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Have you ever bailed on a date

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I just got home from what was shaping up to be the worst date I've ever had. By the time we sat down for dinner I was already close to ripping my hair out. So I went to the bathroom called my buddy and had him call me back and bail me out. He called me back and told me that one of my teammates had just gotten arrested and I needed to go sign for him from the MP's. So I'm home now safe and sound.:)
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--Dwight D. Eisenhower

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No but I had a friend forget that she was suppose to come over for dinner one night...

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I've been stood up a time or two but I was more askin about if you were already on the date and just needed a way out cause it was so horrible. That's twice this weekend I've had to bail on a date. I hope these things don't come in threes

History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.
--Dwight D. Eisenhower

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I've been stood up a time or two but I was more askin about if you were already on the date and just needed a way out cause it was so horrible. That's twice this weekend I've had to bail on a date. I hope these things don't come in threes

hrm... I don't really date... so...

there was a thread that was along similar lines to this discussion...
Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife...

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Although I made light of it in the previous thread on this last week.
It's a friggin cowardly way to deal with people.
Grow a set and simply state that this is not working and it would be better to call it a night now.
Geez people are manners and chivalrous behaviours that dead in the under 40 age groups.:|:|
If my Mom or Dad found out that I had done that to a woman they'd both rightfully kick my arse, even if they are in their 70s
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Although I made light of it in the previous thread on this last week.
It's a friggin cowardly way to deal with people.
Grow a set and simply state that this is not working and it would be better to call it a night now.
Geez people are manners and chivalrous behaviours that dead in the under 40 age groups.:|:|
If my Mom or Dad found out that I had done that to a woman they'd both rightfully kick my arse, even if they are in their 70s



My sentiments exactly.
No ;)
No :P
No :D
simply :|
My reality and yours are quite different.
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I'd go a step further than that. Not directed at you Squeak, but to dating in general.

We need to accept some responsibility for the decision to go on the date. If we don't like what's happening, suck it up. There is a human being across the table from you. Many, many other people get along with them just fine.

At the end of the evening, that's the time to bail, and then you can do it honestly and politely.

Best is to plan dates with an out. Lunch is good, cos you have to get back to work. Coffee is good cos it can extend to dinner, a movie or anything else you can imagine. Mostly, don't date people you wouldn't want to be with anyway.

t
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Well there was the time I went to a Miss Deaf Alabama pageant just because I was at the beach on vacation and saw a small blurb in the newspaper about it being held just 30 miles away. Saw some friends there, and met this seemingly nice girl who was on vacation too. I never got her address or phone number but we agreed to meet again the next day before her family left for home. So on the way home, I sideswiped another car when I tried to quick-change lanes because another car was stopped in front of me waiting a left turn (no middle lane) and I was driving a dodge ram van. I did look over, saw nothing, then swerve (bang) oh fuck. The damage was miniscule, probably less than $200 for the other car, and a tiny little dent that you have to look closely to see it on the van. Needless to say, dad got mad when I told him. He wouldn't let me drive back out the next day to meet the girl. So I guess I stood her up, but unintentionally. [:/]
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Although I made light of it in the previous thread on this last week.
It's a friggin cowardly way to deal with people.
Grow a set and simply state that this is not working and it would be better to call it a night now.
Geez people are manners and chivalrous behaviours that dead in the under 40 age groups.:|:|
If my Mom or Dad found out that I had done that to a woman they'd both rightfully kick my arse, even if they are in their 70s

I agree...

and I've never bailed on a date...
Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife...

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Yea, 2wice Once I said I was going to the car to get a cigarette ( back when I used to smoke) and just drove away. The other time the girl didnt look like I thought she did in the club(back when I used to go to clubsB| ) she asked me to keep the car running because it was freezing out so I went out started it and drove it!!! Damn, I had to pay a bridge toll for that one

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No. I've always just suffered through dinner then never went out with them again.

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Oh I suffered all the way through dinner, and trust me I suffered! She'd start talking and would stop to ask me a question and would just start talking again about something completely different before I even answered her last question. The few times I did talk she didn't seem like she had the ability to comprehend the complete sentances I was speaking in, that part was frustrating but I was tolerating it to be polite. and trying to decide what club to go to after dinner was even more painful than trying to hold a conversation, she just wouldn't accept that there are certain clubs that she likes that I won't go dancing at. I was trying to be open-minded when it came to club choices but every place she wanted to go to was some little thugh club good for nothing but getting into fights. The one she finally decided on is one of those clubs that you don't go into at all unless you have a good number of friends with you to watch your back. And considering the fact that my back last night would have been a 105 pound female I wasn't about to make that mistake. So when I couldn't convince her that we shouldn't go to that club because it wasn't a good idea I bailed.

History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.
--Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Yea, 2wice Once I said I was going to the car to get a cigarette ( back when I used to smoke) and just drove away. The other time the girl didnt look like I thought she did in the club(back when I used to go to clubs ) she asked me to keep the car running because it was freezing out so I went out started it and drove it!!! Damn, I had to pay a bridge toll for that one
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I've never taken off on a girl like that, that's just mean, I just make an excuse about hving to go take care of one of my friends so I don't have to tell them that talking to them is making me stupider by the second.

History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.
--Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Never really "dated" much so I don't have a lot to sympathasize with. Made a lot of friends and gone out to dinners/movies which is kinda like getting to know people for the first time but not really a "date." But I am curious as to what made your date so intolerable. I just watched "Breakfast at Tiffanys" this morning (cuz I had never before seen it and thought... "why not") The main actress (Audrey Hepburn) is beautiful but a money chasing ditz (but she has her reasons... for her brother) I would think that would be annoying for a date. Or was she as snoopy and manipulative as Brittany Murphy in Little Black Book.... Was it truly a problem with her or were expectations just too high for a first date?

What do guys look for on a first date? Introductory comments, intellegent conversation, indepth philosophical debate? Kiss on the cheek at the door, blowjob, ménage à trois?

What do girls look for on a first date? Manners? Respect? Money? Sex?

It's so confusing....:S

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I have only run away screaming once, but I did say I was leaving before I sprinted for the door. :|

I don't see the point in making up an excuse to end a date. If it isn't going well, there's nothing wrong with politely saying so. It's easier to be honest than to spend the next few weeks dodging the person until they go away.
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I've had two absolute horrors. The first one I was younger and just bailed without giving a reason. The second I stuck it out with the addition of copious quantities of alcohol (thus the advent of "can't drink a stupid girl smart").

Blues,
Dave
"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!"
(drink Mountain Dew)

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