Single Sketches – The Date You Don’t Forget….

Single Sketches

The Date You

Don’t Forget

by Cheryl Lakes

When you’re single and dating, some moments happen you wish to forget.  Here are a few moments these singles wish they could forget.

Candy – “On a first date with a very exciting guy that I had been working hard to impress all night, I removed my eyeglasses for vanity purposes.  Forgetting that I could barely see without them, I struggled to order from the menu and got lost coming back to the table from the ladies’ room.  But the worst thing happened when I ended up getting in the wrong car, with the wrong guy, when my date pulled up to retrieve me in front of the restaurant.  My excuse was that the two cars were the same color. But apparently, he didn’t buy it, because he never asked me out again.”

Julia – “When my ex-husband showed up at my door, while I was entertaining a new love interest, he kicked the door in when I wouldn’t answer it.  He came in knocking furniture over and my date ran out the back door. without saying a word. Meanwhile, my ex-husband began laughing so hard he couldn’t stop and he was still bellowing with laughter when the police showed up and arrested him.  After the incident, my date blocked my number on his phone.”

Lorna – “I was out on a blind date with a guy, who was polite and hard to read. I couldn’t tell if he was interested or not because he kept the conversation light and friendly.  He wasn’t my type, but I was determined to get through the evening. When he got up and went to the men’s room, and was gone awhile, I decided to go as well.  When I came out and passed the door, I heard him on his phone describing me as ‘frumpy, dumpy and dull.’  I kept walking straight out of the restaurant and I got great satisfaction out of picturing him coming back to an empty table.”

Meryl – “Last month, I went out with a guy for the first time and after dinner, he suddenly grew quiet and then asked me to pay half the check without any explanation. I was stunned, but I paid it without question.  I didn’t understand his request, but I was too intimidated to ask why.  As we rode home, he broke the silence by informing me that I had ordered too much food and therefore had gone over his budget.  He complained about me ordering the most expensive dessert on the menu.   I never went out with him again, but that incident changed me as a person.  Never again will I be afraid to express my discomfort or agree to do something I don’t want to do.”