Can't travel while on a DATE?!

I am now playing Miko Ojo and Akira Kibo and am trying to get them to finish off the date requirements for their aspirations (Miko, the serial and Akira, the soulmate) but I seem to have hit a snag. Now it has been a while I had my Sims go on a date but I usually have them go to more than one place while on a date. For instance, first to a restaurant and then maybe to a nightclub or a bar or a karaoke bar (or any other venue) and then the date ends at home. Or from restaurant and then home. BUT now I can't. The game doesn't let me travel because a 'social event is active' and they are stuck at the restaurant. I have even tried to hit M letter and no go. I had to end the date early to get them home.

The date didn't start via the phone as they live together and they weren't at home. They were at a Karaoke bar when one of them asked the other for a date AND the travelling did happen automatically and I had them start a date at a restaurant and then was going to take them home and end the date there but...

Anyone else having this issue? I have no mods but a lot of CC (furnitures and deco mainly) and I am quitting to repair my game. See if that helps...