Building a First-Date Exit Plan
Agreeing how either person can leave makes the date safer and lowers the cost of saying yes.
What may be happening
- One person depends on the other for transport
- The plan has no defined end
- Leaving early could be misread as rejection
What to do next
- 1Use independent arrival and departure
- 2Make 45 minutes a complete date
- 3Agree the exit sentence in advance
Words you can use
“Either of us can leave at 45 minutes with no explanation. Agreed in advance.”
General educational information, not medical, diagnostic, legal, or mental-health advice. Use the wording only when it fits your own boundaries.