Yeh...shotgun dates are defo the way forward.

I like dragging girls to exhibtions, public shows and whatever else is going on in the local area that I wanna go to anyway. It's a great way to actually see all the shit I wanna see, she might feel like she has to work to hold my attention because usually in those situations she fucking does. I'm doing and seeing the things I wanna see and she's there for window dressing, working to make me notice.

Let the other guy be the one without the imagination taking her for £10 cocktails in some place full of cunts in suits and making reservations 10 days in advance for some place he read about in last month's GQ. Be the guy doing your own thing, make her feel like she's lucky to even be involved at all.

Drive the bus, if she likes where it's going she'll break into a jog to catch up and beg to get on.

Making reservations is for losers.