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My Date Last Night. Help me make sense of it.

228 replies

Conway007 · 25/10/2018 15:18

I recently met a guy on OLD. After a few messages, we exchange numbers and spoke on the phone. He then texted to ask if he could take me out on a date. I agreed, he booked a table at a very posh restaurant (his choice) and the date was last night. I arrived before he did and was taken to our table. When I asked where he was, he told me that he was stuck in the traffic but on his way. He was one hour late!

I was expecting an athletic, tall and good-looking man as described in his profile and the pictures that he sent before we met. Instead, a fat, short bald man walked towards me - I tried my best to keep my disappointment to myself. He was scruffy and before sitting down said he was going to the toilet (nothing wrong with that). I could not understand why he would conceal his disability before we met, not that it would have mattered.

As soon as he came back, he started eating the bread which was on the table - he was eating so quickly. When our main course came (went straight for main as I wanted to get out), he ate using his hands and sometimes cutlery, he was dipping bread into all sorts of things. After he had completed his own food, he asked if I had finished, I told him that I had had enough. He asked if he could taste. In the end, he took my plate and polished everything. When the waiters took the bread away he demanded that they bring the bread back.

If that was not embarrassing enough, I returned from the toilet to see him counting carefully folded notes all over the table. The money was folded up in a little plastic bag. I suggested him that we should share the bill. He agreed and asked him to stop counting the money as I would pay the balance on my card.

We paid and I couldn't wait to get out the place quickly. I think he asked if I wanted to go to the cinema.

Why would a person conceal their disabilities? Why would a person lied about what they look like if they actually wanted to meet?

OP posts:
Conway007 · 25/10/2018 16:00

@SadVillage, no, I have not heard from him since last night.

As soon as I got back home, I went and check the profile and it was there, "Attractive, Athletic...

I do not think that he will get in touch after last night.

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Oysterbabe · 25/10/2018 16:00

What did you have? The monkfish and tiger prawn masala sounds amazing.

Womanlikeme · 25/10/2018 16:01

Did he have a photo on his profile? What did you think of him on the phone? He must have sounded ok for you to have met him?

Coconutspongexo · 25/10/2018 16:01

Do people really right that shit in their profile?

Why didn’t you pull him up there and then instead of posting this? Not much can be done about it now really can it.

Your whole take on the disability thing has
Completely baffled me tbh

lolaflores · 25/10/2018 16:02

Itsnotabingthinsit no need for that. OP was a bit silly to give him the beneift but to deserve everything shitty that follows....come on. Some perspective

Ellisandra · 25/10/2018 16:02

You know when he called to have the bread back? (which is fine btw)

That’s when you were supposed to say “bloody hell man, have you got hollow legs?”

You know, give him an opening Wink

Conway007 · 25/10/2018 16:05

We spoke on the phone a few times and he sounded really nice, hence, I agreed to meet him.

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RatUnholyRolyPoly · 25/10/2018 16:05

Ellisandra Halloween GrinHalloween GrinHalloween Grin

Bluntness100 · 25/10/2018 16:05

OP was a bit silly to give him the beneift but to deserve everything shitty that follows

Well to be fair, I'm struggling to see what was shitty that followed. I mean ok, he was very hungry and paid his half from a plastic bag, but it doesn't sound like he was rude or anything,

Tighnabruaich · 25/10/2018 16:05

Ellisandra Grin

Conway007 · 25/10/2018 16:06

He was never rude, he was very polite.

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Petalflowers · 25/10/2018 16:08

Maybe having a disability will put some people,off.

However, being short and fat, and not athletic and attractive is being deceiving.

Conway007 · 25/10/2018 16:10

I have worked with lots of people with disabilities and I do not think that would have put me off meeting him.

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Ellisandra · 25/10/2018 16:11

I know I’m in the minority, but I might give the benefit of the doubt with being an hour late. If I was quickly informed and the reason seemed genuine and he was contrite - especially if it was “I’m sorry, I’m going to be late, would you like to rearrange?”.

So the only thing he seems to have done wrong is lie on his profile.

Which is a biggie!

But I think the comments about him being hungry (he was an hour late - of course he was!), wanting the bread back, counting out money etc are all a bit mean.

As for eating your leftovers? I like a man who appreciates good food, likes to try lots of things, and doesn’t waste food... so all good there!

Were they actually his photos? Very old ones? Or a total lie? Athletic means different things to different people. My husband has a right old beer belly but he can cycle up massive hills with his swoony thighs powering him 😋 Harder to have two interpretations of tall though!

I’m giggling at the leap re the legs though Grin maybe he just sucked up expensive nearby parking because he was already late?

sunglasses123 · 25/10/2018 16:12

If someone has put a fake picture on his profile then surely you say something as soon as he arrives.

Justmuddlingalong · 25/10/2018 16:12

Surely you'd have the guts to say, "I'm sorry, but I think there's been a mistake," then leave, when he 1st arrived, ? There's no need to be rude, but there's also no need to be excruciatingly eating with someone who is not what he claimed to be.

exWifebeginsat40 · 25/10/2018 16:13

oh come on, surely EVERYONE has had a bad date at some point that involved very expensive parking, unacceptable lateness and a surprise Douglas Bader.

anyone? anyone? Beuller...?

Trinity66 · 25/10/2018 16:15

Maybe he was taller when he still had legs

Grin
HungryForSnacks · 25/10/2018 16:16

I have worked with lots of people with disabilities and I do not think that would have put me off meeting him.

We don't even know if he has a disability!! I'm crying here 😂😂

Ellisandra · 25/10/2018 16:16

Taller when he had legs.
Also crying 😂

florafawna · 25/10/2018 16:18

First date coffee, never a meal!

KnobZombie7 · 25/10/2018 16:20

Read through your first post, OP.
You haven't even hinted at what his 'disability' might be, then in a later post, assume he has fake legs! How bizarre!
Very strange post.
And OLD is full, full of people who lie about their appearance, age, job etc. It's a sad part of the 'game'.

Coconutspongexo · 25/10/2018 16:21

If you’ve worked with people with disabilities surely you know it’s tacky and strange to assume he has a disability :s

Cambalamb · 25/10/2018 16:23

Oh dear I think that's called cat fishing.Forget him and FaceTime next time before meeting.

wishywashy6 · 25/10/2018 16:24

@Trinity66 😂😂😂 crying with laughter here

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