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How do you find people to date?
Like the others have said, it depends where you go, where you spend your time. A lot of people I know have met dates through Tinder (I'm not a fan myself.) But I guess for me it's been bars, and through friends.

What's the natural progression?
I like to go for drinks for the first one, although recently I got a little tipsier than I meant to on a first date so I am rethinking that strategy... other people's ideas of coffee etc are good too. Personally I don't like eating in front of people I don't know so I'd leave that til the second or third date. Movies should be avoided for the first date because you come out of the cinema not really knowing the person any better than when you went in. I have a friend who always plans for drinks and then a nightclub on her dates.

When do things start to get physical?
This really, really, really depends. If you want to, there's nothing wrong with going home with them on a first date. If I realise I really like the person and can see it going somewhere, I really enjoy taking it slowly - and sometimes I don't want to take it slowly at all. Best just to let things happen naturally