NBR GTKY: Worst Dates

MrsCase1 · February 2014

In honor of V-Day, I figured we could share our worst dating story!

MrsCase1 · February 2014

Here is mine:

I had just ended a long-term relationship where we lived together. I went to get my hair done in hopes of boosting my confidence. My hairdresser was a real Lady Killer, owned a sexy salon and had great taste, so when he offered to set me up, I was very enthusiastic! Before the date, I asked what my suitor looked like so I would recognize him. His reply was, "Blonde, blue eyes, short, about your height. Nicest guy ever and you'll love him!"

Blondes aren't really my thing but I was just excited at the prospect of a date!

Fast forward and the guy tells me to meet him at his apartment and we will walk to the pub. (This was in a small beach town in CA so it didn't raise my suspicions, otherwise there was no way I'd go to a dude's house, but moving on...) I get there, the guy opens the door and he is a Little Person!

Now, I have no hang-ups whatsoever about height or really any other feature. My husband and I are the same height, I outweigh him, etc. I was simply shocked. This seems to me like the sort of thing you'd mention to someone. "Hey I've got a great guy for you but since you're average height, I feel I should mention he is a Little Person." Ya know, short and to the point.

I have a good poker face so I didn't act surprised. But, his stature wasn't even what made it a terrible date- he spent the entire night talking about his ex and waxing poetic about how hip he was and how knowledgeable he was about indie bands. Barf!

My hairdresser later told me he got back with his ex, LOL!

tbmadeamistake · February 2014

I've done a lot of online dating in my time, it's how DH and I met.

Two dates stand out as not so great:

The first was with a guy who wanted to meet at 8pm at a nearby restaurant. I said great and went expecting dinner...turns out he had already eaten and was expecting us to just get drinks! I was starving, so I ordered a side of fries and we both got drinks. He then asked for separate checks (as he had already eaten and didn't share the fries). Why ask me to a restaurant at that time and not mention that it's only for drinks?! Why not ask me to a bar instead?

The other one we met at a Panera for coffee in the afternoon. He was really nice, but mentioned that he knew how to analyze handwriting. So great. I wrote out a short sentence and signed my name and he told me a bunch of stuff about me, some of it rang true and some didn't, as one would expect. I don't know what he saw in that sentence that he didn't like, but he left in sort of a hurry and never called me again. Totally odd.

And then, you know, online dating, there's the normal assortment of weirdos/trying too hard/clingy/not at all like their pictures...

lest12 · February 2014

I've definitely had my share of bad dates, but my worst experience wasn't the worst because of the guy... It was the worst because I choked on a piece of steak at lunch. Had to get up from the table and run to the hostess stand for help. A waitress tried to give me the heimlich maneuver, but it didn't work... So they yelled for someone to call 911, help, someone's choking! Then this huge guy comes over and does the heimlich on me, slams my body down, and it works. Steak goes flying, snots running out my nose, tears and make-up streaming down my face while I'm gasping for air, the whole works. Meanwhile, the entire restaurant was staring at me, including my date. Awesome. The joke at the time was that dating was literally going to kill me. This was actually just after I met DH. I stopped dating this guy to go out with DH exclusively (he asked me to go steady).

dragonfly711 · February 2014

I was going out with my first boyfriend for over 2 yrs. We both worked on Thanksgiving and then went to dinner after. At dinner he decided to tell me he wants to break up with me. We went back to his place and talked for awhile but we still broke up. Worse Thanksgiving ever!!!

Ironically when I met hubby and he proposed to me, he did it Thanksgiving weekend. lol

Kinipela7 · February 2014

When I was young, I was stupid and would meet guys off of AOL. Anyway.....I met a guy for a date and he was NOTHING like his picture. He was really dirty and smelled weird (looked kinda homeless). The entire date he would bring up controversial topics like politics and religion and went on and on and on about his opinions. This was a long time ago and we didn't have cell phones so he had my home phone number (I was young so lived with my parents). Well the date ended and he said he would call me and he did. He called about 5x and every time my dad would lie and say I wasn't home. He then has a conversation with my dad that went like this.........

Him: Sir, what is your name?

Dad: I'm Mr. Smith

Him: Mr. Smith - do you know that your daughter is a lying sack of shit?

I can't remember what my dad said to him but it wasn't pretty!

temursgirl · February 2014

A friend of a friend (so I knew him, but not very well) asked me out to dinner. He brought his portfolio to show me to "prove" his investments, assets, etc. Then he told me that he was very serious about settling down and gave me a list of his expectations of a wife. Then he told me he had "$X set aside for a ring," and was ready to buy right away. I was so uncomfortable and almost panicked I actually went to the bathroom and threw up.

I also had a guy tell me (a classmate, didn't know him that well, it was our first time hanging out) that I was "more mistress than marriage material." Weirdly, he seemed really surprised I didn't want to see him again.

MSUMands · February 2014

I've had a few crappy ones, but the one that really sticks out was a blind date set up by one of my good friends. She told me my date loved to shower his dates with attention and always pulled out all the stops, so dress to impress! I wore black pants, bought new high black stiletto heels, and a club-y top with a cover up in case we went to a fancy dinner.

He picks me up... He's in a bike jersey, short jean shorts (jorts! The horror!) and mandals. His passenger seat is covered in fast food wrappers, which I have to wipe off to sit down. I see why now, he swung by McDonalds first thing for our "fancy dinner" before we headed to see a movie. :-q

I spent the entire movie with my legs crossed away from him willing the movie to be over soon. Finally it ended. I stood up to leave and realized my entire bottom half of my body fell asleep. This, mixed with my brand new heels caused me to fall all the way from the top of the stairs (we sat up high) to the bottom. I took out several children in my path, as if this wasn't embarrassing enough - when a stranger (not my f'ing date!!) helped me up at the bottom my cute black pants looked like a concession stand threw up on me - a smorgasbord of popcorn, chocolates, and assorted candies. I was mortified and had sprained my ankle so bad I couldn't walk out on my own.

The icing on the cake was that my wonderful date was so embarrassed by my episode that he LEFT THE THEATER AND DROVE HOME. Never saw him again!

erind228 · February 2014

This isn't really a bad date story; it's more like a horrible vacation with a terrible boyfriend story,but close enough. So right out of college I broke up with my boyfriend of 5 years, and started dating one of my friends. He bought me a cruise for Chistmas, which we were going to take over spring break. It left out of New Orlean's so we went down early and spent the weekend there. I was probably like 24 at the time. This guy had a gambling problem and basically spent the whole Saturday before our cruise at the casino playing poker while I sat at a nearby bar. He got pissed because another guy sat down and bought me a drink, so he took off without me while I wandered the streets of NO by myself at midnight trying to find our hotel. Then, on the cruise, I had bought us an excursion to go snorkeling in Belize. This guy proceeds to get so drunk the night before that he refuses to go with me. I went by myself and stayed really close to this family that had kids. Needless to say, I broke it off when we got back.

SandraPB1220 · February 2014

I went on a date with a friend of a friend, and we'd spent a day or two before the date talking on the phone so I thought it would go pretty well. He shows up with his collar popped, and when we walked out to his car, his Hummer had license plates that said KOTULKIN. I stated at it for a minute before turning to him and saying, "Your license plate says "caught you looking?!?" He says oh yeah, my friend got it for me as a joke. Whose friend buys their license plate for them?? We go to dinner, things are....ok, and then we go bowling where we run into one of my exes, who is a friend of this guy as it turns out. They play poker together at the casino all the time ::insert eye roll:: When he took me home he pulls in the parking spot and just turns and looks at me. I'm like, "Are you going to walk me in?" And he just says, "Uhhh, no." That's fine with me! Never talked to him again.

Unknown · February 2014

This content has been removed.

austinlyns · February 2014

Great topic! Thankfully I met DH when I was 19 so I don't have too many of these! My best one was a guy I hardly knew who asked me out. I was 18 and he was 21. We went to a comedy club and I couldn't drink there, but he could. He got completely wasted and was standing up and yelling at the comedian. I was mortified. An older lady came to our table and started berating me about how I needed to get control of my boyfriend and get him out of the club. He was belligerent and was pushing people and yelling and falling all over the place. Horrifying! I had to drive his car back to his place, then I split and never talked to him again.

temursgirl · February 2014

@Rachel5130 the first one is still single. I actually think he's probably a really nice guy, that was just a really awkward thing to do. I suspect he may be gay and doesn't know or acknowledge it. I sure hope the second one is single. No one deserves being tied to a clod like that! He actually followed my friend across campus whining about how I wouldn't take his calls. Finally she told him it was because he was incredibly irritating. He was stunned. Later, unrelated to me, he stalked a professor, who then stopped having office hours to avoid the guy. So yeah, probably still single.

Want a personalized experience?

NBR GTKY: Worst Dates

Re: NBR GTKY: Worst Dates

Married DH 7/30/11

CSC arrived 5/7/12

CHC arrived 6/2/14

Choose Another Board

Search Boards