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What's your worst ever date...?

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Fozziebearmum · 28/01/2014 22:32

I once went on an internet date...we'd been chatting for a week or two online and he seemed normal. But after 5 MINS of meeting, he went to the toilet and returned to say...

he really liked me had just called his friends to tell them and I could meet them next time
that he needed to be straight with me that he was having a back operation (didn't sound like a big deal so had no idea why he was even telling me)

And... It later became apparent he didn't have a BA which was listed on his profile. He'd never been to uni, but had in fact been single for a while and thought that that's what the online question had meant when asked if he has a Bachelor of Arts....

There must be better ones out there than this though!

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Offred · 12/11/2015 22:34

That beats mine oysterbabe!!!

blaeberry · 12/11/2015 23:27

Not a date but in Italy for a conference with work colleagues. We all met in the evening for dinner at local restaurants. Several of us had dp coming out to join us for a few days at the end of the conference so the day before my dh arrived there was just me and one male colleague left to meet for dinner. It was obvious the waiter's thought we were on a date and they spoke little English but tried to make it as romantic as possible - rose, music etc. We thought it hilarious. The next day dh arrived and as we went out for dinner we walked by this restaurant hand in hand. We were spotted by the waiters and I often wonder what they were saying to me in rather animated Italian as dh and I walked by...

scarlettf0x · 12/11/2015 23:45

ettvatre about fourteen years ago at the work xmas party (huge company) and for the meal, they put us sitting randomly. I got sitting next to a really boring guy. I was disappointed. Obviously there were other people sitting at the table but he had a reputation for being miserable. I made no effort to talk to him. Anything he said to me I answered yes or no. The woman on the other side was also chatting across him and across the table. He committed suicide that christmas.

Smorgasboard · 13/11/2015 01:37

I had an OLD to watch a gig with a guy who gave me the ticket as he had a spare since splitting up with his GF. He clearly had a bad cold (all snuffles) and the worst halitosis ever! Sat in arena, could not look at him and talk at same time as smell was too much, walking behind a few feet I could still smell it. Luckily I had some mints which I offered to him, but he obliviously declined!! Handily, my bro was at the same gig and gave me a ride home(would not have gone otherwise, always have an escape plan).

BottleBeach · 13/11/2015 10:13

Oysterbabe I'm pretty sure I've had a speed date with that same guy! Surely there can't be 2? I told him I'm a single parent and that was that

etttvatre · 13/11/2015 10:28

scarlett That is truly horrible for you!

I've just thought of another one. It started with OLD but quickly turned in to a FWB relationship. He was really nice and good looking but the spark wasn't there for a "proper" relationship. (And boy, was I soon to find out why!)

I went over one afternoon and after DTD I got dressed and was about to leave and I said I had to go clothes shopping and asked if they had any good shops in his town.

He was still laying in bed, looked at me up and down and then said "Yes we do, but this is quite an affluent town so the shops are....nice."

upaladderagain · 13/11/2015 11:40

This was a non-date. Out with a friend from work and we got chatted up by a couple of blokes in a bar. One of them asked for my number, and as he was a bit of a laugh I gave it to him. Next day at work I told friend that I really wasn't interested in him after all: we'd all had too much to drink, clouded judgement.

Anyway, he phoned and I told him thanks but no thanks. Kept calling, and I spent the rest of the evening ignoring the ringing phone.
Next day at work tell friend and we have a giggle about his persistance.
She was leaving work that week, and for some reason I couldn't fathom she completely dropped me.
Found out 6 months later that she'd got engaged to man from the pub, and didn't like the fact that we'd laughed about him.
So my non-date lost me a friend.

MrNoseybonk · 13/11/2015 15:02

Oysterbabe and is he a Tory MP now?
Hold onto that story, not quite pig-worthy but embarrasing all the same :)

Crazypetlady · 13/11/2015 16:26

He brought his sister and ex along. Sister an EX spent whole date glaring.

Oysterbabe · 13/11/2015 18:37

Are you in the Bristol area Bottle?!

notarehearsal · 13/11/2015 19:19

Shortly after my marriage ended tried my first blind date ( before internet dating so think it was through a local newspaper) Met in a local City pub and he downed around six pints in about half an hour I kid you not. Every few minutes he went to the loo and came back sort of sniffing. I was concerned that he had a cold.....He talked and talked and talked, it was in the mid nineties and he told stories of massive money gains and losses, basically a world I was neither familiar with nor interested in. Met for another date but I agreed to drive out to a seaside town near to where he lived. I had a mini and he was rather a large man, I didn't want him in my car as I just didn't feel comfortable but he insisted. He'd already had another few pints as we met and still appeared to need to use the loo regularly. Anyway, squeezed into the car and driving to some 'amazing' restaurant just out of the town he starts quizzing me about where and how I liked sex. Was totally freaked and said I was going home but he insisted that he's booked the table with his really great pub/ restaurant owning friends and to cancel would 'show him up' As we sat at the table he suddenly hissed at me ' are you saying I'm a rapist?' FFS Was so totally freaked out, he'd then carry on talking about something normal before hissing again. I was so terrified but younger and still quite polite and very unsure what to do so waited until he went to blow his nose yet again in the loo before charging out to the pitch black car park and driving away. he did come running into the car park but I got away. It's so completely obvious to me now that he was a coke head and paranoid! Scary stuff

janaus · 13/11/2015 20:11

Haha good read right now, lol, just what I needed. Love the wand story. Maybe that's why I am trying to stay married. Haha

GeekLove · 14/11/2015 20:02

notarehersal
Damn, that sounded close! It sure serves to trust your instincts!

BottleBeach · 15/11/2015 19:21

Oysterbabe - Yep I wonder if we met him the same night or whether he's a regular speed dater?

I seem the remember the suit was pastel blue linen, with a pink handkerchief in the pocket. Actually, I felt quite maternal towards him, poor thing. He wasn't the worst speed date of the evening. That prize went to a guy who was so deliberately rude and insulting I came to the conclusion he was a drama student doing some kind of research. Fun times

Oysterbabe · 15/11/2015 19:25

Well I was his 138th speed date so I think he goes to all the events :)
I think I met him at one in Clifton. I felt sorry for the guy who was following him, every woman he had a date with started by talking about how the last guy was bonkers!

jamesdeandaydream · 15/11/2015 19:38

I was in my first year at uni and went on a few dates with this guy I met. One Friday night he asked if I wanted to go to his and he'd cook dinner for me so off I went. Later on that night things were heating up a little and while he went upstairs to the toilet, I decided to whip my chicken fillets out of my bra so that he couldn't feel them if he went to feel my small boobs. My bag was in the hallway and I could hear him coming downstairs so I quickly threw them behind the sofa with the intention of discreetly retrieving them later. I obviously forgot and found out that I had the day after when he said he'd found my jelly pads and did I want him to bring them over

DraenorQueen · 15/11/2015 20:09

Not me, thank God, but a friend who went speed dating. Apparently there were two utterly obnoxious men who, upon finding themselves sitting in front of a woman they did not deem sufficiently attractive, refused point blank to even speak. They just sat there and stared around the room until it was time to move on. How bloody mortifying????

AtSea1979 · 15/11/2015 20:10

Oh this has cheered me up!

Salene · 15/11/2015 20:14

I went on a date once off Internet, I had a great night, drank too much but really enjoyed myself

The next day I was with some friends telling them about my wonderful date and how I think me and this guy really had a connection

Suddenly my phone binged, it was a text message from him.. Excited I opened it to read....

LAST NIGHT WAS A FUCKING NIGHTMARE I NEVER WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN

Actually all written in capitals like he was shouting at me

Ha ha talk about getting it wrong

RaaRaaa · 15/11/2015 21:12

Popped in to see a friend at work once, had a text from her later asking if she could pass my number to a colleague who had seen me whilst there. Had recently broken up with someone so was feeling quite low and excited someone was interested. A few texts later and a date was arranged - I was to go to his house and meet him there as he had a 'surprise' planned.

I'm sure you can imagine my surprise when his mother answered the door, told me he was in the shower and to come have a cup of tea while I waited! He had conveniently not mentioned he lived with his parents so very awkward twenty minutes wait.

He finally comes down, get ready to leave only to find the surprise date was his Mum driving us to a bowling alley...

Horrendous. Faked a headache to go home as quickly as I could (train, he wanted to call his mum to come back!) and there was no second date.

Oysterbabe · 15/11/2015 21:23

Lol RaaRaa, are you 14?

RaaRaaa · 15/11/2015 21:36

Unfortunately, no.

I think even at 14 I may have thought this was odd though!

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