Awkward dates

I once went on a date that was kind of awkward because neither of us really knew each other very well. It was almost a blind date, we had just barely met through friends, and the person just was really quiet, wasn't super talkative, and we decided to go to this Thai restaurant, and when we went there it was closed. So we just googled for another one, found a different Thai place to go to, and when we went to order we only ordered one meal, which I was expecting to eat like a full meal, and we just shared one thing. It was just kind of uncomfortable because we were both new and sharing this dish, and he didn't eat hardly any of it, like he maybe had three or four bites, and I feel like I was trying to eat more, but I ended up being super hungry afterwards, and we'll just say I didn't end up going on a second date.

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This one guy took me on a date and I didn't know this but he was like drunk. I didn't know this until later. So that was an awkward situation to try and get him to take me home and to treat me properly. Definitely just, if you can, drive your own car or meet this person in many situations before before you just hop in the car with the drunk person.

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This specifically wasn't about me, but it was about a friend that I have who she was dating this guy for a while. Things weren't incredibly serious, but they'd been talking and dating and going out for at least two months, and finally he had planned a date where they would paint like at a picnic in front of the Provo temple. And super romantic, right? Except for the fact that after two hours of eating and snacking and painting in the beautiful summer weather, he dumped her. Straight up. And was like, I brought you here so I could let you know that, you know, I'm a religious man and that you're just not in God's plan for me. So, little crazy.

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So this one time, I asked this girl out to go to a trampoline park, which will remain nameless. And immediately after we got there, I rolled my ankle really badly. I hurt myself very bad. And we were in and out within, like, ten minutes.

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During our date, you know, I got asked out, I paid and stuff like that. But the entire time she kind of just like stared at me the entire time. And it seemed like she like gave me the eyes like, oh, you know, like, yeah, I like you, but she would never like talk to me. She literally would not talk to me. So it was just me kind of just talking to myself, while I like watched her just stare at me and watch me. But it got super awkward and hard because I started running out of things to say. And she just had nothing to chime in on. So it got really, really awkward. So we got on the date, so.

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Okay, so this one actually just happened two weeks ago. The whole date was actually, it was fun. He just was a little bit, he didn't laugh and he didn't really have, like he didn't seem to be having fun. So anyways, but we just finished our activity and he was like, okay, you can choose where we eat. I was like, because he wasn't from here. And I was like, okay, cool. I'm fine with anything though. And he was like, no, you can choose it. I don't know anything around here. I was like, how's In-N-Out? He's like, yeah, for sure. And so we get to In-N-Out and then we're next in line to order. And I was like, so what do you like to get here? And he was like, shakes or fries and a shake. And I was like, what? And he was like, I don't like burgers. And I was like, what? And so then it was just like a really awkward thing. Cause I was like, my burger is like falling out of my mouth and you're just eating a fry at a time. And so it ended up being super awkward and I felt really dumb.

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Blind dates are pretty awkward or dates that you go on for like a favor. Well, I was at BYU-Idaho when I was a freshman, so like I didn't really know anyone, but I met this guy in the like math lab and he helped me with my homework and he got my number just in case I needed more help with things. He was also a returned missionary and I asked for like missionary work help. I wasn't interested in him at all. He asked me if I would go on a date with his friend and I was like, you know, this guy's helped me with missionary work. He helped me with my math homework. Why don't I help him out and go on a date with his friend? And the date was really good. It was just really awkward because this guy was like, he cursed a lot. He like tried to cuddle with me and I was like 18. I was not about that. I mean, some people are, but I just was not about that. Anyway, super awkward.

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So I went on this date with this guy my friend introduced me to and neither one of us knew each other's ages we just assumed that we were all within the same age range because we were all hanging out in the same friends group and so he took me out to dinner and we just started talking and then we went to the arcade and he was talking about how his kids used to love it and I was like okay cool you have younger kids he goes no my kids are like almost 20 and I was like you're 30 with kids almost 20 and he was like no I'm 45 and I was like oh and he was like how old are you I was like I'm 22 at the time this was a couple years ago and it became really awkward because we're like okay now what do we talk about because he was like oh I don't want any more kids and I don't want to go through the weird relationship and I was like I want kids one day so we knew but that it wasn't gonna go very far so it just made the rest of that date really awkward because we had to have movie tickets for later

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So the irony of this story is the lady I married 30 years ago set me up on this date. Anyway, on the date we went to a restaurant and this girl told the waitstaff it was my birthday and they sang happy birthday to me, and that was really weird. It wasn't my birthday, and I didn't find it funny. Know your audience.

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Okay, so when I was 16, I had been going on dates with this boy that I liked, who went to my high school, and we were gonna go watch a movie at his house during, like, it was warm outside. So we go to his house, or I go to his house, and he's like, do you want to watch it outside? And I'm like, yeah, sure, that sounds fun. And he had a hammock in his backyard. And so we, like, walk up to the hammock, and then we have, like, the laptop to watch the movie on. And he's like, oh, you can sit in the hammock first. And I'm like, but it was kind of high. And I was like, oh, no, it's okay, you can sit in it first, because I thought, you know, he'd get in and it'd be lower and easier for me to get in. And he's like, we just go back and forth. Like, oh, you get in, you get in. And then he's like, okay, let's just go at the same time. And then we get in the hammock, and it collapses. The whole tree branch breaks, falls on us. We're all scratched up. And it's so embarrassing. And his siblings were upstairs, and they saw the whole thing happen. And it was completely embarrassing.

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One time I went on a date, um, and it was actually going really well. We were having a fun time and we decided that we would stop at Krispy Kreme to get some donuts. I went to, um, go around to her door to let her out so that we could go inside Krispy Kreme. I'm not sure exactly how it happened, but somehow I accidentally pressed the lock button on my keys, um, so I got out of my car, closed my door, I accidentally locked the car, I didn't even know it, and so I walk over to get the door for her and I, like, pull it and it doesn't open at all. So I was like, uh, and I just, like, pulled it again and it wasn't working. So I had to get my keys out, unlock the car, and it took, like, I don't know, 30 seconds for me to get the door open for her, but it was just funny. It just felt really awkward because she was just sitting there ready to get out of the car. Um, so yeah, that was a fun experience.

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I once went on a date, and I wouldn't say it was necessarily awkward, it was just more comical, especially when I think about it now. I had just barely finished wrestling season. During wrestling, I would lose a lot of weight, so after the season, I was really excited to eat a lot of food, and I was on this double date, and I remember just eating some M&M's, and then as soon as I ate these M&M's, I felt so sick, and I just felt terrible, because I'd, you know, been eating all this food, all, like, my body wasn't used to it, so we ended up, you know, they're driving me home, and I just felt so sick, and we were probably 20 seconds from my house, and I just rolled down the window and threw up out the window, and got throw up all over the side of the car, and it was really funny, you know, thinking about it now, but I think my date just thought it was funny too, but that's my awkward date story.

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I got asked on a date to go bowling. Super fun, right? Not a big deal. He insisted on doing the unlimited bowling for the night and made me bowl 23 games, just him and I. And I was so hungry and so thirsty, but he didn't want to get any water and he told me not to bring my wallet because the date was on him. And we bowled for like four and a half hours straight and it was so uncomfortable and the worst. Do not ever do that.

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So I've been seeing this guy for a couple months at this point, and he invited me to come to a bonfire with his brothers and a friend of ours, and so I show up having a good old time. We're all just kind of hanging out. He's on his phone the entire time, and I'm just like, okay, whatever. Just talking with his brothers. His brothers, his youngest brother was approaching 16, and he's getting all excited for dating, and I was like, okay, cool, because yeah, I'm gonna be all excited, and his, their middle brother is gonna be so upset because he just broken up with somebody, and then he looks at the guy that I, supposedly that I was on a date with, and goes, but he's so upset because his girlfriend lives in Salt Lake, and I was like, what? Thinking I was on a date with him, and he just kind of laughs it off, and his friend just kind of looks at me like, yes, apparently he knew. Everybody knew but me. It was really awkward.

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I met this girl at work. She said she wanted to hang out one night, watch a movie, and when I went over to her place, we ended up watching a movie with her entire family, including all 12 siblings.

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So a couple years ago, I asked this girl out on a date from the Mutual app, which works for some people. Of course, I wasn't a fan, but we like go on the date, she like kind of comes late, which is like alright, like it's no big deal, but we're like going on a hike and she's wearing these like really nice clothes, these like nice shoes, and I was like, what the? Okay, and before the date, I like suggested like a couple hikes to her with like how long they were, and she chose like the longest one, so I was like, what the heck? Anyways, we're on the date, and we're like maybe a half hour into it, and she's like, wait, how long is this hike? And I told her, and she's like, wait, I have to be back down in Provo in a half hour, and I was like, wait a second, like that doesn't work.

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One time I was in a test review for my psychology class and this was during COVID so it was like a completely online class and I like never interacted with anyone for my class but I was in like a TA review and it was a Zoom meeting and I got a personal message through Zoom from a boy that I'd never seen before in my life and he just like asked if I wanted to study for the final and I said yes and so we went to the library but that whole day I was like panicking and the day ended up being mostly okay but like we spent a good chunk of the time talking about masks and like whether they were cool or not and it was just very like political so maybe don't do that.

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I once went on this date with a guy, it was our first date, and he suggested a comedy club because I'm a real fan of comedy. So I said, yeah, let's go. We went and unfortunately, our comedian for the night was not funny at all. Actually, it was awkward sitting there going, oh, that's funny. You know, it's the whole crowd was feeling awkward. He was not selling it. Whatever this comedian was talking about, I don't even remember. It was not funny. But definitely once the date was over, that gave me something to laugh about with my roommates.

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Okay, so I walk into the restaurant and I meet my date. This is a first date and he's in his scrubs. He said he worked in the medical field and so I asked exactly where he worked and it turns out he really didn't need scrubs for his job. He's an office manager and for an actual office area and I'll get to that soon and he starts telling me about his job because he seems very proud of his job and it is um he worked for um Wasatch Medical which is a um it helps you know men you know with their personal issues in the sexual department and he was telling me about all the mishaps all this stuff we're eating steak and I'm just like are you kidding me this has got to be a joke. It wasn't a joke he was so proud.

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We had gone on a few dates before and I decided I was going on a mission, so this was the date that I was going to tell him, I'm going on a mission, I don't want to keep dating. And as we got out of the car, we parked in an underground parking lot. So we get out of the car, he just like, reaches for my hand and starts holding it, which I did not see coming, I didn't expect that, and I am super slow moving when it comes to physical affection. And so I like, screamed, like, like this, like, like, literally, it sounded like that in an underground parking garage, and it echoed, and the poor guy looked really confused and concerned. And I was like, I'm so sorry. Anyway, it was a good time. And we're still really good friends three years later. But it was awkward.

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I'm in this theater class as an elective and there's this guy in my class who I wouldn't I wasn't like super into him but I remember him asking me out on a date because we were in the same theater project in that class and I agreed to it because it was going to be we watch um we went to the movie theater to watch Black Panther and I was like yeah I want to do that and um the whole time he treated it like it was a job interview a full job interview and I guess the position was being his girlfriend.

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One of the most awkward dates I ever had was with this girl a few years back. It was like pulling teeth to even get her to go on the date. We went and got frozen yogurt and we're in line and I'm trying to ask her some questions like, oh, do you like this? Do you like that? Which one's your favorite flavor? And she just goes, I don't know. I should have seen it right there. I was like, okay, maybe I shouldn't continue this. But for the next two and a half hours, I am like, it's pulling teeth trying to get this girl to have a conversation with me. And I am the one who's asking all the questions. I'm the one who's taking charge of everything. She's not giving me any sort of like, any sort of idea that she wants this. I keep thinking like maybe it's just an awkward date and like maybe we just need a second one. There was a point where we actually ended up staring at each other for like a good 10 seconds without saying anything. And at that point I was like, well, okay, this has been good, but...

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My freshman year, I went on a group date with some friends. Well, just my one friend. We were both set up with these random guys, and before the date, they had kind of messaged us and gave us the impression that we were going to do like an activity, and they ended up taking us out to dinner, and it was like less than an hour long. It was like 45 minutes, and then they took us back to our apartment, and it was just funny. I don't know. I had expected it to be at least like an hour. It just felt like really short, and like my date didn't even like talk to me that much. He really just talked to my friend, so it was just kind of awkward.

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Once I was invited by the person I was ministering at that time to a world activity and because I wanted her to feel that I cared about her I didn't ask what the activity was so I just showed up. When I showed up she said hey how you doing here is the girl that you will be taking on a date and I was shocked I didn't know that so I said anyways let's just go so we decided to go for ice cream and we were when we were ready to pay I realized I didn't have my wallet on me. I promise you guys I never leave home without my wallet it was my very first time forgetting my wallet and I asked my blind date hey can you pay now I will transfer your money later I forgot my wallet and she said I don't have any money with me and I was like can I transfer your money now so you can pay with your card and she said yeah let's do it so we stepped aside because it was very crowded and when we were ready to pay turns out that another person just paid for us and I was super embarrassed but it was a fun experience.

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A couple of years ago at a Halloween bash, a little singles party, we were all a bunch of groups, a big group of people were headed to a spook alley and we all were gonna meet up there and once we did I had been dating this gal for a couple of months and then turns out her group of people was a group of people that I used to date. So three different ladies that were in there, three girls that didn't work out with me and made it for a very awkward night. So moral of the story, get to know your audience before you agree to a group date.

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Okay, so this isn't an awkward date, but it's a time I almost had a very awkward date experience. So it was the one year anniversary from when I met my wife. So at the time we were courting at college and I was about to leave on my, you know, Christian mission to be gone for a couple years. And I really wanted to have a special day with my sweetheart, you know, to let her know that I loved her. And I was going to meet with her to walk her to work like I would every Friday morning. And this one day on our one year anniversary, for whatever reason, my alarm didn't go off. I had a dream though. And in my dream, one of my wife's friends from her hometown came running up to me as like, Alex, like, wake up, she's waiting for you. Anyway, I woke up from the dream. I looked at the alarm clock, it was like a minute before I was supposed to meet my sweetheart. And so I ran over there.

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I went on my very first ever like date from a dating app and the guy was originally going to take me to play tennis and then to dinner. He eventually canceled the tennis part of the date and then the day of was like, hey I've had a really big lunch so I can't, I don't want to do dinner anymore, let's just do dessert. Which he proceeded to take me to Chick-fil-a for dessert and then he talked about taxes the entire time and then I proceeded to let him take me on a second date which happened to be at my place. Bad idea, I know, I don't know why, but took me to my place and he proceeded to try and cuddle with me and then pop my fingers, which I don't pop my own fingers, so why would I let somebody else pop my fingers? Anyway, I fell asleep to try and ignore what he was doing.

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An awkward date would usually be if you're with someone that either doesn't really talk or initiate any of the conversation or it can also be the other way around where all they do is talk about themselves. It's nice to be able to have kind of a good balance of who is taking control of the conversation and to actually see that the person is actually trying to get to know you, not just talk about themselves and highlight their stuff or just not even say anything anymore and then you just have to feel like you have to initiate everything. So I feel like for sure the dynamics of how much conversation is flowing can really impact of how awkward a date can be and also if that person just doesn't really try can also be kind of awkward depending on that.

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So I don't know if this was brought on by my own just negligence or just stupidity, but I once went on a date with someone without realizing I was on a date. So moral of the story of that is just simply if you're going to go on a date with someone or ask someone on a date, make sure they know it is a date. Do not phrase it as a hangout or just go chill because that's what I was told and it got really awkward really fast when the girl I was with was like, hey, this is a really good date so far. I'm having a lot of fun and I just looked her confused. I'm like, this is a date. So maybe that's just me, but make sure you know you're on a date.

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One of the most awkward dates that I experienced was I went out with this guy and I had never really met him before, but he told me that it would be like a triple date, there would be three couples, so I figured why not. And shortly after arriving to the date, I realized that the other couples were juniors in high school. And at this point, I was nearly a sophomore in college and it was extremely awkward. The guy I was with was also in college, but all of his friends and all the other dates were in high school. And not that that's, you know, terribly too much of an age gap, but I could not relate to anyone else. I couldn't talk to anyone else. It was very uncomfortable.