GTKY 11/03

mimser

When everyone was younger, I’m assuming we all went on dates here and there before meeting our spouse or SO. 

What’s the worst date you have ever been on? What happened? Weither it was a blind date, a friend that set you up, or just a random person that you met that asked you out for coffee/drink. Let’s hear these stories! 

nbcarlson

I actually started dating my husband when I was 15 so I've never really been on a date😬 Even when we first started dating it was casual, we didn't have a real date. 

asf0613

i started dating my DH at 18, and i didn't really date before then.  no bad ones to report with him!

mrosek91

I was living in Manhattan, and set up on a blind date with an IRS auditor. He picked me up after work and we went to a restaurant nearby. I had been scheduled with a last minute client visit for the next day, so I had to take my very heavy backpack with me to have my work laptop. He would not stop talking, the poor waitress kept coming by to take our order, and he kept saying oh we need a few more minutes, and he hadn't even opened the menu yet! It felt like an hour before he finally stopped talking and ordered. And I was barely talking because every time he paused for breath I would try and start looking at the menu. So I don't know if he thought I was shy or something, but for the rest of the date, he carried the conversation almost single-handedly.
Then when we finished eating and left the restaurant, he just started walking, so I thought that maybe he had another location in mind, and just followed him. After a while walking in heels, with my ridiculously heavy backpack I realized he was just walking to keep the date going and he had no destination in mind. Not only that, but we were walking closer to his home, and farther from mine. So I finally said something about it getting late, and having work the next day, and he said, ok, well my subway stop is right there (*gestures*) are you ok to get home from here?

mkc3888

I started dating DH when I was 17, so no real bad dating stories here.

mimser

I was really hoping for more good stories here! 😅 As I don't have any great stories either as I've been with my SO for 7 years and just a few months before that I was in a relationship that started when I was 17

But we saw some pretty bad movies with my fiancé early on, he still talks about how he can't believe how many bad movies he took me too. But apparently I was so accommodating 😅

gusgus14

Haha another one who didn’t really date anyone before DH and no bad dates with him!

littlelibelula

Me too!  There's the guys you spend time with and they say that girls think having coffee means you're on a date, but you're not. So I thought, Great, I can just hang out. But the truth is I think he thought it was a date. 😅

My best story is on the day of my engagement, but I change it so that he comes out looking like a prince. Worst date, but we got engaged so it wasn't that bad. 

mrosek91

Now I'm feeling lonely. DH was only the 5th guy I dated, and usually I find I fall on the lower end of the spectrum, but this group is making me feel like I really dated around.

ec1212

I’ve been on 100s of dates LOL! I didn’t get married until I was 41, so I have seen & done it all haha. Just not very energetic today with all the election news, so I’ll come back to share a story. Luckily have only had a couple bad dates, though. 

brynn_mamaof4

@ec1212 omg same 😂😂 I was reading through these with wide eyes like dang.. am I skanky?? 😆😆😆😆 literally cracking up. 

ruby0902

I've also been on plenty of dates!! And plenty of bad ones, Haha. One date I went out with a guy who was pretty into health/fitness. He took me out to a fun bar and just as I was ordering my first martini, he disclosed that he didn't drink any alcohol, ever. Not that there's anything wrong with that in general, but especially at that stage in my life where me and my friends did quite a bit of tailgating/partying/etc., dating a sober partner was not in the cards for me. But maybe he was still a fun guy.  So as I proceeded to get tipsy, he sat there sipping his water.... then, as he looked at me very intensely, he started asking me questions like "What are my biggest inspirations" and "where do I hope to be in 5 years" and "what are my greatest fears in life" and "what do I imagine my future family might look like" ...way too deep for a first date--it felt like I was in a job interview! The date continued to feel more and more awkward. I sobered up and called it a night relatively early....he insisted on walking me to my car where he went for the end-of-the-date first kiss which was lackluster for me at best. About 10 minutes after we parted, he sent me a series of texts saying what an amazing night he had and that he felt we had such a connection, and when did I want to get together again? In a day or two?... very nice guy but it was just way too much for me! 

Another date, I ended back at the guys house after drinks out (we had been casually out a few times before and knew each other through work). He ended up having some sort of drunken breakdown and locked himself in the bathroom for the entire night...I awkwardly stayed at his place to make sure he was okay. In the morning, he came out and pretended like nothing happened.... needless to say that I didn't go out with him again!

I'm sure there are others 😂

ec1212

@ruby0902 both rough stories haha!!

I think the worst date - and this is not even that bad of a story - was with a guy who I met randomly while out with friends one night. He texted asking where I might want to meet up and sent me a beer place he liked. I don't drink beer anymore cause it makes me feel like crap. I let him know I'm more of a cocktail/wine girl and that a certain neighborhood would be good for me after work, and let him pick the place from there.

So he wound up picking a sports bar  and it was during some basketball tournament, so I wasn't super psyched -- he picked the night we went out so if he wanted to watch a game, he could have just picked a different night. Anyways, I get there, we're chatting and then I notice he's just watching the TV over my shoulder. So I kindly excused myself but then he wanted to walk me to my train stop. I didn't plan on seeing him again but whatever...so he walked me to the train and then goes in for a kiss like we had had a great time and I was like absolutely not and just left. He texted asking for another date and I don't think I ever responded.

The only other bad date experience was actually after 2 dates with a guy who then texted me trying to get me to meet up, but it turns out he just wanted me to meet him at his friend's place - and he made it clear that it was more of a booty call than a real date (we hadn't done anything but kiss on our dates). I was so grossed out that I shut him down. He then proceeded to text horrible things to/about me and I was like "You have a mother and a sister and you talk with that mouth?!" It was awful to get a taste of what I think a lot of other young women experience with guys they meet in online dating ... luckily it was a one-off but it was not pleasant at all.