| Nov 11, 2005 @ 8:12 PM |
how did you escape a terrible first or blind date?
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lecriveuse
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before i got my computer, i'd listen to telepersonals. i'd have my speakerphone on and do stuff around the house while listening. three times, i went out to meet some guys with whom i'd been conversing.
1 out of 3 turned out ok. i chose to meet them at barnes & noble. i could always amuse myself if they were late or didnt show up at all.
the two worst ones were horrid! one, i saw hunched over a book with his back towards me. i knew who he was by his description, but he left out a lost. he was dirty, extremely hair (no demarcation between hair on his head n back. eww!). he didn't have the decency to wear clean clothes! i just didn't have the strength to endure a few seconds to lie n get away, so i turned and walked out.
second guy i met at barnes & noble n austin. i was in the cafe when he walked in. again, this guy was way off on his description. he looked like he'd been hit by a truck and dragged across a sand dune -- face down! filthy from head 2 toe and his teeth looked like a checker board. i strolled out of the cafe and went to the second floor, sitting there in disbelief. he finally left, and i just laughed.
i just didnt feel like talking to anybody who would come out and meet someone looking like that! dang. i like browing from the internet, and i still take my time. moreso than before. has anyone ever met someone via webcam instead of a public place? 
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| Nov 11, 2005 @ 11:45 PM |
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altogirl67
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Hmmm... I've never met anyone via webcam rather than a public place. But I have seen dates coming to meet me and truly wanted to run... I can tell ya that. I've never really had the pleasure of actually pulling it off but I sure wanted to. There was one guy in particular... he said he was 5'8"... we'll I'm 5'6" and I had to look down at him. He was one of those who thought he was just hilarious but no one else did. Did that stop him? No! He harrassed the girl in the ticket booth at the movie thinking he was the funniest man alive. I was so embarrassed. Then after we were seated he leaned in to talk and he had the most unGodly breath you have ever smelled in your life and it got worse as the movie progressed. Needless to say the date ended very early and I never saw him again. Ick.
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| Nov 12, 2005 @ 12:48 AM |
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freestylegreek
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When I was using phone lines to meet girls and funny thing is the lines i was on was free for guys but after it asked to pay i would move on to the next time.
Majority of girls i met off these lines were liers who couldnt tell the truth.
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| Nov 12, 2005 @ 1:03 AM |
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buni
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free....a lot of people use those things to play games on...of course there are a lot of liers amongs other people on them.
I had a date with a guy who acted like Homer Simpson...down to the D'oh! He grabbed onto my hand and didn't wanna let go and then when we went to the sporting goods store so I could look at rollerblades. He got all mad at the salesman for asking me if I needed help finding something....The guy I was on a date said "No!If she needs any help I will help her!" OH mygosh....the first time he let go of my hand I ran for the door and didn't look back.
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| Nov 12, 2005 @ 7:28 AM |
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soulless_spirit
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there is no terrible date if you have a certain mindset ... its like nothing can happen ... and in the end you have a new aquaintance ...
i think mking the best out of any situation is better then giving up and walking away ...
soulless
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| Nov 12, 2005 @ 7:43 AM |
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Xavier0777
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I brought a friend and in the end, gave her to him. Infact I recently did that again, this time I gave him my ex. It seems to be working again, nice to know I can count on my friends like this  
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| Nov 12, 2005 @ 8:18 AM |
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lecriveuse
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omg, i'd run, too. i'd try n chew his wrist if i thought i wouldn't get ptomaine or something.
its pitiful that the two guys i mentioned came out without a BATH! ewww n retch. i'm never that desperate. ever. and i dont want any acquaintance who goes around dirty and stinking.
and xavier, u r soooo wrong! u think ur getting away with it. they may b plotting against u right now. 
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| Nov 12, 2005 @ 8:24 AM |
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chinabull2000
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I brought a friend and in the end, gave her to him. Infact I recently did that again, this time I gave him my ex. It seems to be working again, nice to know I can count on my friends like this
Damn, I should've tried that with my ex too! 
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| Nov 12, 2005 @ 9:30 AM |
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LadyThyme
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yeah, I agree with just walking away when you can clearly see that the person lied plenty to you or just never meets soap. I met one guy from online and after talking alot on the phone, he drove over an hour to meet me. We set the date days before, yet he arrived looking like he was wearing the same clothes for the last few days, or threw something on that came out of his dirty clothes hamper. Hey, if they can't be decent enough to clean themselves up first, there is no need to meet them much less spend time with them, since they have less respect for me than even themselves........which couldn't be much!
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| Nov 12, 2005 @ 2:05 PM |
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kattsmeow
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Chinabull, I am glad that you found out about her in time. 
There is nothing worse than introducing your children to some one and then things get "crazy".
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| Nov 12, 2005 @ 3:45 PM |
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Talonz59
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Lord help me for admitting this...but it happened. Back in the telepersonal days when you had no idea what the person looked like other than their description over the phone, you literally had to have faith the person was giving you an accurate description. Sometimes you were pleasantly surprised, and other times..you wanted to RUN like Forest Gump on your magic legs as far as they could take you.
On the phone she seemed intelligent enough, witty, was going back to school to change careers, so we set a date. Dinner and a movie here we come! I knew when I went to pick her up and pulled up alongside her apartment block that things weren't quite right. The block was in a rundown section of town and in fact..a pretty slimy area. When she opened the door, I was greeted by a woman who was obviously a LOT older than she said she was...and tried to dress like a teenager. At the time I was in my late thirties and she had to be a good 10 to 15yrs older than her claimed 31. There was no instant attraction but I liked the way she was on the phone so I figured heck let's make it an enjoyable night out nothing more.
On the way to the restaurant that I'd made reservations for, she immediately breaks into a rambling dialogue of everyone she's met so far and what they drove, where they took her....and the kicker ...her estimation of how much money was spent on her. Barely seated at the restaurant, she scans the area for a waiter, and instead of motioning them over, sticks her fingers in her mouth and whistles...I kid you not. Before the waiter even get's there she's loudly telling him she wants a double bourbon. Yeah, I'm already rolling my eyes and sinking into the chair at this point. We made some small talk and I tried to steer the conversation towards what we were looking for in a relationship. She blew me away with an about turn and said "Honey, I'm having way too much fun getting taken out ..this telepersonals is great...my calendar is booked for the next couple of weeks..don't have to worry about a single meal or entertainment". At this point I'm feeling a huge burning "S" growing on my forehead.
My new friend loves to laugh and mingle so she starts jumping into the conversations of the tables around us and making a complete a$$ of herself...course that might have been the second or third drink talking, I'm not sure. As soon as she'd pound them back, she'd motion for more. So now...I'm thinkin...the movie is just not happening..no way in hell will I go past dinner with this woman. At the end of the meal I excused myself to go to the bathroom and on my way there, stopped and paid the bill, tipped the waiter, and gave him some extra to give to the woman for a cab home. I made up a BS story about being paged to rush back to work and had to leave in a hurry. The waiter said no problem he'd make sure a cab was called and she was given the fare money. Exit stage left...on the double!
Ok that was my one moment of being a chicken, and I paid for it. How so? A couple of weeks later I began a conversation with another woman and we hit it off pretty good. A date was made to meet at the local mall in the foyer area near a fountain. She was timid and wanted to meet in a very public place...no problemmo. So I went and sat at the fountain.....and sat....and sat....finally a voice above me from the next level yells down "hey a$$hole, what's the matter? didja get stood up?" It was the date from hell along with a friend laughing like crazy.
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| Nov 12, 2005 @ 4:00 PM |
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buni
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Oh boy! Here I think you deserve this for now...lol 
Sounded like a nightmare
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| Nov 12, 2005 @ 4:37 PM |
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freestylegreek
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Ya Buni its a shame girls dont pay for the lines but guys have to.
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| Nov 12, 2005 @ 6:06 PM |
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Snoopyman
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Ive had bad dates where Ive just straight out told her
that we just dont click and its not working.
I'm almost 40 and dont have time for games anymore.
LOL! I remember one woman telling me she had to go
home to bed for work in the morning and it was like
only 7pm and still daylight! Well you dont have to be
a rocket scientist to see that date was crashing and
burning!
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| Nov 13, 2005 @ 7:16 AM |
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lecriveuse
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talonz, as a woman, i'm embarrassed and ashamed. i can't believe that thing! well, i'm definitely sticking by my decision stick with the internet and take my own sweet time about going out (if i ever make it out).
you werent the sucker -- not at all. ok, i'm being evil now. i think you should've left ol girl there with cab fare and she had to cough up the drinking money. something. she needs some retribution for treating you like that.
from those telepersonal days, i met this guy at a chinese restaurant. he looked like the scarecrow in black (you wonder why this is happening to you). i made up a story about being called back to work, and i got out of there, too!
hoping things r better 4 u.:)
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| Nov 13, 2005 @ 9:11 PM |
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RAKS37
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Poor guy
He just rescued a busload of orphanes from a sinkhole.
Didn't wanna be a jerk and no show
and you leave without meeting him
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| Nov 13, 2005 @ 11:47 PM |
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lecriveuse
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rak, i could try n find him again n give u the addy. 
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| Nov 14, 2005 @ 8:19 AM |
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RAKS37
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Nah
Even if I was gay he's probably a shell of a man now
You heartbreaker 
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| Nov 14, 2005 @ 8:45 PM |
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alwayskeyedup
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I actually went on a date with a guy who thought it was funny to speak "fake" Chinese to the Oriental people who worked at the Chinese restaurant. They laughed with him but I'm sure deep down they wanted to strangle him. Then he proceeded to do a loud imitation of Meg Ryan's restaurant scene in "When Harry Met Sally". I wanted to crawl under the table and hide. I never, ever went out with him again. Yikes. And then there are all the guys out there with prison records and alcohol issues...no way.
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| Nov 14, 2005 @ 11:14 PM |
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Talonz59
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LoL...I think I know him! When I lived in Maryland there was this guy who did the same thing, speaking fake chinese in a chinese restaurant and pi$$ing off the staff. Man, it was a hoot, I didn't know whether to crawl under the table from embarassment or pee my pants laughing.
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