I think you're overthinking it honestly and it's never happened to me that I ran into someone I knew on a dinner date or other type of social date. Montreal is a big cityIf it were my boss or a co-worker, no problem. They probably wouldn't ask many questions.
Someone closer though. They know I'm not dating and haven't been on a date in years. Once they got over the shock of seeing me being a normal human being doing normal human things, they'd have questions. I wouldn't be opposed to telling most of them the truth, but IDK if that would be proper etiquette.
I'm obviously worrying about nothing though. My family doesn't live here and my few friends aren't the fancy restaurant type. Was just curious if setting up a backstory was a thing.





