First get together a couple weeks back was casual, tea, ended up at a bar making out.

There's solid attraction here. after asking her on a casual shopping tag along, she instead said she would "love" for me to take her to dinner. This one has LT potential so I'm doing it.

One side of me says meet her there. seems less formal, less pressure in her not being dependant on me for a ride. and if worst case scenario happens, i can just roll out.

My other side says lead, be a charmer, pick her up (she's 10-15 mins from the restaurant), SURPRISE her with the place. I've always had good success in building chemistry when driving girls in the car.

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If you have good success with driving her around, then drive her around Do what works for you. On the other side, you already made out with you. That's a bigger investment than riding in your car. Either way I think you are overthinking this and have a little pre-date jitters. Relax and everything will go fine, whichever way you choose.

thanks tip, yeah i sorta do have jitters...talking to several but this one is a solid 9+ with great chemistry...going out tonight with my wing to try and fill the pipeline more and get my mind off it. you say the kissing experience with her translates as an investment of some sort?

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Kind of. I am saying that relatively riding in your car is less to worry about than kissing her, which you have already done. Investment was used since I didn't have a better word to replace it with. It doesn't mean as much as that word makes it sound like. It's still just a kiss, it means she likes you enough to kiss you. Does that make more sense?