Valentine’s Day is less than a month away and some of us are anxious to have that perfect date with our perfect guy (or girl) and some of us are dreading the day. Every one of us 20-somethings know that for every good date, there are ten really, really bad ones. I polled my Facebook gal pals to find the worst of the worst dates, and these were the ones that were the most terrifyingly cringed-worthy.
Caroline, 20
“I went on a date with a guy that told me he was still in love with his middle school girlfriend. I also had a guy take me to his family reunion as a first date... I go back and forth on which is worse”
Molly, 22
“[We were] at brunch and this guy kept picking up a praying mantis at our table and talking about ‘what great hunters’ they are after I repeatedly told him bugs terrify me”
Gillian, 19
“A guy took me out to dinner at The Cheesecake Factory (personal favorite), asked me if I should really be getting that cheesecake (AT THE FREAKIN CHEESECAKE FACTORY), forgot his wallet and made me pay, and then cried about how much he loved his sister and no girl could ever compare to her on the way back home.”
Darian, 22
“A guy picked me up for a date at the Chocolate Moose (RIP, bae) and on the way there my lips started burning really badly. While he was ordering our ice cream I did some investigating and realized that the safety cap on my mace was broken. I had pepper sprayed myself. I spent the entire date "discreetly" rubbing my ice cream on my lips in an attempt to get it to stop burning.”
Emily, 19
“First date with a guy from back home a few years ago, we were supposed to go ice skating; it should've been cute. Instead, the guy stops at the gas station (I assume he has to get gas, nbd) comes back to the car with a box of condoms and tries to sneakily put them in the center console of his car... epic fail because I obviously saw it and immediately told him to take me home.”
Tatiana, 22
“I had a date with a guy and he admitted he lied about his age (he was 30 but said he was 25) and he admitted he had two kids. The oldest one was the same age distance from me as I was from the guy I was on a date with.”
Andrea, 22
“This guy picked me up to take me to the movies to see 22 jump street even though I saw it four times already. And even though I live two blocks away from a deluxe brand new movie theater he drove us two towns over to the mall because the theater there had "couches" –old, red leather, ratchet couches. During the drive there he lit a cigarette without asking me if I minded, or even if I wanted one. Then he started talking about his construction job and the guys he worked with who he said showed him their swastika tattoos on their stomachs. I go ‘why are you telling me this? That is not okay’ and he's like ‘OMG so funny that was classic man omg lol.’ Then, on the highway we pass a limo; [It was] just a normal regular black limo, and he assumes it's a group of high schoolers going to prom. At this point I'm not talking to him because I'm scared and I go ‘yeah maybe’ and then he tells me this story about how he and his friends once threw eggs at a group of kids all dressed up to go to prom. I'm like ‘What? Why?’ and he goes omg so funny. I'm like, ‘you threw eggs at strangers?’ and he was like ‘yeah so classic.’ Like, hello, I went to a prom once! So then we get to where the movie theater is by the mall, but we have 40 minutes until the movie and so instead of going into the mall (idk maybe he would feed me??) we park at a GAS STATION and sit there and he buys more cigarettes. We went inside and I think I tried to sleep during the movie on the nasty red leather reclining couches”
So no matter what your boyfriend plans for the two of you, or what you and your girlfriends do to celebrate the loves in your lives, dedicate your night to these girls; they’ve been through a lot.
