When you think about it, going on a date with someone is the ultimate adventure. If the two of you have never met, you’re essentially sitting down with a total stranger and hoping for a spark (or at least, an interesting conversation) when, in reality, they might be the complete opposite of you and laugh at everything that’s dear to you.
And even if you know each other beforehand, expectations can still get in the way and make the night very awkward. It’s easy to play board games in a big friend group, but an honest one-on-one under dim lights? That’s a whole different world. There are a million reasons why it might go wrong!
So to give you a sense of what might happen if you’re putting yourself out there—and reassure you that in certain scenarios, taking off is perfectly justifiable—we’ve gathered some of the worst first date stories we could find on the internet.
