How we allow food to affect our interactions with current and potential partners is the stuff that keeps psychologists in business. Yep, we're all crazy.
This may be the biggest quandary in dating. Where do you sit when you're out for dinner? Do you sit side by side or do you sit so you can look into their eyes?
If you can play fantasy football then you can find success in the dating game. Just apply the same logic you do in managing your pretend team to getting to know a real live person and you just might have a good time.