This thread has had me giggling like a loon.
One guy turned up with a bottle of red wine, downed the lot & tried to weep into my arms at the tragedy his of being so intelligent he had to hang out with thick people for his whole life (i.e. the rest of the world compared to his towering intellect)
Upon enquiry he had actually managed to get a couple of Ds at A'level.
One bright spark drove me around the city ALL NIGHT doing drive bys on his family members houses & telling me "this is where my sister lives, she has x kids, is married to y, they work as z" as we drove past and on to the next.
We didn't make it to a second date.
Another told me it was a real shame I'd be one of the first to die when 'the revolution comes'.
Have no idea what revolution as I didn't stick around to find out.
Another turned up in knee length camo cargos, white socks pulled up so only his knees were sticking out the top & deck shoes to a first date.
We were supposed to be going out to dinner.
Then there was the guy who described everything as 'lurv.....ely' all said on one long breath
I still can't hear that word drawn out without shuddering.
A guy who was so good looking I could have forgiven him most things told me it was a real shame it wasn't the 1920s as I'd have been considered beautiful then with my pale skin & asked me if I'd thought of using fake tan to look a bit more normal.
A guy who made it into the bedroom never got back in again after we'd DTD & he then proceeded to tell me how generous he was to his girlfriends, listing such highlights as when he bought a value argos microwave for his ex for Christmas, a dress from the market for some previous girl.
This is a guy with his home, own yacht, very nice car & a decent income.
I don't date based on what a guy can give me, & I have enough for a decent lifestyle all by myself, but for some reason the thought of him buying his girlfriend the cheapest microwave he could find for Christmas was a complete deal breaker.