Reply #47: By far my worst date. [View All]

[progmom]

When I was in college, I used to hang out and read between classes at a sunny cluster of benches between a couple of buildings. There were a few other students who would show up there from time to time, including one guy who liked to talk about old movies. He had grown up with parents who worked in the film industry.
He seemed like an interesting, intelligent guy, so when he asked me out, I figured we might have some fun.

So he shows up at my house in a cab. Which he is driving. Ok, never dated a cab driver before, but that's cool. He had planned a lovely afternoon for us - lunch at a cool Korean place, then a stroll through the art museum. I was 19, and that seemed like such a cool, grown-up date.

On our way downtown, he starts to tell me how many sexual partners he's had. Interesting topic for the first 5 minutes of your first date, I thought, but maybe he's nervous...maybe it will get better.

Nope. Next topic: If abortion were illegal, he'd have a whole vanload of kids. He started adding up how many kids he would have if they hadn't been terminated.

So I developed a sudden case of terrible stomach cramps and sheepishly asked him to drive me home. "Oh," he said, "are you having your period?"

How did I not notice how weird this guy was???

From that day on, I always drove myself on first dates.