Bad Date Stories (Meme)
I have had a lot of mediocre dates; not so many bad ones. The worst was a second date. (I'm not quite sure why I went out with him a second time, honestly, since our first date was dinner at Red Robin, and he spent at least an hour talking about his ex-wife.)
So, we went to see Underworld 2 (a pretty bad movie in its own right). He spent the entire movie groping me. I kept politely returning his hand to his own lap, and he kept groping me again.
It was one of those situations where I was paralyzed because I really didn't know what to do. It was very inappropriate. (I think now I would have gotten up and left but I was a lot less secure about dating then.) By the way, our deal was that I would pay for the movie, he'd pay for food. Which meant he bought two bottles of soda at a vending machine outside and made me smuggle them inside in my purse, and decided against popcorn.
Then we went over and got ourselves on a list for dinner. He inappropriately (and ineffectually) flirted with the hostess. During dinner, he did that embarrassing thing where he made the waiter stand there for five minutes while he failed to order and hemmed and hawed (I'd tried to get him to coordinate on appetizers before the waiter appeared but he ignored me). Then halfway through dinner, he looks at me and says, "So, how do you feel about the two of us goin' monogamous. Becoming a couple." I gently explained how I didn't see that happening (not enough in common, not the same life places, etc.). After which he stuck me with the check, pulling the ol' "I forgot my credit card, and you won't take checks" trick. It was patently spite because I'd turned down his oh-so-appealing offer. (Note that I don't mind paying. In fact, I expected to split that bill. I didn't, however, expect I'd get stuck with it out of spite. I paid more than my half for our first date, too. Yeah, why was there a second date again?)
The next day, he IM'd me at length about how he didn't want to date me anyway because I am "too ill." (Then why ask, you lying jerk.) Then he had the nerve to ask me out again a few weeks later. He's been spamming my email ever since.
Fun fun.
So, we went to see Underworld 2 (a pretty bad movie in its own right). He spent the entire movie groping me. I kept politely returning his hand to his own lap, and he kept groping me again.
It was one of those situations where I was paralyzed because I really didn't know what to do. It was very inappropriate. (I think now I would have gotten up and left but I was a lot less secure about dating then.) By the way, our deal was that I would pay for the movie, he'd pay for food. Which meant he bought two bottles of soda at a vending machine outside and made me smuggle them inside in my purse, and decided against popcorn.
Then we went over and got ourselves on a list for dinner. He inappropriately (and ineffectually) flirted with the hostess. During dinner, he did that embarrassing thing where he made the waiter stand there for five minutes while he failed to order and hemmed and hawed (I'd tried to get him to coordinate on appetizers before the waiter appeared but he ignored me). Then halfway through dinner, he looks at me and says, "So, how do you feel about the two of us goin' monogamous. Becoming a couple." I gently explained how I didn't see that happening (not enough in common, not the same life places, etc.). After which he stuck me with the check, pulling the ol' "I forgot my credit card, and you won't take checks" trick. It was patently spite because I'd turned down his oh-so-appealing offer. (Note that I don't mind paying. In fact, I expected to split that bill. I didn't, however, expect I'd get stuck with it out of spite. I paid more than my half for our first date, too. Yeah, why was there a second date again?)
The next day, he IM'd me at length about how he didn't want to date me anyway because I am "too ill." (Then why ask, you lying jerk.) Then he had the nerve to ask me out again a few weeks later. He's been spamming my email ever since.
Fun fun.