When we toss around the word "date" the way we do these days ... our kids have a play "date" ... my girlfriends and I have a "date" to go to the opera ... it does tend to confuse things. Are play "dates" really parents setting up their kids for future marriages, are the girlfriends having a romantic interlude ... or are "dates" simply an appointed time to get together?
This is a good reason to be careful in using the term or avoid using it altogether in favor of using a more descritive reference.
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