Do you have any first date, or blind date horror stories you would like to tell us?

aside from the nose-biting incident?

I have never gone on a blind date, but I have had a couple of 1st dates where you know 10 mins into it, that you know its also going to be the last date

I've never had any blind dates, so I can't say as far as that goes; but my first dates have always been the sweetest!

I was set up on a blind date once, nothing against really fat people but, he couldnt fit in the booth at the resturant, He was a nice enough guy but he fell in love with me and was talking about our future. the only future I was thinking of was getting home, alone!

Too busy with Survey Central to ever go on dates.

I've dated only 4 men in my life...nothing to tell.

A blind date - humiliating for both parties. 'nuff said!

I went on a blind date once. He showed up wearing a Spiderman shirt. Like not a T-shirt, but one of those nylon button ups. We ate sushi and watched Halloween. Nothing to tell really except that I was hoping he'd not call me after and he didn't.

Now the worst date I went on was three years ago. He started going on about how he hasn't met anyone special in a while and that when he does, he'll know and he'll want to make her life wonderful all while looking at me with twinkling eyes. What he was really saying was: 'I'm trying to get into your pants'. The date ended by me getting him to drop me off at a friend's place. The 'relationship' didn't go much further than that. He tried to get to see me few more times but was always busy.

It wasn't really the first set up date, blind date if you will, but the sequence of events afterward. My sister set me up with her boyfriends co-worker. He was really cute, but a drunk. He was not very bright and a bore. So I was bored at the time and went out with him. Of course, drinking till drunk was a must on his date and than he would look at me with those puppy dog eyes and ask me " you wanna make love?".
Yeah, whatever.
Every date he organized was like that. and if it became one of my organized dates (meeting one of my friends at the tavern) he would get so drunk he had no recollection of anything or where I was. I would have at least had fun that night. All his hobbies and all his conversations were about getting drunk. this lasted about a month and a half and I walked away from it. I apologized to my sister abecause her boyfriend would hear about his whining that I wouldn't go out with him anymore. Luckily that lasted a few weeks and his drinking allowed him to forget all about me.

Nope, my first blind date went so well that I married the gal. We didn't really watch the movie, and 'getting caught with a flat' (as in the movie as well) helped.

On a date two weeks earlier than that I went racing around mountain roads and crashed a fence because I was frustrated.

The last time I slept with a date we were too drunk to enjoy it. On prior dates with others I sensed that the implicitly proposed path was to do much the same. It seemed to me a lame way of going about it. Perhaps I've been finding the wrong gals. On one hand it seemed that the idea was to not sleep together unless resistance was compromised by alcohol, and yet striving for that condition seemed to be part of the plan as well.

Drunk sex makes for a foggy morning after. Not exactly the makings of a happy life ever after. The night might be fun, but thechances of remembering it are slim.

I passed out on a first date once. That was fairly embarassing.

> I passed out on a first date once. That was fairly embarassing.


And potentially dangerous!

well, yes. Thankfully I was just in his living room and not on the edge of a cliff, or rollerskating or anything.

I have no recall problems on alcohol. But I'm not at my artistic and sensitive best.

She split the morning after (on about our 7th date) with the words "It's my fault, I knew what to expect" which still leaves me scratching my head. Her car being towed while she slept didn't help any, I suppose. She was a lesbian, which might be part of the equation there, as I only partially fit that designation myself.

"It's my fault, I knew what to expect"
Nothing like setting you up to fail in her eyes. I suppose most have used a line like that once in their life before they realize how dumb that is.
Lesbians are quirky to say the least.

Sure. I once dated a woman who invited me back to her place so she could get ready for our (first) date. I met her at her workplace. Once we were back at her place, she proceeded to use the toilet with the bathroom door open. Then she got nude from the waist up, in order to change her clothing. She at least had the modesty to turn her back to me.

Call me a prude, but as far as I'm concerned, that is assuming way too much intimacy for a first date.

The only reason there was a second date was because when the cheque came at the restaurant, she quickly laid down a $100 bill. I was planning to get it with my credit card and didn't have much cash. A brief discussion ensued and the waiter picked it up before it was resolved. I was a bit befuddled. I felt I had to take her out for another dinner after that. I would have felt like a scoundrel otherwise.

It never got physical at all. We never so much as held hands.

You point out how weird dating can get, trying to interpret signals and behave appropriately for an unknown set of expectations.

I guess the benchmark of success is when you no longer have to figure such stuff out and acting naturally works.

Well, after 2-3 dates, a man informed me that he was XXY.

But it wasn't really horrible like the survey is asking. We didn't continue dating for other reasons... I found it more interesting than anything. It's like a male calico cat - Cool.

> Sure. I once dated a woman
> who invited me back to her
> place so she could get ready
> for our (first) date. I met
> her at her workplace. Once
> we were back at her place,
> she proceeded to use the toilet
> with the bathroom door open.


#1 or #2?

Okay, that's really gross!

#1, I take it.

Never had a blind date. Never had a bad date.

Me either. Everyone I've ever dated could see. Maybe it's my wife that's blind.