper · M

@JustGoneNow 😳 that's cheap, is that the large or small? I wanted the large.

JustGoneNow

@Viper medium, sir. please pull forward, you’re holding up the line.

Blondily · F

I wouldn't give a damn what he ate. I'd pig out and agree to go on a second date to the buffet if he's paying. Why the hell not? 😂

AndysLoft · 56-60, M

I went to a Japanese restaurant to try sushi but couldn't eat it so I took it home, I heated it up later in the evening and it tasted just like fish...what a con.

sstronaut

Why is a Chinese Buffet a weird first date? Is it the Chinese part? Or the Buffet part?

I was thinking a Buffet would be good because on a first date you don't know what they might like to eat and a buffet gives more options.

Oh, I would of brought up the food choices on the first date. Oh, so that's what you like, what other places has stuff you like, etc etc. And yes, I would want to see if they have the intelligence to realize the food they got wasn't Chinese, despite loving Chinese food and going to a Chinese restaurant.

If the date went well, and you enjoyed yourself, then why not enjoy another?

BlueVeins · 22-25

Yes, I would obviously say yes to a second date because what kinda weirdo shies away from a date just because they're weird?

Yes, I would obviously ask about their selections because I'm a curious george and god dammit you should just be able to ask people stuff.

Convivial · 26-30, F

Just no, chopsticks and jello don't go together🤣

DrWatson · 70-79, M

@Convivial

itsok · 31-35, F

@Convivial I could definitely eat jello with chopsticks

Convivial · 26-30, F

@itsok just because you can doesn't mean you should😜

FreeSpirit1 · F

Yes if I got the 2nd date vibe
Their food choice wouldn't weigh in on it but id ask if they are vegan or something.

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FreeSpirit1 · F

@JustGoneNow lmao, you're a riot

JustGoneNow

@FreeSpirit1 ha ha. I got jokes. 😉

NativePortlander1970

@FreeSpirit1 Ze chatte Francais dit bonjour

SW-User

I would never eat at a buffet restaurant 🤢 I can’t stand the thought of how many people might have touched/sneezed/coughed on the food

JimboSaturn · 51-55, M

@SW-User My wife requires me to sanitize my hands every time I go to the buffet :P

itsok · 31-35, F

@SW-User how do you build up your immune system?

Flenflyys · 31-35, F

No way. I expect my buffet partner to at least attempt to eat their moneys worth. Who goes to a buffet for jello.

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JustGoneNow

@Flenflyys I’d just be honest then and we’d do something else. I’ve struggled with anorexia on and off since I was 16 and that combined with my social anxiety… public eating is hard and not something that I can exactly control. Hopefully you’d understand. I have a ton of issues, my friend. Sorry. 😬

Flenflyys · 31-35, F

@JustGoneNow lol well maybe you wouldn’t insist on going to a buffet in the first place. And to be honest I’m a bit of a germaphobe

JustGoneNow

@Flenflyys see. that’s why we get each other. 😉

TurtlePink · 22-25, F

I’m still a picky eater and this is literally how I eat when I go to Chinese buffets with my family 😅 I don’t like Chinese food but I like when they have random American food items to get

AuRevoir · 36-40, M

I guess I'd just be confused about everything they say at that point... Like if they say they really like me does that mean they want to sleep with somebody else too? 🤔

Jenny1234 · 51-55, F

I would still go to Chinese buffet with them. But wouldn’t bring up their choice of food until after several dates

Bexsy

Yes, mainly because I'm weird about what i should order on dates. This way pressure off. I know, I'm strange

IM5688 · 61-69, M

@Bexsy You're not strange, you're possibly a little eccentric, but not strange. If you weren't strange or eccentric, then you wouldn't be the Bexsy we have all come to know and love.

Ghostinthemachine · M

A Chinese buffet is an odd choice for a first date, but not a deal breaker. It raises some red flags, but also makes me curious about how this persons mind works.
But if all they are eating is jello and pickles, AND if they consider a Chinese Buffet authentic Chinese cuisine, I’m thinking we don’t have enough in common for a second date.
Unless…we copulated on the first date and it was really really good then…it’s more jello and pickles!

SW-User

I'd try to match their weirdness just for fun

itsok · 31-35, F

@SW-User what’re you putting on your plate?

SW-User

@itsok everything but chinese food

JimboSaturn · 51-55, M

I had a friend who we used to play that game by surprising each other with our choices.

Gingerbreadspice · F

Chinese isn’t a weird first date. Their choice of food isn’t a turn off unless it’s snake, dog, cat or human. I went to Chinese restaurant buffet with my friends once and put chilli sauce on my ice cream. I was mildly horrified but my friends laughed and told me to eat it.

Ferric67 · M

Ironically enough, I get asked out to go to Chinese buffets

Next time I go, I'm pulling your card here and just put weird unpaired shit on my plate
And
wait to see if I will get judged for it

itsok · 31-35, F

@Ferric67 please let me know how it goes

Ferric67 · M

@itsok i should post pictures too, right?

itsok · 31-35, F

@Ferric67 I would love that

SW-User

I wouldn't go to a Chinese buffet to begin with. But I'd definitely ask them about their food preferences if they said they like Chinese and didn't eat anything Chinese 😂

JimboSaturn · 51-55, M

@SW-User Wouldn't it be funny thought to just rave how much you like authentic Chinese food but then then grab everything that is not chinese off the buffet? :P

DrWatson · 70-79, M

Assuming I were single....

If we got along great, I would assume we would talk about and joke about what she ordered and why she ordered it. Sure, I would continue to date her. Even if she wanted to go there again! lol

Classified · M

I would need to ask some questions yes. What does the word 'love' mean for them if they say they love Chinese food and then eat those odd pickings. 😅

nonsensiclesnail · F

I cant say that their food selection mattered at all. Did I enjoy spending time with them?

itsok · 31-35, F

@nonsensiclesnail yeah

nonsensiclesnail · F

@itsok I would tuck their food choices into a pocket and keep that for later then.

Pfuzylogic · M

The selection of food sounds like something I would find in the back of the refrigerator. I would make sure that said person isn’t homeless and needs help.

666Maggotz ·

It wouldn’t bother me and I would go on a second date if we clicked. Im a weird person with weird food habits, so I can’t judge. 😅

JimboSaturn · 51-55, M

I would love to do that on a first date just for fun:"

Ice cream topped with a pickle surrounded by shrimp.

Fairydust · F

I don’t think a Chinese buffet is a good idea for a first date, I’d have to say no to begin with lol 🤨

Mudkip · 31-35, M

That's definitely an odd situation lol, but yeah i would've asked about her food choices

Mordi · 31-35, M

I'd be pretty weirded out that they are imitating all my food choices.

deadgerbil · 26-30

I might but I'll ask what their deal is. Some people are truly bizarre

TheRascallyOne · 31-35, M

I like Chinese food

itsok · 31-35, F

@TheRascallyOne jello and pickles, or..?

Viper · M

@itsok Noddles, Chicken Nuggets and Pizza 🍕

My local Chinese Buffett has them, so they're Chinese 😌

chasingThursday · 36-40, M

Chinese jello is the best 😁

itsok · 31-35, F

@chasingThursday it’s the only situation where I eat jello

adobo ·

if they pay for everything, im fine with it.

Notsimilarreally · 31-35, F

Oh for sure. I've got little filter. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Reject · 26-30, M

I love ‘em eccentric.

LemonWorld · F

@Reject I guess I'll take you to a Chinese buffet 🤔👵🏽 I'd rather cook for you but I guess we can go

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

That would be very weird.

soulshadow · 36-40, M

I'll fatten then up this way.. sure.. all the better to eat them later when it's time. Then they become the mysteries Meat in so many classic Chinese dishes. The wicked irony of feeding my new date my last date.. incredible really.

Tastyfrzz · 61-69, M

Mouth brothels are ok once in a while but it all tastes the same

TexasDude · 31-35, M

I don't see why that's an odd first date

pancakeslam · 41-45, M

😮 what do we have here some kind of anti buffet-ist? would you feel better about some other buffet?

itsok · 31-35, F

@pancakeslam I’m all for the buffets

deathfairy ·

weirdo

itsok · 31-35, F

@deathfairy thank you 😌

basilfawlty89 · 31-35, M

Nah, wouldn't bother me, but I'm loading up on chow mein. I watch my diet every day, I'm gonna pig out if I get Chinese.

iamonfire696 · 41-45, F

If the vibes were good I would go on another date but I would ask about the food choices.

LordShadowfire · 46-50, M

This honestly sounds like the setup for a joke, but I can't imagine the punchline.

basilfawlty89 · 31-35, M

@LordShadowfire ...and that girl you were on a date with was Albert Einstein!

tenente · 100+, M

see? this is why the best advice on a first date is cancel at the last minute 🙏

NativePortlander1970

I Love Chinese buffet, I always get the standard fare, and I always get the half hard boiled eggs, some salad, jello, pudding, and some pineapple wedges as well, one of my favorites are the sauteed baby mushrooms, I'm addicted to them.

itsok · 31-35, F

@NativePortlander1970 sautéed mushrooms are sooo good

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