There are some things to do on a first date. Buy the lady a drink, pay the lady a compliment, treat the lady with courtesy etc and so on. But there are also some things that are a definite no no.
For example, the date I had with the Scottish golfer. On the day, he texted me a few times, I think just to make sure I would still meet him. He was at the golf club and proposed we met at a pub in town half hour later than originally planned. No problem, as I had decided to walk and it gave me more time.
As I was nearing the street where the pub was, I could hear my phone ringing in my bag. It was him. The pub sounded busy in the background. The conversation went something like this:
Him: Hi, just wanted to tell you I'm at the bar when you come in
Me: OK I'm not far now, just at the top of the road
Him: Cool, er..don't be alarmed but I'm here with my friend and some other people
Me: sorry? are you saying you are in this pub with your mates?
Him: er...well...yes. my mate's girlfriend is meeting him up here later so he won't be around for long
Me: i see. well this is a bit embarrassing then..
Him: be a big girl and come in
Me: click...burrrrrrrr
I was tempted to turn around and go back, but instead I strolled up to the pub and opened the door. I scanned around. Remember I've only seen a couple of photos of this man on his dating profile. There was a sea of men's faces, all looking directly at me. Due to the football, I was one of only about five women in the place. When we had arranged this date, I had specifically said I wanted to go somewhere not showing the World Cup. I looked around and counted no less than five wide screen TVs showing the live match.
I found him and his mates at the bar. As soon as he started talking, I could tell he had been drinking for quite some time. A drunk Scotsman! Who would have thought it? I noticed that one of his friends at the bar was staring at me intently. Later I learned that he had winked at me a few times on the dating site, which I had obviously ignored. Please be aware that people do recognise you from dating sites, it's happened to me a few times.
We left his gaggle of friends and went out into the beer garden to talk, it appeared to be going OK. He was getting more and more drunk though, whereas I was pretty much sober. He was becoming extremely difficult to understand too.
He decided he wanted to go to another pub, so we said our goodbyes to his charming pub mates and got outside. He was literally hanging off my shoulder. He asked if he could kiss me. I said no.
We zig-zagged up the hill to the pub, with me keeping him upright and gravity fighting me at every step. When we eventually arrived, I opened the door and was faced with a scene that I can only describe as like being on the set of the film 'Cocoon'. There were about 10 very old people, throwing some serious shapes to a band that was just one long-haired bloke with a guitar.
Me and my extremely drunk and incoherent date bought some drinks and sat outside. He kept slurring and I kept having to say 'what?'. Thankfully, before long, the barman came out to tell us to drink up as they were closing. So, in his wisdom, my Scottish friend thought it would be a good idea to tell the barman to fuck off.
He got barred. I went home.
A lesson is to be learned here. Don't drink too much on a first date, don't invite your friends along and definitely don't get yourself barred from a pub for being abusive. Call me fussy, but it just doesn't set a good first impression..
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