Oh. Man.

iVillage is running a gallery of terrible, horrible, no good, very bad date stories and you are going to want to crack open a bottle of wine, put your pjs on, and get comfortable to read all of them uninterrupted. That might be just me. My favorite:

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“When I was in high school, I went on a date with this guy I worked with at my part-time job. We wore uniforms at work, so imagine his surprise when he showed up at my house to find me all decked out in black, black and more black, complete with chains and combat boots. And then, imagine my surprise when I found myself looking at a guy in khakis and two iZod polos — both pastel, with the collars popped way up. Did I also mention that he was wearing Dock sliders without socks?”

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STOP! Now, you know after watching Nicholas Spark movies that this can go one of two ways: they will fall in love, or fall in hate. Are you in suspense right now? Do you think they’ll even go out at all!? Okay, let’s get back to the story.

“Despite our apparent differences, we decided to go on our date anyway. I was trying to be polite, but he spent the whole time talking about how much money his family had and didn’t ask me a single question. Then when I didn’t want to make out with him, he sulked. After a silent ride home, I walked in my door and my parents were already laughing and saying, “Sorry it didn’t work out!” Note to self: conduct a short interview before agreeing to go out with people!”

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And I’m sure everyone lived happily ever after.

Read the rest of the horror stories here.

Now let’s get out there and have a weekend full of good dates!

 

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