Hinge prompt answers — and how to reply to one

The first coffee on a Saturday with nowhere to be, a used bookstore with a cat, and finding a parking spot right outside.

Farmers market peaches in August. Cold pillow side. A playlist that knows exactly what I need.

Used bookstore with a cat is a very specific and very correct answer. Do you have a go-to one?

Saturday coffee with nowhere to be — where are you getting it? I’m taking recommendations, or company.

Hole-in-the-wall dumpling spots. I will cross the city for a good soup dumpling and I will tell you about it.

Live music in small rooms, where you can see the drummer’s face.

Okay, which dumpling spot is worth crossing the city for? This feels like it needs a field test.

Small-room shows are the best. Who’s the last band you saw that way?

To be the kind of person who actually uses the good dishes on a Tuesday.

Run a half marathon without stopping for a photo. Currently 0 for 2.

Using the good dishes on a Tuesday is a whole philosophy. What’s the occasion that finally gets them out?

0 for 2 because of photos is honestly respectable. What race is attempt three?

I can tell you the opening line of almost any 90s sitcom episode. Useful? No. Impressive at parties? Also no.

I can parallel park a van on the first try. I peaked.

I’m going to need a live demonstration of this sitcom skill. Trivia night?

First-try van parking is a genuinely attractive skill. Where did you learn it?

Long walk, a too-big brunch, an afternoon nap I pretend was an accident, and meal prep I abandon halfway.

Pickup soccer in the morning, the crossword in the afternoon, asleep by ten.

The accidental nap is the best part. Where’s the too-big brunch happening?

Pickup soccer and the crossword is a strong Sunday. Are you a pen person or a pencil person?

Maps. Old maps, transit maps, the ones in the back of fantasy novels. Ask me about bus routes at your own risk.

Bread fermentation. My sourdough starter has a name and a better social life than me.

I’m asking about bus routes. Which city has the best transit map?

What’s the starter’s name, and is it accepting visitors?

Breakfast for dinner is better than breakfast for breakfast.

A hot dog is not a sandwich, and I will die on this hill.

Strongly agree on breakfast for dinner. We should test this somewhere with all-day pancakes.

Respectfully, you’re wrong, and I’d like to argue about it over an actual hot dog.

I’ve been on TV. I’ve never seen Star Wars. I can juggle.

I was born on a boat. I’ve eaten a whole pizza alone. I hate dogs.

The lie is that you’ve never seen Star Wars. Tell me I’m right.

Hating dogs has to be the lie. If I’m right, you owe me a story about the boat.

Bowling is fun again once you stop caring about your score.

You can rent a rowboat in the middle of the city for twenty dollars and nobody does it.

Wait, where’s the twenty-dollar rowboat? That sounds like a great idea for a Saturday.

Bowling without caring about the score is the only way. What’s your average, though, honestly?

Missed my train in Lisbon, ended up at a stranger’s birthday dinner, still get a postcard from them every year.

Got lost hiking in Utah and found the best taco truck of my life at the trailhead.

A stranger’s birthday dinner in Lisbon is elite. Was it worth missing the train?

Trailhead taco trucks are a hidden category. Have you found one that good at home?

Escalators that are switched off. Something about walking on them feels deeply wrong.

That a duck is watching me. Somewhere. Always.

The broken-escalator feeling is real and nobody talks about it. What else is on the list?

Okay so a walk by the pond is out as a first date. Coffee instead?

Order the spiciest thing on the menu to prove a point. The point was not proven.

Go camping without checking the weather. Tent became a pool.

What was the dish? I need to know what to avoid — or what to challenge you to.

The tent pool sounds like a great story. What happened next?

Remember the small thing I mentioned once. Bonus points for snacks.

Have a strong opinion about where we should eat and then be right.

Strong opinion: there’s a taco place you’d love. Want me to prove I’m right?

Noted on the snacks. What’s the correct snack, so I don’t lose points?

You’re a little bit competitive about board games but always shake hands after.

You like walking places and don’t mind if we get a little lost.

Competitive but gracious is exactly me. What’s your game? I’m challenging you.

I’m great at getting a little lost. Favorite neighborhood to walk around?

Find the best burger in the city. I have a spreadsheet. I need a second opinion.

Take a pottery class and make the ugliest bowls in the room.

I’d like to be considered for the burger spreadsheet. What’s currently ranked number one?

I will absolutely make the ugliest bowl. Is there a class you have in mind?

Someone who texts back, shows up, and wants to try the weird restaurant with me.

A teammate for life’s small adventures, and the occasional big one.

I text back and I show up. Which weird restaurant are we talking about?

Small adventures I can do. What’s a good one for this weekend?

Kind to waiters, curious about people, and makes plans instead of saying “we should hang out sometime”.

Has a friend they’ve known since they were ten.

I can do better than “sometime”: coffee Thursday? That one’s a plan.

I have that friend. Do you? Tell me the best story about them.

You can name a better pizza place than mine (I’ll tell you mine on the date).

You beat me at darts. You won’t.

I’ll take that pizza bet. Where are we meeting to settle it?

Bold claim. Thursday, darts, and the loser buys round two?