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Oops! Can Your Date Be Saved?

By lemondrop. Posted on Oct 23rd 2010.

Some dating disasters are forgivable, others should just be written off as romantic losses.

If it's stupid and embarrassing, I've done some version of it on a date ... and have had to do some pretty impressive damage control to make up for it. lemondrop: The Modern Girl's Guide to Sticky Situations

From cartwheeling over a restaurant chair like I was in the "American Gladiators" atlasphere to accidentally saying unflattering things about Hunt's ketchup (honestly, how could I have possibly known her father worked Hunt's parent company, agribusiness giant ConAgra?), I'm an ace at figuring out how to thoroughly embarrass myself. lemondrop: Life's Most Embarrassing Moments

But I've also been on the receiving end of some ridiculous Bad Date Behavior. (It's not ALWAYS me, you guys.) I've come to know which faux pas are forgivable, and which should just be written off as romantic losses and go in the proverbial book. lemondrop: Can You Stop Doing This on Dates With Me?

Now I pass these savings onto you ...

Scenario One: You've Inadvertently Said Something Offensive

Aside from being the working title to my memoir (debating between the above and "The Single Jingles: Me, Loneliness & My Casio Keyboard"), Inadvertently Saying Offensive Things is my stock and trade. Do you do it too? I'm here to help.

I'm going to assume as a gentle reader of this progressive-minded website that you aren't racist, homophobic, xenophobic, anti-Semitic, anti-Canadian, or pro-Bieber. My guess is you, like me, may accidentally fall prey to more of the garden-variety verbal buffoonery, like casually mocking astrology to someone who goes suddenly ashen-faced because their mom is Terry Nazon (look her up).