Dating : Let’s share funny dating stories that were our own fault
I thought this would be fun, since I have some funny screw-ups that I’ve been dying to tell people.
I’m sure we’ve all made dumb mistakes, though I suspect I have 99% of you beat.
I suck at reading signals sometimes (mild Autism (with an official diagnosis), not even approaching « Asperger’s », but it still causes problems), which leads to funny events.
**First online dating experience at 18:**
**Strike 1:** I had been talking to this woman for over a month, as she was away for a while in a different area. When it came time for our date, I forgot my glasses, got lost, and missed so many turns I was half an hour late.
**Strike 2:** After arriving, and seeing that she was even more gorgeous than her photos, I got a bit nervous and intimidated, since to me she looked like a model, and I lacked experience. We headed out to a restaurant in my car. I wasn’t paying attention while parking, and I lightly crashed the car into the brick wall in the parking space…we were both fine, but she was not pleased obviously.
The date went alright, and I could tell she was working hard to give me a chance.
**Strike 3:** At one point I asked her last name (changed for privacy, but the same idea). She said « French ». I replied « I know it’s French, but what’s your last name? » (Thinking she meant her last name was a French last name…)
« I just told you, it’s French. »
I was a little frustrated, « Yeah, I know it’s French, but what’s your last name. »
She leaned in, with a very annoyed look on her face, and repeated « My last name…is French. » and then she stared at me. »Oh, sorry » I said.
I drove her back to her place, and I felt humiliated, knowing how badly I screwed up, and this was likely the worst date she had ever had…and then I screwed up even worse.
After all that, she still gave me a shot « Do you want to come inside? »
« No, I’m too embarrassed. »
Puzzled, and smirking, she looked at me and said « Best of luck to you. »
This was many years ago, on one of my first dates. Although I was unhappy about it at the time, now I think it’s hilarious, especially now that I have more experience and have had plenty of successful dates.
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Your turn, share yours, it can’t be as bad as mine. Let’s avoid anything that you feel was the other person’s fault…laugh at yourself.
Oh god that story. That’s something I’d do FOR SURE with the “french” thing
I was on a date with a girl (I’m a girl too…branching out) and we were sitting outside and I’d just gotten the check. Everything was going great and she seemed to like me a lot. Then a homeless guy comes over and stands really close to her begging for change. He’s literally a few inches away from her (not to me) and I suddenly feel the urge to be the “man” in the situation and protect her lol. (I also recently saw a homeless man stab my friend and almost kill him the past summer, so there’s that.) We ignored him but he didn’t go away, eventually I glared at him hard and when he still didn’t go away, I told him to go away….
After he left, we got up to go and she basically ran away from me to get away. And acted afraid of me. The end. Oh well