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Re:The Vanual – Guide to Living in a Van by dotancohen on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @02:21PM (#15759614)
You forgot the most important S of all. How do you explain to your date that the vehicle _is_ the destination?
Re:The Vanual – Guide to Living in a Van by pavel_lishin on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @03:14PM (#15760168)
If your social skills are good enough, your date will explain that _their_ place is the destination.
Re:The Vanual – Guide to Living in a Van by timthelion on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @03:19PM (#15760217)
What if they live in a van too?
Re:The Vanual – Guide to Living in a Van by pavel_lishin on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @03:23PM (#15760260)
Then I guess it won't be a problem for either of you.

(Assuming some minimum degree of limberness and agility.)

Re:The Vanual – Guide to Living in a Van by bluetwo on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @05:28PM (#15761243)
There's movie on Netflix called Talulah that begins with this premise.
Re:The Vanual – Guide to Living in a Van by Fnoord on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @07:28PM (#15761876)
Do you meant Tallulah from 2016 starring Ellen Page [1]?

[1] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1639084/

Re:The Vanual – Guide to Living in a Van by bluetwo on Saturday November 25, 2017 @01:15PM (#15777081)
Yep.
Re:The Vanual – Guide to Living in a Van by GuB-42 on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @02:44PM (#15759865)
Just pick the right date, some of them would be quite excited.
Re:The Vanual – Guide to Living in a Van by untog on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @03:16PM (#15760184)
What would be exciting about going back to a guy's van?

I mean, the whole thing is a living standard compromise to save thousands on rent. That doesn't make it an exciting destination - quite the opposite.

Re:The Vanual – Guide to Living in a Van by mod on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @03:54PM (#15760531)
> the whole thing is a living standard compromise to save thousands on rent.

Actually I think you would find that almost universally, that's not the outlook of van dwellers.

> What would be exciting about going back to a guy's van?

I'm a heterosexual man, so nothing at all would be exciting for me.

But I'm willing to consider that others would find it exciting. And quite frankly, I can think of quite a few ladies I know who might.

You have not explored a viewpoint other than your own on this topic.

Re:The Vanual – Guide to Living in a Van by drdeadringer on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @07:36PM (#15761925)
> that's not the outlook of van dwellers.

> You have not explored a viewpoint other than your own on this topic.

What is the outlook of van dwellers?

Re:The Vanual – Guide to Living in a Van by briankelly on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @03:45PM (#15760451)
You're not really considering the demographic here. Pretty much all of the vandwellers I met are surf or climbing bums and some girls are absolutely into that - not to mention a few were girls anyway. Not everybody is after the clean cut young professional life.
Re:The Vanual – Guide to Living in a Van by justboxing on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @04:15PM (#15760726)
> What would be exciting about going back to a guy's van?

So she can tell her girlfriends that she did it in a Van. Jokes aside, isn't it true that most women just wanna have fun / adventure? So it might be a new thing, depending on the lady in question.

Re:The Vanual – Guide to Living in a Van by nomadiccoder on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @11:52PM (#15762845)
Saving money on rent is a side effect of vanlife, not the premise. Many do it for the geographical freedom.
Re:The Vanual – Guide to Living in a Van by InternetOfStuff on Thursday November 23, 2017 @10:05AM (#15765452)
> the whole thing is a living standard compromise to save thousands on rent

Is it though?