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beatlejuice72 is offline beatlejuice72 Post #1  April 7,2010, 7:22pm

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Anyone want to share any "first date nightmare" stories on here? I got one and it was a woman I met on eHarmony a few years ago when I first joined. She was older than me and I was new to the site, trying to meet different people. First, she's 30 minutes late for the date. She gives me the "traffic was bad" excuse. Uh-huh. Haven't heard that one before, but go on. She could have been telling the truth, but she didn't call me until a minute before she pulls up at the restaurant we went to. Then, we walk in and the waitress sarcastically says, "You look great! Did HE tell you that you look great?" And it dawned on me. Oh shoot! I forgot to compliment her on how she looked. Not that I needed Ms. Observant Waitress to point that out to me.

So we sit down and have our meal. There was zero chemistry there. We didn't really have anything to talk about. She goes on and on about herself and gives me her life story. I listen. And she tells me about how her ex-husband abused her and she finally got out of the marriage. Then, she tells me nonchalantly: "You know, if I never get married, I'm okay with that! And if I never have children, I'm okay with that!" And that's not what I wanted to hear. I wanted to cut my wrists with the knife that I had on my table. It was such an awful feeling to be on a date with someone that 30 minutes into it you know that there's a better chance of the Cubs winning the World Series or the Bills winning the Super Bowl than you and her having a second date. When I called her later that night and told her that I enjoyed meeting her, but I didn't feel the chemistry, she sounded like she couldn't have cared less. Now, she could have been cursing me out after we got off the phone but I doubt it. I was just being honest. Anyways, that's my first date horror story. Your turn!
 
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HEY !!!!!!!! My home town is Buffalo !!!!!

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It was a blind date, set up by a man whom I used to date, with one of his friends. My ex had a new woman and she was the sister of his friend.

So, off we went to play pinball type games at the local cinema, because we were about one hour early for the screening of Titanic. I was a little bored. The guys decided they wanted to load up with nibblies so I was left talking to my ex's new partner. This was okay until she started droning on to me about how thankful she was they were back together and their sex life was just great .... *major dry retch about now* ... I tuned out.

I sat in the aisle seat and my date sat next to me. I couldn't put my arm up on the arm rest, because he took all his lollies from the lolly bag and lined them up on the arm rest in order of how he intended to eat them.

I really enjoyed the movie!
 
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I don't have first date nightmares, I prefer first date dreams.

With a happy ending.
 
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I thought this might be about actual dreams of dating. I had a disturbing one about dating last night. But, I'll keep that to myself for now.

My absolute worst first date nightmare was back in December. I posted about it and several references you see from me are about that date.

Let's see if I can make the long story short. First, he asked for separate tabs when we ordered our beers. Second, he lied about his age. Then, and there is a huge list of things he did next, he interrupted me after asking me direct questions (mainly to say "I get it" or "you don't really have to answer that one") and touched my hair after I told him not to. He then made reference to a "group" he was a member of and was evasive about what the group was. Turned out it was Mensa. After all this weirdness, he followed me to an ice cream shop where I had bought myself a Hot Fudge Sundae as a reward for suffering through the date. He showed up and then ate about 3/4 of my Sundae. What is truly funny about him eating my dessert, he told me he was very conscious about his health and weight and watched what he ate when I made a recommendation of a cheese stuffed pretzel.

That's the worst of the worst. I hope I never have one that can top it.
 
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ThePriestess wrote :
I don't have first date nightmares, I prefer first date dreams.

With a happy ending.
The only kind of dates I have are in dreams
 
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beatlejuice72 wrote :
... First, she's 30 minutes late for the date. She gives me the "traffic was bad" excuse. Uh-huh. Haven't heard that one before, but go on. She could have been telling the truth, but she didn't call me until a minute before she pulls up at the restaurant we went to. Then, we walk in and the waitress sarcastically says, "You look great! Did HE tell you that you look great?" And it dawned on me. Oh shoot! I forgot to compliment her on how she looked. Not that I needed Ms. Observant Waitress to point that out to me.
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This is why I have a cell phone.

Ooh, bad sign here. Obviously she is well known at this restaurant. And probably the waitress is a friend of her's.
 
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First date with a girl I met on eH: Five minutes in, she starts telling me about her ex-boyfriend -- not just mentioning him in passing, but actually telling me the whole story of their relationship, starting with how they met!

That went on for about 10 minutes, and then it segued into the story about her boyfriend before that and how boyfriend #1 and boyfriend #2 can't stand each other!

But she didn't spend the whole evening talking about her exes; she also took some time to tell me about this one time she got stung by a swarm of bees and had to be taken to the hospital where she almost died.

Yes, these three stories covered the first 25 minutes of our conversation! I was SO close to suddenly getting an emergency call from a friend that I needed to go see right away.

Needless to say, there was no second date.
 
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Had a first date nightmare when I was in my late 20's (many moons ago). I was set up with a blind date by a friend. Supposedly, the guy was only in his mid 30's. When he came to my office to pick me up for our lunch date, my boss thought he was my dad.
 
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We met for the first date lunch at a highway lunch place. (Not a good omen.) When we met, I almost didn't recognise him because he looked about ten years older than his dating site profile picture. How long did he think it would take me to figure that out?
Over lunch, we exchanged some basic information; where we come from, our families, reasons for our single status, and so on. And then I asked him about his work.
Anne: Your profile says you are a pyrotechnics technician. That sounds exciting. What kind of displays do you work on?
Date: Well, I took a one month course in it, but I've never actually done any work on pyrotechnics.
Anne: Oh, I see. You are also an emergency response person, right? Do you work with ambulances or fire trucks?
Date: I took a one week safety course. I'm the designated first aid person for my crew.
Anne: What does your crew do?
Date: They work with me on the truck. I drive a garbage truck.
Anne: (pause) That's good steady work, I guess.
The first date was the last date. It's not the job I minded so much as it was the fact that he lied about it.
 
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