I call this one, "The $600.00 Dinner."  I was purusing a well known internet dating site when I was contacted by "Danny."  No picture...that should have been my first clue.  We went back and forth for a few days and then agreed to meet.   He invited me to dinner at the Four Season's Hotel.  When we finally met face to face there was no chemistry on my part, but I figured that I should not judge by looks alone.  He was obviously well known there because every waiter and hotel employee  knew him by name.  Throughout the entire meal he was showing off and flaunting his money.  At one point he even pulled out his cell phone and made arrangements to have dinner with the president of a nationally recognized company, then turned to me and asked if I would be interested in joining them.  We had TWO orders of caviar, endless martini's with top shelf vodka, a specially made main course by the chef (who knew him by name) that wasn't on the menu and THREE desserts!  The bill came and I got a quick look at it and it was over $600.00!  I was so disgusted and I couldn't wait to get out of there.  The food was amazing though!  Guess there's an up side to everything!

 

There's nothing a woman wants more on a first date then to have her suiter totally engaged in conversation and obviously pleased to be her presence. Well, one particular evening this was not the case for me at all. It was a summer night and I met my date at a local restaurant for lite fare and drinks. We had been set up by a co-worker of mine who was just sure we'd be the perfect match. Within moments of sitting down I noticed my date was staring at something. Every few moments he would gaze across the room and he looked to be extremely preoccupied. When I finally turned around I saw a large screen television with a baseball game playing. I tried to join with him and ask about baseball (something I have no interest in whatsoever) and he SUSHED me. I wasn't quite sure why he asked me to join him as it was clear that the game was much more interesting than me! The next day he called me and said he had a good time and wanted to know if I was available over the weekend. I was shocked and politely declined. I figured if he was that checked out on our first date, what would date number two look like!

 

It's always nice for a woman to hear that she looks good. However, when it's excessive it can be incredibly uncomfortable. I had bumped into an older brother of a girlfriend from high school. As a teenager I had a crush on this guy and I was extremely flattered when he asked if I'd like to go out for dinner. As I would for any first date I made every effort to present myself well; straightened my hair, wore black mascara and a hint of sheer lip gloss and found my most flattering outfit. Immediately, upon seeing me I was greeted with numerous compliments. This felt lovely, however when he proceeded to highlight all of my assets through out the night, it felt extremely uncomfortable and akward. Our conversation was pleasant over dinner, but he continued telling me how attractive he found me to the point of leaving me speechless (which is rather hard to do). As the night wrapped up, he approached me like an octopus. I felt like he didn't learn or care to learn a thing about me and that he was eager to have some fast and false intimacy. The real clintcher was when he called me the next day and told me he thinks I'm a "9, because everyone needs some improvment". Second date, no thanks!

 

First impressions on the first date are very important. In a matter of a few minutes you can determine if you would like to go on a second date or not. Sometimes the first date can be a little deceiving. The best way to know who you are dating is to visit their apartment, condo, or house. Of course I do not recommend this until you have known this person for at least a month. Take my story for example. I was dating this guy who on the surface was smart, successful, witty, dressed nicely, and owned three cars and a motorcycle. It wasn’t until I went to his house that I wanted to end the relationship immediately. He proudly showed me his two pure bred cats. He informed me that the cats have him trained. Every 4 hours he has to feed his cats. I mean every four hours 24 hours a day. His cats actually wake him up at 2am and again at 6am to be fed. If he goes on a business trip, he has to pay someone to stay in his house and feed his cats. This crazy cat guy then proceeded to show me his dishwasher and opened it up. Inside it was filled with ceramic cat bowls. He refuses to use the same bowl twice because he feeds them canned food. His entire dishwasher was filled with cat bowls!! He does a wash everyday. Let’s do the math. Twenty four hours a day means that he feeds the cats six times a day. He has two cats. Which means that he washes 12 bowls a day. His fanaticism about his felines were too strange for me to handle. Oh wait, I forgot about the hand-made sweaters for his cats because they are hairless (like the cat from the movie Austin Powers). I own a cat myself, but this guy was too much for me.

 

I have re-entered the dating world three years ago and have had interesting dating experiences. The one big no-no a man should do on a date is treat her as a drinking buddy. One scenerio I shall describe to you involves a man who wanted to impress me with his "talents". We were eating lunch at a diner and he wanted to show his "humous" side. The man then informed me that he pretends to have tourrets and shouts random words and curses at people who pass by at the local mall. He then told me to go along with him as the waitress approached. The waitress asked what we would like to drink. He then proceeded to studder and shout out "milk, milk, lemonade, no-what should I get, F*@k!". Between the shouting and the studdering I wanted to crawl under the table. The waitress didn't know what to make of it and I said to just told her to get us water. When she was out of sight, he was laughing. We got stares from the tables surrounding us. "Wasn't that funny?" he asked. I just let out a nervous laugh and wished I was getting dental surgery instead. We never had a second date.