Dating Disaster: He Said I Looked Like…
A date takes an awkward turn after an unexpected family resemblance.
Everyone—god love ya if you haven't—has a tale of dating gone wrong. Whether it happens on a blind date or three months into a blooming relationship, these disasters usually strike out of the blue and leave you stunned, slack-jawed and, often, downright offended. And that's exactly why they make for such good stories. Hopefully, too, they teach us a thing or two about the pursuit of love. Here's my tale.
I had known Billy* for five years through mutual friends, and at some point we started hanging out independently. I was still sailing on the friend boat when Billy indicated his winds were now blowing from a different direction. I wasn't interested in him romantically then, but we did seem to get on quite well. And so ensued several months of friendly, flirty hangouts, during which I grew more and more fond of the fellow. From Friends To Lovers
We spent one Friday night playing pool with friends, drinking beer and chatting on the front steps of a house party. We talked about the benefits of therapy and shared our respective "here's what made me need therapy" stories (dutiful New Yorkers that we are). And then we kissed. We went to his apartment to walk his dog and, inevitably, kissed again. It was exciting, after the months of build-up. That is, until he suddenly pulled away and said, "I can't do this."
I thought he might be joking. "Um, what?" I asked. "Why not?"
"Well," he responded, without so much as a stifled smile, "you look exactly like my aunt."
Discussion
i have some good "bad date" stories. First one:
On our second date in the middle of playing pool he asked me to be his girlfriend. I had only known him about 2 weeks, we met on the internet, i was just out of a 6 year relationship and wasnt ready to rush into another one. I had known all my previous boyfriends for a while before dating, so after 2 dates i was like Realy?
I said we should date a little more before that happens, we need to get to know eachother better. He got mad, he said, I want to go to the movies. next door to where we were there was a movie theater so we went. He picked a movie, while walking in he was groping me the whole time, i was very uncomfortable with that, then we sat down and no one else was in the theater so i made out a little while the previews were on. he said, i have to go to the bathroom. so i waited....and waited...and after about 10 mins i looked at my phone to see what time it was because the movie had started and i was alone. he sent me a text message saying he just couldnt and he had to go because it was love at first sight and i had broken his heart. WTF!!!!!!
Really dude? if you were in love at first sight you woudlnt have left, you would have still perused me, but i feel lucky because when i got home to really think about things i realized that he is probably going to be an abusive person, he wanted to control everything about our first meetings. i hadnt done the online dating thing before and i told him that, i also said i would feel more comfortable meeting somewhere where I knew people but he insisted we meet some where else. all in all i'm glad he is gone, i have a kinda funny story because who does that? at least he paid for the movie!
Once I dated a guy who did this "bless you" routine when he kissed me goodbye. A kiss on the forehead, a kiss on the cheek and then a little sign of the cross, before hugging me goodbye. I guess that is not a HORROR story but it freaked me out. Needless to day, that didn't last long.
Also, he was NOT catholic.
A friend of mine who I had a major crush on once told me I was just like his sister. Man, that was awkward.
