{"id":9,"date":"2026-09-30T16:10:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T16:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/odu.org\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2026-09-30T16:10:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T16:10:21","slug":"first-dates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/odu.org\/index.php\/first-dates\/","title":{"rendered":"First Date Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>First Date Studies<\/h1>\n<p class=\"lead\">Make the first meeting comfortable enough for two people to discover whether they actually enjoy each other.<\/p>\n<h2>Keep the plan simple<\/h2>\n<p>Choose a public place that makes conversation easy and gives either person a graceful way to end or extend the date.<\/p>\n<h2>Be curious, not performative<\/h2>\n<p>You are not auditioning for universal approval. Pay attention to whether conversation, values, humor, and energy work in both directions.<\/p>\n<h2>After the date<\/h2>\n<p>If you want to see the person again, clear communication usually beats elaborate timing rules.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First Date Studies Make the first meeting comfortable enough for two people to discover whether they actually enjoy each other. Keep the plan simple Choose a public place that makes conversation easy and gives either person a graceful way to end or extend the date. Be curious, not performative You are not auditioning for universal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"hero_heading":"","hero_subheading":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/odu.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/odu.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/odu.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/odu.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/odu.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/odu.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25,"href":"https:\/\/odu.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/25"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/odu.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}