
That’s not asking too much at all, first dates should always be in a neutral public location, there’s too many creeps and weirdos in the world for a dude to expect to be invited in someone’s home as a stranger or expect a stranger to be down to go to their house before ever meeting them. And I say that as a dude.
Like, to me a first date location is something like a coffee shop, a reasonably priced restaurant, etc. like since it’s the first date, I wouldn’t wanna go anywhere that’s gonna put a serious dent in my wallet, but it’s gotta be somewhere public where you can sit and talk and get to know each other. And if the person wants to go back to one of our places after the 2nd date, that’s cool, but there’s zero expectation on the first date.
Like, if I’ve been on two dates out in public with someone, and for the third date I say “you can come to my place and I’ll cook us dinner and we can watch a movie” then I’d probably think it was a bit silly if they were opposed to it, since at that point we know each other well enough for them to know my intentions are good. But for the first date? Zero expectation of them being in my home or me being in theirs.