[That answer confused Phillip for just one moment. There had to be some kind of importance to this. Although, until he experienced it himself, he wouldn't know if he would feel emotionally hurt if someone rejected him. He had to become attached to somebody first. That would also be a new experience.]

A date would be a social outing exclusively between two people. Some examples would be watching a movie, eating a meal or some other social activity that the pair would agree to. Traditionally the male party will pay. [There was a pause there as he tried to factor that into the new information.] Or if you are dutch, then each individual would pay themselves. Although, I have yet to discover why this is a specific custom to the Dutch.