A Date?

So…I think I have a date tomorrow. I met this guy through a friend about a year and a half ago and ever since then, he’s been trying to get my friend to hook us up. After being unsuccessful for about 3 months, he gave up. I was just not attracted to him and I have way too many walls up to give him a chance. We talked every now and then about random stuff through myspace but that’s about it…until last week. He messaged me asking if I wanted to hang out with his friends because it was someone’s birthday. I made an excuse saying I was too tired from my vacation to do anything. Well it wasn’t really an excuse. I was genuinely tired. I barely slept while I was in California. Then he said, one day we are going to have dinner because you’ll run out of excuses. So I felt bad so I said I’ll have dinner with him on Friday if I don’t do overtime at work. I’ve been told that in order to find the right guy, you should give everyone a chance (everyone as in both guys and girls? Not sure if this person knows I only swing one way...towards men). So I figured, why not give him a chance and get free dinner while I’m at it. Awesome deal!