FIRST DATES

Can cause even the most confident man or woman to launch into a panic attack or become a nervous mess. And after sharing some worst first date storieswith my co-workers at lunch the other day, it’s no wonder. Going around the table, there was no shortage of funny, awful, and painful (literally) first date stories. Here are a just a few.

One co-worker shared a story about a friend of hers. Her friend was into modeling and often spent her summers in Miami. After meeting a handsome Italian man one day, she was thrilled when he asked her on a date. He said he knew a cute little place and pronounced the name of it sexily in his thick accent. She graciously accepted. Expecting to go out to one of Miami’s finest eateries, she dolled herself up in a nice evening dress, hair done up just right and killer accessories. Her Italian date showed up right on time. He proceeded to escort her to the cute little restaurant he told her about … Subway. She was mortified to have dressed up for a 6 inch sandwich.

Another co-worker recalled her first date with a boy in her high school that she had been crushing after for years. She was so excited about getting asked out by him that she went overboard with her dress as well. She put on her nicest outfit … even though they were going to a football game. Obviously out of place, she regretted her attire choice immediately. But that wasn’t the worst of it. She fell down the bleacher stairs at the game, calling more attention to herself than she ever wanted. The evening ended with her and her date heading back to his place to say hello to his family. But that didn’t go well either. His family was happy to see her. The problem was that their family dog was TOO happy to see her. Ending the date with the dog getting fresh with you, is no one’s ideal ending (except maybe the dog’s).

The last story, sadly, is one of my own. I used to ice skate every week (if not more) when I lived in Ohio. After meeting a cute guy who was a former hockey player (not pro but just friendly backyard games—or so he said), we decided ice skating would be a fitting first date. I was excited to meet someone with a similar interest … until, that is, I saw him on the ice. He looked like he had never stepped foot on the ice before. Instead of gliding on the ice, he was trying to run on it. If he hadn’t been my date, I would have laughed hysterically at his feeble attempt to ice skate. Instead, I hoped no one realized that I was with him. Unfortunately, I was stuck skating next to the spastic skater the whole night … until he fell. Not wanting to be brought down with him, I did my best to maneuver around him. And I almost succeeded. I didn’t fall. And I missed MOST of him. But his pinky figure and my blade met, leaving his finger with a nice-sized gash. Our date ended after he was bandaged up by the rink staff. And that was the last time we saw each other. He didn’t forget me quickly though. My dad ran into him a few months later, and he showed my dad his scar from our first date.

While these dates were bad, there are so many more stories out there about even worse ones. And while it’s nice to look back and laugh at our misery, it’s also good to remind yourself that you haven’t had the WORST first date. While you might have suffered through a few bad ones, I’m sure some of the stories on these Web site will be even worse.

First dates can be downright rotten. Sometimes it’s a wonder we continue to date. And yet, for some reason we do. I guess if we never went out on bad first dates, we wouldn’t know a good one when it happened. So read the stories of others and be thankful that all your first dates weren’t as bad as theirs.

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