Meeting this girl tonight- FINALLY

I have a date with a girl I met online about 2 years ago.

Back Story: When I first met her, she had given me her # and friended me on Facebook. I had tried to get a date scheduled with no luck a few times back when we first met. I gradually stopped texting and we have basically just liked/commented on each other's Facebook updates off & on for the past 2 years (lol).

Current Situation: She sent me a Facebook message out of the blue about a week ago, and we started talking and I told her she "owed me a date still"- and so, we made plans for tonight. I just texted her to confirm & she said she's excited about it. So- it's on...

I'm just wondering if anyone has any additional advice for me in this scenario, other than the general "take her someplace close to your house, then touching/framing/deep-dive etc, then move to my house & escalate". It's still basically a "blind date" since we've never actually met... I'm mainly worried about failing because we've known each other so long & never went out. She probably already envisions me simply as "the guy who couldn't get her to go on a date". What do you guys think?

NJ,

I would treat this like any other date. As long as you didn't screw up the interaction somehow over the last 2 years (meaning you got whiny/needy/desperate/angry/etc.), then you can typically run this date as if you just met her. In fact, when things kinda come together like this after a long period of time without seeing one another, a girl can be quite excited as she might see it as a "fate" type of thing that you two are finally coming together for a date. She'll most likely be anxious and excited, which is a great emotion to capitalize on.

Grab a drink (and make things fun and flirty), invite her home, escalate, and don't let her down.

Cheers,

Franco

Thanks, Franco! It's tough to read because we've never actually interacted in person before. I think if I just go in with the mindset that she is going out with me for a reason- and that reason is because she wants me & not because she's "throwing me a bone" or something stupid, because she feels like she "owes it to me", etcetera.

I know the old me wouldn't have even gotten the date. It would have been just like it was 2 years ago when I first met her- I'd text her daily trying to make conversation up until the day of, come off as overly excited about it, and just generally act like a clueless douche bag that does not deserve the simple, basic human right to touch a vagina. hahaha.

Truthfully, I sense a bit of surprise in her texts/messages since I started talking to her again. It's almost like she can tell she is dealing with a totally different persona than she was 2 years ago.