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First date he had to fill in a survey at the restaurant. He hadn’t told me it was a date yet (I could tell tho 😂) and I was over his shoulder when it asked “on what occasion did you come today” he hovered over date for ages. I had to say it’s okay I know it’s a date.

Met a Dr divorcee on a setup meeting/date.  His requirements was he wanted a traditional domesticated housewife (if it worked out), and that she needed to stay at home, and not socialise, be independent.     She needed to be a good cook, to clean, take care of his mother and extended family living with them. He felt it important that a woman should be able to cook.  He didn't want a gold digger, using his status, like his ex wife.  

My response on first date/meeting. I can do DIY, can you?

His response No, but my dad can.  

The meeting concluded where I was polite and said would be in touch.   I felt the Dr was bit of Victor Meldrew in the TV show, one foot in the grave.  Absolutely, no sense of humour, and up his own .....!

After the meeting, I was encouraged to give him a chance...so on the second meeting..…

I gave him a STANTLEY TOOLBOX, and told him to, get cracking learning DIY, since males traditionally do it, not the women... 

No surprises, we never contacted each other again!!!🙄

For our first date I booked a fancy steak restaurant, got there and she said she was vegetarian - we’ve been together for 48 years, married for 37 with two great children and two fantastic grandchildren

No funny story for me ☹️. Thanks for all of yours 😁. 

I met this really nice lady. We had been chatting for a while, got on well - so agreed to arrange a date. I booked a nice restaurant but we actually agreed to meet at a nice local pub first. All was great until we sat face-to-face at the restaurant table. We hadn’t even selected our food from the menu when it started! She tried to sell me car and house insurance over dinner (her job). She had a full, well-rehearsed pitch all ready to go and even insulted me for choosing my current provider - telling me how rubbish they were and that she could undercut their deal!!!! I couldn’t get a word in edgeways. Enough was enough - I split the bill and then I split full-stop!!!

For my first date with my now husband we ended up in different pubs. It was a blind date, we spoke on the phone and arranged to meet at a pub by me, Richard didn't know the area very well, went in the pub sat there waiting for me, when I didn't turn up he went outside happened to  look up at the name of the pub to realise he was at the wrong place. He phoned to apologize and we meet the next day, luckily at the same pub, we have been together 31 years in July.

I took my current partner of 4-years for a 3-hr walk around my area in the middle of January, so we don’t end up at each other’s on the first date. He is not a man of many words but he asked me if I played any instruments which is a no from me, so I asked him if he did…he just said “yes” and left it there. We have been laughing about his interpersonal skills ever since.

On my second date with my now husband, he took me for a ride on his motorbike. I was so busy trying to look cool that I forgot to hold on. He revved up and took off, leaving me on my bum on the road, not looking at all cool. 

I repeatedly banged my head on a lamp shade.

We was around 13/14 at the time. We was both so nervous but we decided to go the cinema. We hardly spoke on the bus there and back. But nearly 10 years later we are still together and have our own daughter! 

I met a lovely girl at a party but she had to leave. I got her number. I arranged a date and we were going to meet in a restaurant in London. I got to the restaurant and realised that I’d stayed at the party and got drunk and couldn’t remember what this girl looked like as we only chatted for a couple of minutes! This was in the days before everyone had a mobile phone so I had to go in and scan the restaurant for single women who were likely candidates and approach them. Luckily, the first one was correct because I said her name and she responded. We went out for a couple of years so it was a good result.

I managed to set the fire alarm off - I burnt our dinner!

The funny thing is i Didn't date any girl until i got married with my wife. 

Both cleaned my house as the dog had explosive sh**s.

The first time I saw my husband he was over his friends shoulder, upside down in a fireman’s lift. His mate thought it would be a good way to get noticed 

When i was a 15 year old lad I once received a valentine’s card through the door and was so excited as I had a crushes at the time on 2 girls from my school, so hoped it was from one of them. Caught in a flow of butterfly's and anticipation, I opened the envelope, to find a frog on the front which I thought was a little strange but still hugely excited, I opened the card......................................... It was from my mum!”
 

My worst date was when I was dating someone fairly new and we had been out and decided to go back to mine. When I got out the car I dropped my house keys down the drain and had to call my dad to get him to help get them. Really awkward while my date is standing there awkwardly meeting my dad while he’s trying to fish my keys out of the drain

I was out on a first date with a guy and we ended up having a Maccy D’s. He dropped his burger on the floor (we were sat on a bench in the town centre) and he just picked it up, looked at me and said ‘10 second rule’, shrugged and then continued eating it!!!🤢😂
Who knew what was on the ground 🐥💩, 🐕💩, vomit, spit etc!
I ended up marryed to him for 10yrs (although we are no longer together). 

Being single for a while, after a divorce, I met with a local man for a date, who I had connected with on FB.
We decided to go for a drink and ended up in a pub that we both knew.
After getting our drinks we went to go outside to sit in the beer garden but on the way we ran in to my parents😲
Of all the pubs they had to be in the same one 🙄
Not to be rude, we spent the next couple of hours sitting with them and they grilled him within an inch of his life​​!
Safe to say my parents scared him off as there wasn’t a 2nd date (and I REALLY liked him!).
​​​​​​​Note to self…. DO NOT acknowledge the parents!
Still single to this date 😥

We thought it would be fun to visit a haunted house attraction, but halfway through, my date got so scared that he instinctively grabbed a random staff member instead of me! The poor guy in the zombie costume just stood there, completely confused. My date was mortified, but I couldn’t stop laughing.

I once went out with a guy on a date, and as I wanted to impress him, I confidently ordered sushi despite never having eaten it before. Everything was going great until I spotted a little green paste on my plate. Thinking it was avocado, I scooped the whole thing into my mouth. It was wasabi. As you can imagine, my sinuses exploded, my eyes started to water and I started choking. In my panic, I grabbed my dates drink, which happened to be sake, and chugged it, this made things even worse. My date tried to help but was also dying of laughter. The waiter took one look at me and asked, “Wasabi?” before walking away 😆

I met a date with only their description of themselves to identify him. He was 6’8” tall and described himself as looking like a well known actor from a soap opera at that time. He drove 2 hours to meet me. We met at the train station and i knew it was him b his height but not his looks! He was also about 10 years older than he’d said. I couldn’t stand him up as he’d driven so far so i thought where can i take him where no one will recognise me?! We went to Wetherspoons where i never went. Then he wanted to eat so we went to an Indian restaurant I’d never been to. The waiter showed us to a table. He said “ We’ll see you again Madam, but we won’t see you again Sir” !! This was soooo weird!! 
My ‘date’ spent the rest of the evening trying to persuade me we should be friends with benefits… and offered to drive me home in his van. I declined on all counts and never saw him again 😂

He picked me up on his motorbike.  I had dressed up in a smart skirt.  It was the week before Christmas, and freezing cold. When we arrived at our destination (pub in town) I was so cold I couldn’t move. It took me all afternoon to warm through, and then I had to get on the bike again for the journey home. 

I've been eyeing up an afternoon tea 😁

I was sick all over my speed date because a fly flew into my mouth unexpectedly, tingled my tonsils and I spewed all over her. My love life went out of the window for ages after that.