Going on a blind date, well sorta, I have her on facebook but...

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Those are good points I cannot argue with... I've been communicating with her on facebook every other day for over two weeks now,

But sadly it has been very "business" talk, straight to the point... dull, small talk, ok, you wanna go for a coffee? no, for a drink? how about dinner? ok let me get back to you"...like very ice cold!

I swear I've had more flirty, lively email conversations while selling my iPhone to a housewife on Craigslist than planning a date or getting acquainted with her on facebook...(Whatever that means, but you knwo what I mean)

I just get the feeling she is the type that doesn't want to waste much time over facebook or show too much emotions or care over email just yet. Maybe she wants to meet in person first and go from there?

Either that or she's just too shy and meh?

You're over thinking this man. If you don't wear a watch then don't wear one on the date. Why would you want to present any kind of image that isn't who you really are? Even if it is as simple as a watch.

She probably wouldn't notice one way or another unless you were wearing something expensive.

^ good counter argument to this ...

He makes it sound like wearing a watch is some grand lifetime commitment. Just get one and wear it whenever you want. It makes you look cool....right?


But I think it doesn't matter one way or another, you may wear that one expensive pair of shoes on a weekend for a special occasion and probably never touch that shoe again for another few months down the road, then wear it again, it's jsut a fashion statement, I fail to see how the watch would be any different. Honestly I donno, I am not gonna over think it, if my friend decides to lend me one.. I'll wear it.
 
Those are good points I cannot argue with... I've been communicating with her on facebook every other day for over two weeks now,

But sadly it has been very "business" talk, straight to the point... dull, small talk, ok, you wanna go for a coffee? no, for a drink? how about dinner? ok let me get back to you"...like very ice cold!

I swear I've had more flirty, lively email conversations while selling my iPhone to a housewife on Craigslist than planning a date or getting acquainted with her on facebook...(Whatever that means, but you knwo what I mean)

I just get the feeling she is the type that doesn't want to waste much time over facebook or show too much emotions or care over email just yet. Maybe she wants to meet in person first and go from there?

Either that or she's just too shy and meh?

Just go on the date already!

And tell us what happens!
 
Attractive women can't wait to splatter their pictures all over their Facebook, so we can assume she's not pretty. Maybe you guys hit it off, though?
 
Attractive women can't wait to splatter their pictures all over their Facebook, so we can assume she's not pretty. Maybe you guys hit it off, though?

Yeah that may be true, I am not very shallow in that sense, but of course every guy wants to go out with an attractive girl. If she doesn't look too different than that one pic she has on her FB. I should be safe.
 
Attractive women can't wait to splatter their pictures all over their Facebook, so we can assume she's not pretty. Maybe you guys hit it off, though?

We agree on this point, at the very least we agree that women who see themselves as attractive put images all over FB.

Anyway, this date hasn't taken place yet? Sounds like you've asked but have gotten some non-committal jukes? Not sure what's happening, here.
 
We agree on this point, at the very least we agree that women who see themselves as attractive put images all over FB.

Anyway, this date hasn't taken place yet? Sounds like you've asked but have gotten some non-committal jukes? Not sure what's happening, here.

No, everything is on course...

Last weekend she suggested we go on a date Wednesday evening, (yesterday)... being a self conscious guy that I am, I like to take my time to get ready for dates (like a woman)...Middle of the week I am usually running around and stressed and wouldn't want to go on a date, so I postponed it for this Saturday. She was cool with it, so now it's a go for this Saturday night. I'll keep you posted for sure.
 
Come the fuck on. I actually looked up this thread, hoping there would be news about how terrib...I mean...how well the date went.

I think you are 90000% overthinking it. I date people with questionable photo's, and you know what happens? You don't hit it off, you've made a 'friend' or someone to hang out with for the evening instead of being online. Thats really the worse case scenario.

Renting watches... the hell.. lol. Are you fresh back into the fray or something?.

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08-13-2012, 03:32 AM
 
I already blew this date before it even started. I am over an hour late for it already. Was suppose to meet her at 7 EST. it's ten after eight EST now. I texted her at 6:30 told her I'm running late and won't make it till "after 7:30" she said "that's ok, see you at 7:30" I responded apologizing once again. I'm now sitting in Spadina bumper to bumper traffic and she just texted me as I was typing this Fuuuuuuck! I hate Toronto!
 
No pictures in profile is a good sign man. The type of girl that has a bunch of pictures of herself in her profile are typically crazy or ugly or both.
 
Well a bit of both. I live outside Toronto, with traffic I should've left at 5 to make it for 7, but I left around 5:40 ...so...

Considering everything in this thread, then you're leaving 40 minutes late, it sounds like you really didn't give a shit in the first place. Also you're driving two hours for a blind date? Fuck that.
 
^ thanks for telling me that at my most hopeless time.... On the bright side she just texted me saying. "don't blame me for being drunk by the time I get here" so...there's that sense of humor I was looking for ...he he he :(
 
^ thanks for telling me that at my most hopeless time.... On the bright side she just texted me saying. "don't blame me for being drunk by the time I get here" so...there's that sense of humor I was looking for ...he he he :(
This isn't going to make or break you as a person. She seems to be dealing with it fine so chill out, drive safely (this means stop checking and posting to GAF while driving) and you'll get there when you get there.

Stop over-thinking things.
 
^ thanks for telling me that at my most hopeless time.... On the bright side she just texted me saying. "don't blame me for being drunk by the time I get here" so...there's that sense of humor I was looking for ...he he he :(

This....actually sounds like a good situation. She'll already be drunk so you won't be obligated to buy her as many drinks, and she's all ready to suck some dick. Total win.
 
After all the ways you fucked up*, she's still up for it, fucking unbelievable.

Ways you fucked up:
Friending on facebook before the date
Making small talk on facebook when she seemed cold to it
Letting her schedule the first date
Shooting down her schedule for a first date
Showing up late

Also complaining about having work getting in the way of your social life when you can literally work any hours you want.
 
This sounds familiar. I went on contiki tour about 8 years ago, and prior to it I met this girl online who wanted to meet up beforehand so we would both know someone before the trip (this is pre-facebook), but I weasled my out of it because I thought for sure she would be a chud and I'd be stuck with her the whole trip. Out of 40 women she was hands down the hottest and probably the coolest chick on the bus. Give it a shot bro.
 
This thread is interesting and addictive. It's like reading the text-only version of "My First Blind Date" reality TV. Keep us updated OP!

Also, I hope you have a friend ready to call you half hour into the date just in case you need to bail out.
 
Ok guys! She is aaaaamazing! Waaaaay better looking than her little (vague) pic on Facebook. I was super late getting to this date. Now I am kicking myself big time for it, she is beautiful, spunky... Funny... She is well educated but works in the finincial field. Big time stock maker shit! I come from an art background. We couldn't be any further from each other ad far as pression and work goes. But other than that we are clicking. She is good times. I'm typing this from my phone as i let my penis hang at the urinal. be back with more later. Wish me luck, hope this goes further.
 
Ok guys! She is aaaaamazing! Waaaaay better looking than her little (vague) pic on Facebook. I was super late getting to this date. Now I am kicking myself big time for it, she is beautiful, spunky... Funny... She is well educated but works in the finincial field. Big time stock maker shit! I come from an art background. We couldn't be any further from each other ad far as pression and work goes. But other than that we are clicking. She is good times. I'm typing this from my phone as i let my penis hang at the urinal. be back with more later. Wish me luck, hope this goes further.
You're posting an update to GAF in the middle of date that's going well?

Look, I admire your dedication and all but GO ENJOY YOUR DATE. STOP POSTING.

EDIT: Glad it's going well though. Just stop posting, it's super awkward to read.
 
It would a minor Karma Houdini if you managed to get a second date out of this. But good luck all the same!
 
a really awkward and nervous dude tries to date a hot and spunky girl he doesnt really know that well.

in Toronto Canada.


...

are you Scott Pilgrim?
 
So you got laid and sobered up and now you don't want to talk to her anymore right?

No sex yet, not sure when actually... but whatever, I am not about that right now, let me solidify the second date before I can even think about first base, let alone "sex"

So to recap from last night, we hung out around Yorkville, went, from eating at a place, to dessert at another place around the corner and finally at 2am we went for a cappuccino at another place... we did lotta walking just around (Yorkville Ave and Cumberland)

Couple things to observe.
Pros and Cons.

Cons
-100 points deduction....

I was late to this date about an hour and 20 minutes (OUCH!) BUT...But I did keep her updated while driving, from an hour before the original schedule time, until the 5 minutes before I showed up to the table "I just parked my car, be right there"

Even though she played it really cool, kinda brushed it off "It's ok no problem...don't worry" I could tell she wasn't happy at all, and honestly who would be?... I fucked up bad!

I had to totally come up with a stupid ass story about a friend's birthday party/ backyard bbq that was happening 100 miles outside TO, where I showed up there late, I was gonna leave early but more friends showed up and before I knew it I was running late, and then there was lotta traffic driving into TO (that part actually wasn't a lie).

Honestly I donno if she bought any of that or not... I didn't want to repeat myself either...

Cons II
-100 points deducted

She didn't happen to be much of a drinker at all, she nursed a half glass of wine all night!
While I had two pints of beer and vodka and tonic earlier in the night.
This didn't sit with her too well, even though she didn't outright say it, I could tell she wasn't amused... but honestly I cannot really be calm and relaxed, specially at a first date, if I don't have a few drinks in me. I seriously need it, specially after starting off the night on the wrong foot.

Another con, I went to the washroom 3 if not 4 times during the night it was a long night though, lasted over 5 hours, so yeah, I went to the washroom three times in five and a half hours, where she didn't go once!? This was kinda unusual, since she is the woman and I am the man, but I was drinking lotta water all night along with my beer and vodka and cappuccino..I am not gonna sit there with my dick in a knot.

I think what pissed her off is when I went to the washroom the first time and I made that post above.. I was kinda tipsy and lost track of time.. checking GAF, and my other text messages, I hate people who fuck off and play with their phone during social, face to face times, let alone being on a date with someone, I was precisely being that douche that I can't stand. So you could just imagine one's frustrations, made her wait hour and twenty minutes... finally show up and sit down and shoot the shit for about hour and a half...leave her again, go to washroom for another 7-8 minutes, but at the time the 7 minutes must've felt like infinity for her and even for me ( I was nervous).

Ok Now that we're done with the cons...haha let's see if I can crawl myself out of this deep pit.

Not being on a date for a long time, one thing I was so nervous about is not having things to talk about, the awkward silences, etc. This was never the case, there was always something to converse about, we kept talking, from one subject to next.. the conversation flowed smoothly, never got boring, I can partially thank the two pints of beer and the vodka above, also the fact that we came from the same childhood background (same country) even though we didn't know each other back then, we had lots of childhood things in common to reminisce and laugh at (about) etc.

She also happen to show some interest in my work, not many women have, she was cool, but our professions couldn't be any further apart, corporate banking vs arts and animation.

She seemed very excited and enthusiastic about lots of things, kept talking about "I want to go do this..." we should go do that" she wanted me to go see "Cirque Du Soleil" with her in September, I was like "Ookay, so you are already going to this thing? You already got your tickets?" She was like "yes, I am going with two of my (female) friends." I slapped her across the face with a reality check....."Well, what are the chances of me finding tickets (seats) next to you guys?" she was like.."uhmm...yeah probably not good?" ..."yep" ...Anyway that got a bit awkward, but that was about it.

And not to brag, I was making her laugh a lot, I've been with women who are just cold mannequins, I am no comedian but I think I am good at figuring out what makes people laugh, there sense of humour... she was really bubbly and easy to get laughs from, so that was cool...

Anyway night ended pretty well... I think, I pulled in her apartment building, she was like "Let's hug" this I found a bit awkward...It was almost like a pre cautionary "lets hug...before you try to pull something more stupid on me" haha! So hug, good night... I watched her walk through the glass doors of her building, she did turn around and check if I was still there as she went through the last doors before walking into the lobby and waved goodbye, as in "I'm inside the building now, good to go" I was kinda glad I stuck around for few seconds making sure she gets in to the building okay... made me look "caring" awww yeeah!

I have no idea where this is gonna go next, honestly it's a crap shoot. I fucked up bad, there was also some cool chemistry here and there, She did seem like the type with high standards though, corporate banker, punctual, professional, not that I am not any of those but..c'mon...Not exactly what I've been known for.

I may ask her out again to go out coming up Friday, if I do not hear anything from her by Wednesday or Tuesday? sounds right? or... any better advice?
 
I was late to this date about an hour and 20 minutes (OUCH!) BUT...But I did keep her updated while driving, from an hour before the original schedule time, until the 5 minutes before I showed up to the table "I just parked my car, be right there"

She didn't happen to be much of a drinker at all, she nursed a half glass of wine all night!
While I had two pints of beer and vodka and tonic earlier in the night.
This didn't sit with her too well, even though she didn't outright say it, I could tell she wasn't amused... but honestly I cannot really be calm and relaxed, specially at a first date, if I don't have a few drinks in me.

Did you drive home?
 
The great thing about girls is that behind each other's backs, their friends are fat, stupid, ugly etc. but when explaining them to blind date victims, they are beautiful, cute, gorgeous etc.

Of course dudes are awesome and perfect and don't do anything bad in this regard.
 
"Let's hug"?

Yeeeah, I donno what was that about, she just seemed too (for the lack of a better word) straight edge? cautious? I wasn't even trying to be anything less than a gentlemen. holding doors for her, opening the car door for her, like a limo driver... it would've been less awkward if she just hugged me without actually saying it. but I have no clue, I am just hoping I hear form her again.
 
I will be impressed if TC actually gets a relationship out of this. Particularly with the checking his messages in the bathroom as a final insult.
 
Holy shit dude, RELAX!!!

Otherwise, your gonna blow it, if you are into the chick be natural and don't over think everything.
 
Holy shit dude, RELAX!!!

Otherwise, your gonna blow it, if you are into the chick be natural and don't over think everything.
Seriously. Holy crap.

Also, the call her by Tuesday at the latest. I personally think the whole "wait 3 days before calling" thing is bullshit. If you're into her, call her and set up another time.


He said he drank earlier in the night and then stayed out late. Dont try and turn this into an issue.

I'd much rather discuss how he was spending so much damn time in the bathroom. Ya know she had to be like, "WTF is this guy doing?"
Also this lol

Calm down man. It's a date, not a make or break life event.
 
this thread.. I don't even have the vocabulary to describe how awesome it is. Reading recap now!!

Yeah, if you havent seen the film Catfish.....

That movie sucked 1000%. Was in no way anything like the trailers lied about. It was just a drama...

OP,

You're awesome. Hope the next date goes well man!

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