mortensorchid Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 Just for fun, thought I would share the tale of the worst Internet date story ever. If you would like to tell yours, by all means contribute... A few years ago, I met this guy on OKCupid. We had agreed to meet, and we met at a restaurant for dinner. I got the vibe from him after a bit that he saw me as this crazy person, I thought he was arrogant and rude. We started generating this energy between us that we did not like each other very much. I got through the meal without any dramatics, although there were times I felt like slinging the glass of water on him. When we left the place, he asked where I was parked. I said I was in the parking garage on the right side of the building. He then literally turned his back, walked away from me and said "Bye. Thanks for the stories." I had never experienced anything so rude in my life. Needless to say, I never heard from him again and I was happy about it. 1
fitnessfan365 Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 (edited) Wow that sucks. But at least you learned that it's never a good idea to do a dinner on a first "meet". I have a great Catfish story. Awhile back I met a woman on Match. Had all facial shots and claimed to be "curvy". Her profile said that she was into fitness, very active, etc.. Email exchanges were good. Stressed my preferences on the phone, and she said that she wasn't over weight, etc.. Day before the date she calls me and says her grandfather just died. I express my condolences and then tell her we can re-schedule for some other time. She says she doesn't want to re-schedule and wants to meet because she'll be in Texas for two weeks because of it. So I changed the date from ice cream to bowling, so she'll at least be doing something to get her mind off it. We meet there and in walks a BEHEMOTH. She was so big she looked like she ate two fit people. Now usually if a woman outright lies to me, I'll walk up and say "You mis-represented yourself and I don't like having my time wasted. So I'm leaving" But her grandfather just died. So I walk up, and do the shoulder pat hug. For 90 minutes she switching off between flirting with me, and breaking down into tears over the death. Meanwhile I'm purposey rolling gutter balls just to get the hell out of there faster. Most awkward date EVER. Then after we finish I walk her to her car, go to shake her hand to wish her luck, and she plants a kiss on me shoving her tongue down my throat. Then the texting started. I replied instantly and told her flat out that I wasn't interested in seeing her again. Yet for the next MONTH she proceeded to text and voice mail stalk me until she finally gave up. Edited April 30, 2015 by fitnessfan365 2
Jessie1231 Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 One of my nightmare OLD stories turned into a two day date because I make poor life choices sometimes. Met a guy online, went to lunch which was nice, we messaged back and forth and agreed to meet for dinner. We went to a nice Mexican place. I had a pina colada. He had a water. Then he pulls four airplane bottles of vodka out of his jacket and starts drinking straight vodka while chasing it with water. Told me that the only reason he hadn't been drinking at lunch when we first met was because he had court that day (he was an attorney), and he had gotten into trouble the month before because he went to court after he had too much to drink - a few times. Looking back I know I should have left, but he was a really fun guy so I said what the hell and went home with him. I suppose maybe he was fun because he was never sober, but hindsight is 20/20. So I spent the night and slept on the couch. I woke up in the morning, and he and I go to breakfast where he makes plans for me to spend the whole day with him and his parents. I say that would make me uncomfortable since we have had two dates, so we instead go to the liquor store and buy absinthe. I love absinthe, but I know it can knock you on your a** and I probably shouldn't have thought this was ok. We spent the afternoon at his house drinking absinthe and having a really good time. He said a few things that seemed needy but I let it go. I finally took a nap in the late afternoon in his bed, and I woke up to find him in bed with me just watching me. No idea how long he had been there or whether he was aware how creepy it is to wake up to someone watching you. I was already freaked out by that, and then he proceeds to say, "I love you." I love you - after a lunch date, a dinner date, and an afternoon of drinking. I walked downstairs, got my bag, walked out the front door and have not seen him since. 2
Ruby Slippers Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 I screen very carefully, so I haven't had any horror stories. The worst was when the guy turned out to be obese, while his pictures were from a time when he was in decent shape and 50 pounds lighter. I was immediately tempted to call him out for the bait and switch, but I bit my tongue and just enjoyed the conversation. 1
fitnessfan365 Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 I screen very carefully, so I haven't had any horror stories. The worst was when the guy turned out to be obese, while his pictures were from a time when he was in decent shape and 50 pounds lighter. I was immediately tempted to call him out for the bait and switch, but I bit my tongue and just enjoyed the conversation. 'They say that the camera adds ten pounds, but in your case that's an understatement. " You're definitely kinder than me. Here's the thing though. My dating profiles are very specific with what I'm looking for. So if a woman writes me knowing what I want, then re-verifies it over the phone, and winds up completely lying to me, I don't stay just to be nice. I walk up, tell her straight out I don't like having my time wasted, and walk out. Someone that intentionally deceives me, doesn't deserve ten seconds of my time, let alone an entire date's worth. 2
Ruby Slippers Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 I know. I agree in theory. My first thought was to call him out on it, but I thought about it for a minute and then I felt compassion for him. How bad does a person's self-image have to be for them to do such a thing? Over lunch, he talked to me about his weight a little, and I gave him some tips and encouragement. That felt better to me than just shooting him down for his weakness. 1
Author mortensorchid Posted April 30, 2015 Author Posted April 30, 2015 I have met some people who meet the person and they say that he/she was cute 50+ lbs ago and they were looking at an old or false photo of themselves on the website. Glad to say that never happened to me but don't say it never will. In general I try to screen people carefully or at least get a non-psycho vibe from them before meeting them. And most of the time in my experience you meet once and that's that. One guy I met seemed to be decent enough, he made mention of the fact that he was in communication with me and others on the website because he had nothing else to do and I bothered to write back to him. I knew that I would never hear from him again after that, and I didn't. If you haven't heard from the man in 24-48 hours after the get together you will not hear from him again. 1
Gaeta Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 I have so many stories....... I went on a second date with a man, movies. Just as the lights were turning off in the theater his ex-wife and 3 kids came in and sat right next to me. I was siting between her and him. He whispered to me 'I am so sorry this is my ex-wife and my 3 kids next to you'. lol After the movie the kids ran to him 'daddy daddy is this your new gf'. He handled it with grace and said no this is my friend Gaeta and introduced me to everyone including his ex. It was easy to see it was not done between them. Do I need to say there were no further dates. 3
kendahke Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 (edited) On my profile, I clearly state that I'm not a skinny supermodel--I'm not obese, but I am full figured--so that anyone who is looking for a woman like that will not waste my time nor I theirs. I can usually tell by their pictures what kind of a woman they are after because the ones who want a skinny woman post pictures of them in their bike gear or shots of them in the bathroom mirror with just a towel around them. I also put a lot of stock in reading their answers to questions because there are a couple of them that specifically ask about their tolerance to body size. If it's not plain in their profile what they're seeking, then I go read their answers and it's usually from reading the answers that I decide they're not worth me wasting my time. Here's what I find funny, though: they will either like me or send me a message and it's abundantly clear they have not read either my profile or my answers. I then respond to them and tell them that--because had they done that, according to what they've written, they wouldn't have given me the time of day. I do have recent, full body shots of myself so they can see, but I guess they were looking at what they wanted to look at and not seeing what was in fact there. As far as dates from hell, I've posted about them in the past here. I find it interesting that every man I've gone out on a date with from OLD has not looked like their photos and were not as together as they pretended to be in their profiles. The most recent guy I met turned out to have some real psychological issues that I was not prepared to deal with, which is a shame because we really did have a lot of fun. He dove down into a really dark place that involved alcohol and admittance to a psyche ward and I have absolutely no frame of reference to deal with that kind of thing; and at 55, I'm not going to start learning. So it's back to chumming the waters again. Edited April 30, 2015 by kendahke 1
Toodaloo Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 I have so many stories....... I went on a second date with a man, movies. Just as the lights were turning off in the theater his ex-wife and 3 kids came in and sat right next to me. I was siting between her and him. He whispered to me 'I am so sorry this is my ex-wife and my 3 kids next to you'. lol After the movie the kids ran to him 'daddy daddy is this your new gf'. He handled it with grace and said no this is my friend Gaeta and introduced me to everyone including his ex. It was easy to see it was not done between them. Do I need to say there were no further dates. Gaeta tell us all the one about the virgin who wanted to lose his virginity, get married and impregnate you on the same day again!!! So far not one of the men I have met has been as tall as he has claimed. Usually its only a couple of inches... One claimed to be 6ft2 and when he turned up he was 5ft 4... I wouldn't have minded if he had actually told the truth! I am only 5ft5 but I tell you I am beginning to feel like a giant! 1
Ruby Slippers Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 I did meet one guy who claimed to be 6'3 and was actually about 5'9. Does he think people just won't notice the missing 6 inches? :lmao: At least half of the guys I've met have added 2+ inches to their height.
fitnessfan365 Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 I did meet one guy who claimed to be 6'3 and was actually about 5'9. Does he think people just won't notice the missing 6 inches? :lmao: At least half of the guys I've met have added 2+ inches to their height. I take pride in being 5'11" and am confident enough not to round up to 6ft. It is funny though because I was 5'8" when I was 14, and based on that the doc said I'd be at least 6'3". I think the best example on here is when Toodalo met with a guy that claimed to be 6'3" and he was like 5'5".
Toodaloo Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 I did meet one guy who claimed to be 6'3 and was actually about 5'9. Does he think people just won't notice the missing 6 inches? :lmao: At least half of the guys I've met have added 2+ inches to their height. 1-2 " is normal for me. I now make it a rule to never wear heals on a first date. The joke used to be women can't park because men tell them 6 inches is a foot... I always thought it related to penis size not actual height!!! 2
Toodaloo Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 I take pride in being 5'11" and am confident enough not to round up to 6ft. It is funny though because I was 5'8" when I was 14, and based on that the doc said I'd be at least 6'3". I think the best example on here is when Toodalo met with a guy that claimed to be 6'3" and he was like 5'5". It was 6ft2 and 5 ft4... I towered over him in my flip flops. I am thinking about measuring myself again as this OLD has made me think I must be taller than I thought!
whirl3daway Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 I went on a date with a dude once who drove 1.5hours to meet me, although I told him I'd meet him halfway. I'd planned to go walk around a cool park in my city, but it started raining. So I took him to a japanese restaurant that I like and we ate ramen and then we went to a bar and hung out for a couple drinks. We paid for ourselves. Then he started YELLING at me about how I didn't plan more things for us to do, and that he couldn't believe he drove all this way here to be treated like this. He spent an hour telling me about how he had all these expectations of what we would do and I failed, that I was hot but lazy, etc. I was astounded by this... I had made plans, but it rained and I took him to a couple different places so we could get to know each other! What did he expect?! So then I offered that we go to a museum downtown, and he flipped out and said he was leaving, and then he left. Never heard from him again. 2
Mrin Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 (edited) Best worst OLD date for me - second date. She was a school principal. First date was a great dinner, drinks and wild monkey sex. So second date we meet in a ski town above 9,000 feet up for a weekend. Octoberfest. We have beer. We have brats. We watch football. All good. We went to a nice restaurant and have a great meal. I don't watch her wine intake (she lives at 5,000 feet normally while I live at 9,000 feet). Just as we get to dessert she goes from southern sweet to honey badger mean. Mean to me. Mean to the wait staff. Orders up another glass of wine. We leave, and I go to walk to her back to the hotel. She wants to go to a bar. I try to convince otherwise. She refuses to back to the hotel while yelling at me. I give up and walk back to the hotel. She follows me the entire way spewing venom. Got her home to her room and that was the last I ever saw of that woman. EDIT: for those of you who aren't used to altitude, it can make a HUGE difference on how much alcohol affects you. Edited April 30, 2015 by Mrin
Toodaloo Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 Best worst OLD date for me - second date. She was a school principal. First date was a great dinner, drinks and wild monkey sex. So second date we meet in a ski town above 9,000 feet up for a weekend. Octoberfest. We have beer. We have brats. We watch football. All good. We went to a nice restaurant and have a great meal. I don't watch her wine intake (she lives at 5,000 feet normally while I live at 9,000 feet). Just as we get to dessert she goes from southern sweet to honey badger mean. Mean to me. Mean to the wait staff. Orders up another glass of wine. We leave, and I go to walk to her back to the hotel. She wants to go to a bar. I try to convince otherwise. She refuses to back to the hotel while yelling at me. I give up and walk back to the hotel. She follows me the entire way spewing venom. Got her home to her room and that was the last I ever saw of that woman. EDIT: for those of you who aren't used to altitude, it can make a HUGE difference on how much alcohol affects you. Oh thats just nasty! Glad you didn't see her again! I just get frightfully posh and terribly polite, overly generous and a bit loud! if I am drinking brandy I also tend to get naked and wind up flinging my clothes over my shoulders... You can tell how piddled I am by the number of times I start using words like frightfully, awfully etc... the plums go in my mouth, the swear words are out of the window... When I was in hospital gas and air had the same effect! The nurses couldn't believe how polite I was considering the amount of pain I was in!!!
fitnessfan365 Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 The nurses couldn't believe how polite I was considering the amount of pain I was in!!! Sounds like you'd make one hell of a poker player.
Redhead14 Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 If I met someone from OLD who showed up and it was clear that they had misrepresented themselves, I would tell them that and I would leave. I would not continue the meet up. Lying is unforgiveable and doesn't deserve the courtesy of finishing a meet up. And, never have a "date" for the first time. It's a drink or coffee for an hour tops no matter how attractive or intriguing they are. The meet up is simply to identify that they are who they say they are. 1
GTR King Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 I had a date (Last year) Text me the night before saying Her: Do I need to bring anything tomorrow? xxx Me: Like what? Just bring yourself xxx Her: Ok so do I need to bring any money? xxx Me: yeah lol & wot ever else you need to bring xxx Her: ok will do but are you paying tomz? xxx Me: you will have to see heheh lol xxx we still went on the date but don't think she bought any (£) money & wanted a free meal... after the date she texted me saying we should just be friends & she had a nice time... never heard form her again.
Ruby Slippers Posted May 1, 2015 Posted May 1, 2015 Today's funniest message so far: Hi how are you? I would like to say you are very beautiful. I have to ask. Would you consider helping a 27 year old guy with losing his virginity? Looks like the perfect makings of my first OLD horror story!
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