Sometimes we need to look on the lighter side and console each other a bit. So I'd like to start a discussion from a date I had on Sunday that lasted all of about an hour.
It had been arranged as a coffee date at a Starbucks open till 10pm. So I thought we'd be staying there for longer than one drink and was a bit surprised when the guy I met suggested going for a walk.
I asked where to partly from a safety viewpoint and partly because I thought he'd have a particular venue or event in mind. There's quite a lot going on in Nottingham and even more so over Bank Holiday.
He said "I was thinking perhaps a pub" and took me to one that was absolutely rammed. The conversation so far had hardly flowed from his side and a noisy pub was hardly conducive to it. The only table was a shared one which you just don't want on a date and I said so.
The next pub had four or five big screens showing football which fair dos, I'm a big fan of. However, the noise could have raised the roof and made conversation which a first date is meant to be about impossible.
I pointed out it was very loud and the guy said incredulously, "You don't like it?" I was at this point tipped over the edge by his general thoughtlessness and cluelessness. So I said I thought the whole point was to talk and went outside.
He didn't come out after me so I started heading towards the railway station. I stopped a couple of times to see if he was looking for me but couldn't see him. The upside was at least I got the last pistachio mousse cake slice from Caffè Nero!