Much like a real-life date, the logistics of actually setting up the hangout should be the responsibility of whichever party suggested the date in the first place. Once you've received your link to the chat, your only job is to be on time, or maybe a minute late to make 'em sweat. Set yourself up for success by keeping other media like your phone and TV away and designating a spot for this to take place.
The first week into social distancing, I forgot I'd agreed to a FaceTime date and he called while I was watching Tiger King and finishing up some laundry. Frantic, I answered before I paused the show, so the first thing my date heard was the Oklahoma drawl of a deranged zookeeper, and the first things he saw were rolls of painstakingly folded underpants and sports bras. Frazzled, I spent the majority of the date in long rambles trying to recover my cool, and eventually, he said he'd better let me get back to my laundry — which I think is the least alluring way a date has ever ended in my life, or maybe all of history.
