On Mon, 23 Oct 2017 12:15:09 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Monday, October 23, 2017 at 1:33:34 PM UTC-4, Sheldon wrote:
>> On Mon, 23 Oct 2017 12:40:56 -0400, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >On 10/23/2017 11:28 AM, wrote:
>> >> On Mon, 23 Oct 2017 03:15:42 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>> >> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> On Sunday, October 22, 2017 at 9:02:33 PM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> >>>> On 10/22/2017 8:09 PM, wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> Anyways, we don't socialize alone with people of the opposite sex...
>> >>>>> we've both been around the block several times and we know very well
>> >>>>> where that kind of behaviour leads... we both know with absolute
>> >>>>> certainty that there is no such thing as platonic relationships
>> >>>>> between people of the opposite sex, no way, no how, not possible, not
>> >>>>> on this planet.
>> >>>>> Anytime someone tries to convince us that they are only going out to
>> >>>>> dinner and to see a show without their spouse LOUD sirens go off.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> While I agree it happens often, it does not happen all the time. It is
>> >>>> possible to spend time with a person as a friend, not a potential bed
>> >>>> partner or conquest.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Over the years I had quite a few women ask me to escort them to an
>> >>>> event. They knew they would get home safely and with no advances. Even
>> >>>> before I was married I had a female co-worker riding back and forth to
>> >>>> work with me. She gave me gas money every payday.
>> >>>
>> >>> Sheldon projects his own psychopathology onto everyone else.
>> >>>
>> >>> Cindy Hamilton
>> >>
>> >> So you are attempting to convince us that no one cheats on their
>> >> spouse. . . you go, Cindy.
>> >>
>> >She didn't say no one cheats on their spouse. The point is not everyone
>> >does. You seem to think everyone who has any sort of interaction with
>> >someone of the opposite sex is bound to wind up in bed with them.
>> >That's simply not true.
>>
>> Not right away but given some time it is true. No one dates someone
>> of the opposite sex without their spouse along only to discuss hockey
>> scores. Even most single people of the opposite sex may date several
>> times before one makes the first move. You're either very naive,
>> think I'm very naive, or you are attempting mightily to convince us of
>> your faithfulness. If you're dating some guy without your husband
>> along and claiming you aren't doing something sexual with him you are
>> lying.
>
>When has this been about dating? If I have lunch with a friend
>who's male, does that make it a date? It's socializing, but
>it's definitely not a date.
>
>Cindy Hamilton

If just you two alone and not a party of coworkers then yes,
it's absolutely a date.