I came across this sentence

> 次に繋がるデートにしたいと誓う

and the explaining was この例文は、デートができる立場でありつつ、まだ完全なカップルとは言えない人の心を文章にしたものです。
デートは毎回勝負で、次回のデートの誘いを断られないよう、努力をしている様子が伝わります。

It appears as if it means to just keep on dating with no intention of making
things serious. is that true ?or does it mean the opposite ?
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What does 次に繋がる デート mean?
The person's mind is towards dating only. He considers it like a game. Thus he
is not capable of being in perfect relationship.
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I'm not sure how well you've parsed/understood the original sentence, so I'll
go through it one bit at a time.

> 次

In this case, 次 (next) most likely refers to an additional date, given the
context of the sentence.

> 次に繋がる

AがBに/と繋がる literally means "A connects to/with B". In your sentence, this is a
relative clause describing デート.

> 次に繋がるデート

Literally "(A) date that connects to the next date". More colloquially,
however, we might say "(a) date that leads to another date".

> 次に繋がるデートにしたい

AをBにする translates roughly as "to make A into B". From context, we can
reasonably assume that "A" is probably referring to either a current date, or
a coming date. This gives this portion the meaning of "(someone) want to make
(this date / their upcoming date) into one that leads to another date".

> 次に繋がるデートにしたいと誓う

Here, と is the quotative particle, and 誓う translates as "to vow" or "to
swear".

So all in all, I would translate your sentence into something like "(Someone)
vows to make (their upcoming / this current) date one that will lead to
another date".

This says absolutely nothing about whether the speaker intends or doesn't
intend to make things serious. We simply cannot know without further context.
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