The worst date I ever had hit only two of these but I could add to the list... However, I think my best friend takes the cake with who we call "Plate Licker" sometimes it's a single act that takes the evening to the point of no return.
The story of "Plate Licker":
My friend met this man on an online dating site. They spent a couple of weeks exchanging messages. Due to schedules they couldn't meet up until 11pm. So they decided to have dinner at an IHOP because it's 24 hours. The guy ordered half the menu (she counted 18 dishes) to be placed into to-go boxes and ordered the strawberry topped pancakes for himself. He talked the whole time as he shoveled pancakes into his mouth. When he no longer had pancakes to devour he proceded to lick the plate. Yes he licked the strawberry sauce off the plate right there in the middle of a restaurant (which because it's in Hollywood is busy at nearly mid-night). People stopped, people stared, people whispered. He then grabbed his fork leaned in and stabbed at the salad on her plate. He was so busy talking and stabbing at her plate that he didn't notice how mortified she was. She paid her portion of the bill and walked out. He got the hint that he'd done something wrong but honestly had no idea what it was. He called, text, and sent messages asking her to explain herself. She finally did.
My worst date ever... Showed up 30 minutes late to meet me at the restaurant with no call. He was filthy, I'm talking crawled out from under a truck filthy (yes he actually did). Didn't even stop to wash his hands. While I'm wearing a dress. I couldn't pull a conversation out of him to save my life. He acted disinterested in everything I said. So upon completion of a very uncomfortable dinner he suggested a movie. We looked for a movie. He insisted on a kids movie. After the movie where he didn't even return my touch he asked me to go home with him. When I declined, he got mad. He's spent the last 9 years trashing me to everyone we know in common. Saying I'm a fridgid bitch. Apparently I took him for an expensive meal (the bill came to $35) and a wonderful night out and wouldn't "put out". I'm still happy with my choice.
I had a guy suggest going for a hike on the second date...I don't mind a bit of nature but the thought of being dragged through the country side for an hour or two on a second date...(shudders)
I also met someone who wanted to introduce me to his parents on a date. Freaked the crap out of me lol...
I also had a date with a guy who drank so much he puked up his dinner on a walkway on the way to the closest pub. He blamed the curry lol. The worst bit was that loads of mutal friends were walking past as he did it...I was a little embarressed
Well bad breath is always a bad thing but so many of these are no-no's with me. But the worst has to be the combination of constantly checking his phone and talking about himself all night. I once went out with a guy who constantly told me how great he was and how much money he made, and that missing an important call could cost him to lose much money. Even late at night he kept telling me how he was expecting a call from Europe about a big deal. I can deal with most things but not someone who brags about himself and is arrogant. And I later found out that he was pretty much full of shit too.
Another thing that pisses me off that wasnt on the list is the control freak. Has anyone ever dated a guy that after you ordered dinner, told the waiter she doesnt want that and ordered for you. And not beacuse what I ordered was too expensive but because he had to be in control. I let it slide once but later that night, he tried it again with drink order when we went to a club so I just left!!! God I hate that!!!
Help me! I am guilty of 4 of the squares on Ashleigh's Bad Date Bingo game.
1- I once wore shiny black shoes (She even said, "What's with those shoes?")
2- I was once late (She got even with me by being late for many dates after that!)
3- I was once hungover (unfortunately she went out with me again, and again and married me, in hind sight I wish she had dumped me right away.)
4- I once constantly checked my phone (my parents had been in a car accident and I couldn't get a flight out until the next morning, so I went out on a planned date anyhow, mom kept calling because dad was in pretty bad shape. He recovered fine. The date didn't.
There are so many that strike a chord with me. I can laugh about it now, though at the time it was probably none too funny.
I sometimes wonder how I ever managed to find a steady boyfriend. After a lot of exceedingly cringe-worthy dates, at least it gave me a better idea of what I was looking for.
Thankfully there weren't too many of what I would call complete disasters; plus there was just too much happening in my social life for it to over shadow everything else.
Worst date ever with a control freak.
I once went out on a date with a chinese guy. He took me to a chinese restaurant. I wasn´t all that bothered when he ordered the food, but when it came to the drinks he ordered for me. The worst part was when our food came and I had to use chopsticks. Normally I cope very well, but that night I didn´t and knew I was going to make a big mess, so I just asked for a fork so I didn´t have to worry about picking up small shredded things with sticks. This guy wouldn´t let the waitress bring me a fork, said I needed to learn to eat properly.
I had went out on a date with a guy who had bad breath (yuuuuucccckkkk), and he kept talking throughout the while date. then he had a burger hanging out his nose, it was sooooo disgusting that I had to pack up my food to go.
and he had the nerve to want a hug afterward.
not so much a date so I dont know if this qualifies. I was approaching a girl who I'd spotted at the bar whilst standing with a group of friends and she was really cute. My friends knew I was a cert to strike out and I guess 1 of them sparked a match and put it in my pocket. I go over and approach the girl, offer to buy her a drink. She takes the drink and throws it at me and the alcohol reacted with the match which I didnt notice was in my pocket til my trousers caught alight. Panicking like a headless chicken I'm trying to pat the flames out like an idiot and the girl starts screaming. The bouncer then comes over and must have thought I was trying to wank on her or something and I got thrown out. when the flames did go out, it had burnt the entire crotch area of my trousers so it looked like I had those chaps type things on. I had to get the train on a friday night to the hospital which is a few towns away to get my burns treated and was looked at really strangely the whole time, even the nurse laughed when she saw me. I then had to get the train back home in the early hours with a bunch of drunks who heckled me the whole way back and I even got my arse squeezed by someone as I mae my way back to my house which was so painful I almost cried. I ha to sit on a donut cushion for a whole week
I gotta agree with sexi_virgin bad breath and bad hygiene are a killer for me yuck!! Some guys just can't help themselves and check out your friends and that's also a killer for me: dead end buddy! These days everyone checks their phones WAY too much and on a date I want a guy who's paying attention to me duh? So girls I'd say one of the benefits of dating an older guy is that in my experience they are into you and not their phone or their friends or the party they want to be at. Should also be a box for guys who "honk"? WTF? And also if you invite me out at least offer to pay ok? Should be a box for cheapskates.
My worst date was with a guy a friend of mine knew. She played matchmaker and suggested we meet up. We talked over the phone first and he seemed nice enough, so I agreed to go out for dinner with him the following Friday night. He turned up still dressed in his dirt-caked work clothes and took me back to his house so he could get ready. I didn't realise he still lived with his parents and three sisters. He left me alone with them for over an hour while he showered and dressed. They interrogated me the whole time while I watched the clock and kept checking the hallway for him. He finally ushered me out the door and we got back in his car, where he pulled a can of deodorant from the glove compartment and unbuttoned his tucked-in shirt so he could spray it on. He overdid it quite a bit and I'm an asthmatic so I had to wind the window down to breathe. The dinner was one of the most awkward ones I've experienced and I was so glad when it was over.
Is it okay for a guy post about a bad date here?
I would also like to bring up the fact, that if the guy gets lost all the time in the city he lives in, and we are supposed to meet up on a date and he can't find the place, that is another bad date bingo.
Ugh..I'm glad I can look back and laugh at some of the dates I went on when I was younger. I think I can legitimately scream BINGO from just one guy. *cringe* he was overly nervous because he had been asking me out for awhile and I finally caved and figured "What the hell?"
We met at the movie theater, because I had to come straight from work. I kept offering to share my drink with him and he refused, till it was half empty , then took it and finished it making that Ohh so wonderful "slurp" noise with the straw till people around us were staring. He also spent most of the movie telling me what was about to happen, because him and a friend had seen it the day before. (The movie choice was his, not mine)
Afterwards, he asked about going to dinner, figured "What the hell, might turn around and get better". No such luck. After shooting down any suggestion I gave, he picked Denny's. (No insult to Denny's, I like a Grand Slam breakfast, not really my idea of romantic first date material. Maybe a great morning after for breakfast one). He then proceeded to make jokes about my allergy to mushrooms and thought it was funny to continuously try and put them on my plate till I finally gave up eating due to fear of and ER visit.
I honestly believe I lost brain cells just trying to have a semi-intelligent conversation with him. If it wasn't about four wheelin', pot, PBR, the bible or TV shows like "Mamma's Family", it wasn't interesting. Needless to say, I never asked about books or philosophy.
Finally said I was going to the restroom and called my best friend for a save. She lived close enough to come by and say I had a family emergency, while I was gone he started asking our waitress for her number (he apparently wasn't listening while she and I talked about having a class together in college)
When my best friend finally showed up, with the story of a death in the family; he still tried to score and told me to call him and he would come over and comfort me like I "needed" but it had to be at my place because his mom was a light sleeper. He was nice enough to let me know I owed him because ( I will never forget this winning hook up line) "You know, this cost me my gas money for the week, but I'm sure you're going to be worth it" then pinched my ass.
I couldn't leave fast enough, and attempted to avoid all calls from him for ages. Ran into him several months later while I was with my savior best friend and told him I was contemplating join a nunnery and devoting my life to the church. He still tried.
Will avoid the 'Wearing Goofy Outfit' Since it was the 80's
I was the kid next door's imaginary friend.