When you matched with him on a dating app, you learned that there was a common interest.

You are both in college, and passionate about academics.

Besides this, the conversations have been pleasant and you have hit it off with each other.

That being said, you are contemplating suggesting a study date with him.

There is a worry that a study date isn’t the most thrilling date to go on.

Is asking a guy out on a study date a good idea?

Given that you share a common interest with him in academics and have spoken passionately about it, a study date isn’t a bad idea at all.

A study date may not be the most traditional option, but it works.

Since you are both in college, and adore academics, it makes sense that you have studying in common.

Indeed, a study date is not exactly the most thrilling suggestion for a first date, at face value.

Nonetheless, a first date doesn’t have to be thrilling.

In actuality, it’s best to avoid doing anything that is too exciting or energetic on a first date.

The priority of a date this early in courtship is to get to know each other without too much energetic activity overwhelming the moment.

This being said, a date should still be fun.

A study date works when you have an approach that illuminates the fun aspects of it.

Instead of meeting each other and studying in silence, make it more interactive.

Suggest studying beforehand, and meeting on this study date to test each other on what was studied.

This elevates the interactive aspects of the date.

Rather than sitting in silence and studying, you are testing each other on subjects you are both taking for the semester.

Asking each other quiz-like questions on a subject, keeps the climate lighthearted and open.

In-between quizzing each other with test questions, and every so many minutes, take a break and talk to each other about more personal topics designed to get to know each other better.

This way, you get to kill two birds with one stone.

You learn more about the subjects you are testing each other on, and about each other on a more personal level.

A study date should be fun and that should be your intent from the get-go.

Be personable as you test each other, blending jokes and laughter as you go about doing it.

Interestingly enough, approaching a study date with a combination of quizzing and personal conversations during breaks, gives you a larger perspective on what you are both about.

Not only do you get to glean nuggets of knowledge in reference to a subject he is studying, you get to learn more about what he is like as a person, and his life experience.

And vice versa.

Remember, this is how you make a study date fun.

If you take it too seriously, and use an approach that is totally about studying, you run the risk of making the date boring.

Although you mutually love academics, a successful date in the early stages of courtship requires sustained conversation.

Using this fun approach to a study date, keeps the conversation constant, and creates a fun, lighthearted atmosphere.