Why blind dates are a BAD idea ...

[snapper_37]

XmisterIS must be hawwwt. So hot in fact, I'm surprised dating sites are necessary.

 

[XmisterIS]

Oh yes, I've had plenty of knock-backs myself! And believe me, I have shamed myself ... really sullied my name on a few occasions ... particularly when really really drunk ...

 

[Piemaster]

I went on a dating agency date with a woman a few years ago, so it was before internet dating had sprung up.
She was alright.



So alright that we're still married.

 

[TVC]

On this gloomy Friday morning with the promise of yet another weekend of cold, wind and rain after a week of glorious sunshine (third in a row), I thought I would share why I will never go on another blind date again ...

XmrsIS as was is now exXmrsIS, and so I have decided to put my dating hat on, get out amongst it, throw out some funky shapes and do my wild thang.

Anyway, I agreed to meet a woman from a dating site without having seen a photo of her first. We arranged to meet in Winchester one lunchtime and then go for a meal in Pizza Express. I wasn't bothered about seeing her photo or getting to know her beforehand. "If the worst comes to the worst, she can't be that bad", I told myself.

Well. I sat in the pub, waiting for her to arrive. She was a little late and texted me to tell me. "Nice and thoughtful of her to let me know", I thought, "this is going well so far!".

Then a gorgeous (and I mean gorgeous) blonde walked in ("Hubba hubba! My luck is in!", thought I) ... and she walked over to an impossibly handsome guy sitting at the bar ("Damn it!", thought I).

Then a whole troop of women walked in and not one among them was unattractive. I made motions to get up off the sofa and say, "hi", I was certain that one of them was her ... but not so. Slight disappointment.

So I waited. After a few minutes, a woman walked in ... who can only be described as the half-sister of Quasimodo ... only he's the looker ("Oh God ...", thought I). She stopped. ("Oh God, oh God", thought I). Then she turned, looked at me, walked over (well, shuffle-waddled), stuck out her hand and said, "Hi! Are you XmrIS?". I nearly vomited into my crotch.

I had told her beforehand that we were going for a meal, so I thought I should honour the deal. My only hope was that I would somehow be able to feed the restaurant staff with rohypnol so they didn't remember a thing. Then I would take rohypnol too so I didn't remember a thing. Unfortunately, I didn't have any rohypnol.

She turned out to be particularly stupid, boring and devoid of any interests or pastimes as well as being fat and ugly. She also had an air about her of being slightly deranged and manic.

Poor woman! Anyway, this is a cautionary tale for anyone considering going on a blind date with someone you've only just met on the internet!

Looks like you're gonna need a new phone

 

[MacB]

XmisterIS must be hawwwt. So hot in fact, I'm surprised dating sites are necessary.

 

[Jezston]

I work in the video games industry, where the ratio of men to women is something like 183,294:1 and the hours long, so dating websites have become somewhat of a necessity for me. All but one of the few relationships I've been in the last 4 years have been via websites. I think it's simply become a necessity with our modern lifestyles.

I've had some horror stories and have learned a few rules:

1. If they have no pictures it's because they have a serious complex about their appearance, and possibly rightly.
2. If all of their pictures are neck up they are very, very large.
3. If all of their pictures are heavily posed then you will be disappointed when you meet them.
4. They are almost certainly talking to and meeting other people so even if you meet them and have a great time that doesn't mean you'll ever see them again.
5. No matter how old and experienced people get, they can still be incredibly immature and selfish in letting you know they aren't interested. If someone hasn't contacted you in over a week then drop it.
6. If you are a woman, use the functions to disallow people to contact you if they don't meet criteria important to you like, say age range. You WILL get LOADS of creepy weirdos sending you shitty messages.
7. If you are a man, actually think about what you are going to say in your message and if they are interested they will reply because your message will stand out amongst the sea of messages from creepy weirdos.

Also whilst typing this I got a text from a girl I'm meeting this weekend. I think I use these sites too much

 

[HLaB]

I heard the other day that 70% of folk on blind dates/ dating sites are already married, there just looking for a bit on the side. Perhaps you were going to be that bit XmisterIS !

 

[Paulus]

Many many years ago I was set up with a blind date by a good friend of mine, with a girl that I thought I knew by sight. When the wrong girl turned up it was followed by a lenghthy embarrassed silence, but i made the best of the night and we ended up good friends but not a couple as such.

 

[fimm]

I met my boyfriend on a dating website....
Before I met him there were 2 bikes in my flat. Now there are 8.
Never date a triathlete...

 

[ComedyPilot]

There are plenty of pictures of me on the site, but it's beside the point, seeing as I'm not starting threads disparaging the appearance of others. Disparaging is putting it a bit mildly, actually.

Very pleasant specimin you are too!

Not that your looks are at all neccessary, having a topper personality, intellect and sense of humour like you do.

 

[ComedyPilot]

I met a young girl on a blind date when I was 21 - she was 19 almost 20.

22 years later we are still together, with a beautiful 3 year old girl.

Don't knock BD till you try it (and get it right first time )

 

[swee'pea99]

I met a young girl on a blind date when I was 21 - she was 19 almost 20.

22 years later we are still together, with a beautiful 3 year old girl.

Don't knock BD till you try it (and get it right first time )

I say, steady on...what's the rush?

 

[Crackle]

Very pleasant specimin you are too!

Not that your looks are at all neccessary, having a topper personality, intellect and sense of humour like you do.

Jeez! I can't decide whether to read that in a fawning voice or with heavy sarcasm, that's the trouble with forums.

 

[MacB]

Jeez! I can't decide whether to read that in a fawning voice or with heavy sarcasm, that's the trouble with forums.

Oily, just plain oily

 

[Crackle]

Oily, just plain oily

Ahh, Terry Scott, got it!