Larry David, of Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Seinfeld fame (in case you have been in a cave for the last decade) has a philosophy about this 'let's make a plan' that most of us, I believe, would adopt if we dared.

Take, for example, this exchange.  "How's about we get together?" Larry's response would include the "why bother? We don't really want to, we will email back and forth, ultimately make a date and then with certainty break it. So, no…let's not."

The rest of us make the date.

In the on line meet your honey, baby, sweetie world, making a plan takes herculean efforts. It's rather an odd phenomenon as the goal of the on line meet your honey baby sweetie world is, oh my, to meet someone. If the act of having a date actually does occur, it is usually set up to happen as a drive by. A second scenario is a beverage of some sort, but preferably not something hot, as the time it takes to actually be able to swallow said liquid may be way more time than one wishes to devote to this activity. The third possible scenario is to plan a date and have dinner. This maneuver, I have come to learn, is usually made by the dating uninitiated. It is something they quickly realize they will never do again. See plan A.

One could adopt the electrician, plumber, contractor way of making a plan. You simply don't call back. Alternatively, there is the cable or appliance repair person maneuver, which is to give it a day part window. "I'll be over to pick you up between 12 and 6. 

That works for you, doesn't it?"