Results: How About Going Out To Eat, Just You And Me?

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jlrake

06/09/2026

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Food & Drink
The questions should be self-explanatory; but the rules in this hypothetical scenario are that it's all my treat for both of us (only two of us; this is no group feed!), I may spring for alcohol for you but not enough to get you drunk, and we're not eating at a chain restaurant. Hungry yet?
1.
1.
What meal would you want to eat with me?
Breakfast
8%
21 votes
Lunch/Dinner
29%
73 votes
Dinner/Supper
27%
69 votes
Save your money!; I don't want to eat with you.
35%
89 votes
2.
2.
What kind/ethnicity of food would you like (realizing that if you chose breakfast, that likely narrows the options as great deal, unless you know of places I don't)?
US/American (as in the contiguous 48 states, more or less)
10%
26 votes
Canadian
14%
36 votes
Hawaiian
4%
10 votes
Alaskan
0%
0 votes
Cuban
1%
3 votes
German
5%
13 votes
Chinese
11%
28 votes
Southeastern U.S./African-American soul food
1%
3 votes
Mexican
4%
10 votes
Korean
0%
0 votes
Thai
4%
9 votes
Burmese
0%
1 votes
Malaysian
1%
2 votes
East Indian (as in, from India)
2%
5 votes
American Indian/ Indigenous North American
0%
0 votes
Russian
0%
1 votes
Serbian
0%
0 votes
Brazilian
1%
2 votes
Portuguese
0%
0 votes
West Indian (Jamaican, etc.)
0%
1 votes
Ethiopian
0%
0 votes
West African
0%
1 votes
Italian (including pizza, calzone, stromboli)
6%
14 votes
French
0%
1 votes
Guatemalan
0%
0 votes
Polish
0%
1 votes
Filipino
1%
2 votes
Puerto Rican
0%
1 votes
Middle Eastern
1%
2 votes
Vegan or Vegetarian (yes, I know they're different)
1%
2 votes
Jewish/kosher
0%
1 votes
Nepali
0%
0 votes
Japanese
2%
6 votes
Nicaraguan
0%
0 votes
Argentine
0%
0 votes
Venezuelan
0%
0 votes
Barbecue
1%
2 votes
Netherlander
0%
0 votes
Greek
1%
2 votes
Pakistani
0%
1 votes
Spanish
0%
0 votes
Vietnamese (including pho and banh mi)
1%
2 votes
Hmong/Laotian
0%
0 votes
Indonesian
0%
0 votes
Irish
1%
2 votes
Dominican
0%
0 votes
English
2%
5 votes
Swedish (and other Scandinavian?)
0%
0 votes
Another ethnicity or variety unlisted above
2%
5 votes
Some kind of fusion place
0%
1 votes
You pick for us, Rake.
2%
6 votes
I'm still not wanting to eat with you.
18%
45 votes
3.
3.
Would you like an appetizer? Maybe dessert?
App'
8%
21 votes
Dessert
18%
45 votes
Both
27%
68 votes
Neither
14%
35 votes
Let me see when we get to wherever we're going.
10%
24 votes
No, I'm still not going to eat with you.
23%
59 votes
4.
4.
If you and I dine at a place I can review for my writing work, would you let me taste whatever you order, so I can get a better idea of the breadth of the menu?
Sure!
23%
58 votes
M a y b e...?
31%
77 votes
No
23%
57 votes
I'd have to eat with you first, which I don't want to do.
24%
60 votes
5.
5.
Do you usually drink anything other than water when you go out to eat?
Yes
29%
73 votes
Sometimes/ It goes in streaks.
28%
70 votes
No
23%
59 votes
What does it matter to you if I'm not going to eat with you?!
20%
50 votes

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