Stupid things men do on first dates, post 'em here

[steve2470]

OK, in the name of self-deprecation, I'll go first. One time I was overly inquisitive. I'm sure she was thrilled lol

[StopTheMorans]

1. sleep with a girl and not ask for her number

[steve2470]

2. yeah that qualifies for sure nt

[sniffa]

5. and her name

:P

[steve2470]

7. even dumber, yes nt

[StopTheMorans]

16. tell me about it

d'oh!

[xmas74]

3. Open their mouths in the first place.

They always make a stupid comment. Just nod your head instead.

[steve2470]

6. ouch :-( nt

[xmas74]

9. If only you had been

a fly on the wall on some of my dates you would understand.

[steve2470]

13. ok ok lol nt

[madison2000]

4. she asks you out but you don't offer to pay for anything

[steve2470]

8. "can we say cheapskate?" nt

[Worst Username Ever]

19. Hmmm....

I understand this thread is tongue-and-cheek, but I've had a female offer to "take me out to a great spot, you HAVE to try their pizza," and then just stare at me when the bill arrives. How is that taking me out? Also, I don't think I have ever had a woman offer to pay for anything on any of the dates I have gone out on... I wouldn't let her anyway, but if I am expected to offer, one would think she would be expected to offer, too...

[bleedingheart]

23. I remember two guys that got really upset that I paid for meals

it really upset them...

[steve2470]

30. I would have said thanks and smiled sweetly nt

[Worst Username Ever]

38. Would you say

that it was fair to offer?

My response was to the fact that I am supposed to offer to pay when I am asked out on a date. I generally will pick up the tab anyway, but is there not an obligation from the askER to at least offer to pay for the askEE's meal? I would think so.

I would also expect that if I am supposed to offer to pay when I am asked out, then a female should be expected to offer to pay when I ask her out. I don't do well with double standards, regardless of which sex is favored.

[bleedingheart]

56. oh no...the askee should pay but that is how I got burned

I should have mentioned that...

I asked one guy if he wanted to go to brunch...when I paid he was really bent about it all day....he then had to make up for it by taking me out somewhere excessively expensive...

Then I asked another guy to go to the movies...I paid for the movie and dinner and it really made him feel weird..which he later pointed out to me...

[Worst Username Ever]

62. LOL

That was sweet of you, I wish I met more women like you. I think they were overly sensitive and yout shouldn't feel bad ;-)

[madison2000]

79. gestures mean a lot

Is there not an obligation from the askER to at least offer to pay for the askEE's meal?

Yes there is. But when two people aren't well acquainted and money is being spent its awfully nice if the askEE acknowledges it in some way. I once invited someone to spend a weekend visiting. By the time the weekend rolled around I was unemployed and had no car. For that weekend I rented a car and spent considerable money entertaining him, including a night out at Blue Man Group. He never offered to pay for anything and bragged to me about how his flight was free because of frequent flyer miles earned while travelling for his company. He had a good paying job and he didn't spend a dime that weekend. When I visited him, I paid for my airfare and split the cost of all activites. Never pursued this guy again, and it was because of the $$$$

[Debi]

37. The person who asks should pay

unless the 'dutch treat' agreement was made prior to the date.

[Worst Username Ever]

40. Agreed

Or at the very least, an offer should be made to pay (I generally would pick up the tab anyway) but yes, she should have offered to pay for my meal.

[Lone Pawn]

53. It's a mistake for women to do that, actually.

The person who asks out pays. Period.

[aden_nak]

10. Masturbate in the bathroom during dinner.

A friend of mine is 99% sure one guy she went out with did this (first and last date, obviously).

[Hepburn]

14. OMG...........

........what a date!

[aden_nak]

21. Yeah, it was rather creepy.

She actually said he was kind of cute, and was considering at least hooking up with him up to that point. She changed her mind, obviously. It's just as well. He probably wouldn't have much steam left by the end of the evening. :P

[GiovanniC]

26. Maybe The Guy Was Just Trying to Ease the Tension

a la Something About Mary.

[steve2470]

28. nice try lol nt

[aden_nak]

29. Well, he should have done so BEFORE the date.

And he probably shouldn't have come out of the bathroom with his face all red, short on breath, his clothes ruffled, and constantly trying to hide his hands under the table.

[GiovanniC]

33. Maybe They Shouldn't Have Served Green M&Ms For Dinner

And oysters.

[aden_nak]

35. Touche.

[GiovanniC]

42. And Besides, It's Not Like I Do That Shit ALL THE TIME

You know? That was definitely an isolated incident.

[RagingInMiami]

51. So what gave it away?

Did he get some on his hair?

[Hepburn]

11. Talk about ex SO, wife, girlfriend......

....and make remarks about sexual activities with them. Bad enough just bagging on them ~ but hearing about what they were like in bed??? GMAFB. IMO, he if talks about them, he will talk about you.

Total loser in my book.

[steve2470]

34. talk about hard core narcissist, geez nt

[Hepburn]

63. IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE....

....I just sat there for a second and then went to the bathroom and split out the back entrance. What a TOTAL asshole. And what a control freak, too: Talked about how he would tell his former long time girlfriend to be quiet or change the subject and she would!

Hint: Never get set up to go out on a date by someone who is a rightwinger! Boy, I learned. LOOK WTF it got me! Never again. Thank you, but I will stay at home and watch paint dry before I EVER do that again!

[yewberry]

12. Begin any conversation with

"My mother says..."

[Hepburn]

15. That is bad, but IMO...

...beginning the sentence with, "my ex wife (SO, girlfriend) says..." that is the limit. I may be able to stand Mama, but PLEASE keep the ghost of former loves out of every conversation.

[meegbear]

17. Say "Boy, I hope my boyfriend doesn't see us"

I heard that can ruin an evening.

[steve2470]

25. the guy said that ? lol nt

[StopTheMorans]

27. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

nice Mike :yourock:

[northzax]

18. "do you mind waiting four months for sex?"

I'm still on the anti-biotics."

[steve2470]

20. omg LOL nt

[Debi]

22. Talk about how much they make

or what promotion they're going to get next.

Women looking for a 'good provider' is so 1950's!!

[steve2470]

24. and so deep shades of Red state-ish nt

[Debi]

41. Haha

You're so right!

[steve2470]

45. thank you ! :-) nt

[Debi]

49. Okay, now, don't let it go to your head

until you pay for my dinner and promise me a lifetime of financial security!!! :hi:

[steve2470]

54. well....when are we going out ? lol

Joking...you are legally entangled, right ? lol

[Debi]

66. Some would say it illegal...he's 25 years older than me...

but yes, I am married.

When a single friend tells me she's looking, I'll show her your pic and tell her that you'd be willing to support her in a lifestyle she'd like to become accustom to!!! ;)

[steve2470]

67. lol like borderline poverty ? I had to trade in my Rolls Royce

this morning. Had to pay the rent hehe.

[Debi]

69. That's okay....at least you till have the Bently!

:hi:

[steve2470]

70. ok hook me up then hehe nt

[AngryAmish]

64. Women still are looking for "the good provider"

Not all, but it is very common.

[tridim]

31. What's that rule? No politics or religion talk on a first date?

Well sorry girls, I can't help it. Maybe that's why I'm still single? :shrug:

[aden_nak]

32. Nah, get that stuff out of the way early.

Don't want to get snared into a relationship with a NeoCon. Besides, if she can't handle idle comments like, "Bush is a pigfucking coke whore," then we probably shouldn't be dating.

[tridim]

39. That's the way I look at it too.

Why waste my time with a freak. That's one thing that's great about Yahoo personals. I know if a potential mate is Liberal before the first date.

[aden_nak]

47. Well, anytime I meet someone online, I usually send them my URL.

I presume they can figure out for themselves if we'll get along based on the graphics:

[Cadence]

36. I had a guy once want me to pay for my share...

which I don't mind and offer to do anyway... but you know how you estimate the amount and throw the money in? This guy took out his calculator and seperated it out item by item and then said I was $.14 short! He made a really big deal out of it. So I counted out exactly $.14 and gave it to him.

You should know he was an engineer that made well over $100,000 a year and drove an expensive red sports car ( I didn't like that, I kind of agreed to go IN SPITE of the car)

He wanted a good night kiss and I stuck out my hand and said.. thanks that was interesting.

He emailed me later and asked if something was wrong... I said I thought he was just a little too frugal for my taste and that we wouldn't get a long.. He argued with me! He wrote back claiming he wasn't at all and blah.. blah.. blah.. I finally said .. look you're a tight ass and I'm not interested deal with it.

[GOPisEvil]

43. Bwahahahaha! FOURTEEN CENTS!

I'd have told him where to look for that 14 cents. (Hint: the sun doesn't shine there.)

[Cadence]

58. Ahhhh good times.

;)

[Debi]

46. Well..

he had to pay for the car dammit...fourteen cents can go along way!

[Cadence]

57. LOL. No doubt!

:D

[calico1]

44. I have had first dates

where I was asked my age, my weight, if my hair color was natural, how much money I make and other nosy questions. Needless to say there never was a second date.

I also made the mistake once of going on a blind date. They guy took me to a comedy club and wanted to sit up front so that the comedian could pick on us. Luckily he picked on someone else. During the act he started touching my hair. And when he drove me home, guess what? He had a flower arrangement in his trunk that gave me. Probably to ensure a second date. Didn't work.

[bleedingheart]

50. a flower arrangement in the trunk!

oh that is just too funny....

[yellowcanine]

78. Maybe he works as a funeral director and he gets freebees.

He was just trying to share the "wealth"?

[steve2470]

55. I guess he wasn't a florist LOL nt

[kcwayne]

48. Ask you out for drinks and dancing, and go to a strip club

and ask you to change a $20 for $1's.

[steve2470]

52. are you joking ? nt

[kcwayne]

61. Yes

But I am sure it has happened.

[ScreamingMeemie]

59. Lean back on a bar stool until they fall over with a loud crash on the

floor. Poor MrG! :hi:

[steve2470]

60. aww poor Mr. G. I would have been embarassed as hell nt

[Debi]

68. But it made ya love him!

;)

[taught_me_patience]

65. My friend said "YO" to a waitress...

His date and the waitress went off on him for 10 minutes. He eventually snuck out the backdoor because she was too "self absorbed"

taught.

[steve2470]

71. Was his name Rocky Balboa ? nt

[regularguy]

72. Lie.

My Dad starts each new relationship with a big fat lie about his age. Lately he's been shaving off almost a decade.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

73. Where shall I begin?

These are just some of the Don'ts that I saw perpetrated when I went through my Personals dating phase:

1) Show up in a dirty T-shirt and shorts for a blind date (after I've driven for an hour to get there) and excuse himself after 15 minutes because he has "an important volleyball tournament."

2) Spend the whole dinner talking about the last woman he went out with and how wonderful she was. (So why was he meeting me instead of asking her for another date?)

3) Meeting for coffee at Powell's Books in Portland, coming across as obviously stoned and/or crazy, not to mention sounding exactly like Richard Nixon.

4) Being totally passive, unable to offer an opinion on where to meet, where to sit, what to order.

5) Having no emotional response to anything or any sense of humor. It was like going out with Mr. Spock, only he wasn't nearly as intelligent.

6) Being a compulsive liar: telling me that the Army paid for him to get an M.A. in art history at Oxford and that his profession was restoring Baroque and Roccoco houses in Portland. (Yeah, right. "Portland, that little gem of Baroque architecture on the banks of the Willamette." :eyes: )

7) Crossing the street to avoid walking past a group of African-Americans who were waiting for the light rail.

8) Spending the whole dinner telling me how much his ex-live-in had hurt him by dumping him while he was spending the year in Hong Kong

9) Spending the whole dinner flirting with the waitress. I felt like asking if I should change places with her.

10) Having nothing to talk about after we determined that I don't hunt, fish, play golf, or watch professional sports.

In my Personals dating phase, I met only one man whom I would have gone out with more than once. We did date for a while, but then he went out of state to get training for his new career, and that was the end of that.

But you can see why I'm soured on the Personals.

[EC]

74. As soon as I got in the car

Turned Air Conditioning on high and pointed the air vent right at my chest, so he could watch the nipples harden...must of thought I couldn't figure out what he was doing....

[steve2470]

75. If I was his date, I would have dumped him for sheer stupidity nt

[EC]

76. I didn't even finish THAT date (took cab home)

read in the paper a week later he was busted for dealing cocaine from his Motel (he owned a vacation motel/resort) Needless to say, I was glad I dumped him the first date...

[steve2470]

77. good for you !!! nt