#DateFail
My friend told me this story yesterday I just couldn’t believe. She was on a date with this guy – first date – and she made the interesting decision to head back to his place after dinner. While she thumbed through his DVD collection, he hastily announced that he was fresh out of weed, and that he’d need to head out really quickly to refresh his supply.
Oooookay.
Before my friend could react, respond or participate, the gentleman ran out and locked her in from the outside. She sat in his apartment for about two hours waiting for this guy to score some smoke, and eventually ran out of patience (and what patience, right?!). Deciding a DVD or two was fair and reasonable compensation for her trouble, she tucked away some feel good comedies and excused herself via an unlocked window. Luckily, this man was on a first floor apartment.
I’ve had some pretty crappy dates in my time, but this was dumbfounding. And hilarious. And tragic. And I couldn’t wait to tell all of you about it. In fact, I ran right out and asked my social network for horrible dating stories. They delivered some whoppers without hesitation.
And so the “Dating Tip” segment of our Twitter account was born. We’ll be sharing the real dating calamities we hear, delivered as “tips” – tips people probably should never really need, but apparently at least one person could have used. Maybe we’ll even hold a contest to identify the 10 “best” dating tips…but we’ll see about that later. For now, we’ll just share the unbelievable stuff we hear about, edited for 140 characters.
Posted September 2nd, 2010 by Jim Mitchell
Tags: bad date, DateFail, dating tip