Dating stinks!!!

[Elmo9607]

Please...there has GOT to be someone else like me out there that has horrible luck on the dating scene!

After dealing with over 6 months of nothing but disappointment, I'm ready to throw in the towel forever. I've had it all...disasterous first dates, guys disappearing, great first dates THEN the guy disappearing, more guys disappearing, a guy who was actually into me having to move two states away, lying, leading on, making me wait around...ugh!

So...tell me! What are your worst dating stories? I'd love to read them while I'm waiting for Prince Charming to come barging into my life

 

[chloelovesdisney]

Sorry. Six months is not long, keep at it and the right man will show up.

 

[NAB]

I did video dating 16 years ago.

So they know what you look like when they ask you out.

Well this guy asked me out at dinner time, met him there we got along really well. He said I had a great personality but I could lose a few pounds. ( yes I could but didn't need to be told) Anyway went to the washroom came back we kept talking and food came ....for him. I guess I was suppose to lose those pound on the date.

Then a friend set me up at a party at her house with a guy, he was so drunk and was taking his pant off by the end of the night in front of everyone .....I ran , fast.

I stuck to singles dances after that....I even refused my husband twice before I gave in and glad I did. Lots of frogs before prince charming.

 

[Erik_in_TN]

I'm waiting for Prince Charming to come barging into my life

The problem is, too many people are waiting for "Prince" Charming, instead of average, hard-working Joe Charming.

But to answer your question, yeah, the dating scene can be horiffic. Back in college, I once had a girl ask me how much my Father made for a living before she even knew my last name. Uh, thanks but no thanks.

Hope things look up soon.

 

[FireDancer]

Oh, I have had some disasters but I still enjoy it. I've had the date that I thought went well only to never hear from the person again. I've had the date that I swore was a disaster and then got a call the next day. I had the person tell me they were on anti-depressants and had genital herpes on the first (and last) date.

The worst are the ones that feel like an interview. Don't get me wrong, there are things you want to know about the other person, but work them into the discussion like you have conversation skills. Nothing worse then when someone sounds like they are reading questions off of a clipboard.

Hang in there.

 

[TaraLee4]

ah yes. This is a topic i am WELL versed in.

Well I attract the worst of the worst. Seriously.

My ex-fiance was a drug dealer. Mind you, I wasn't aware of this until he decided that he was going to start dealing from home instead of from work. When I tried to put a stop to that I got beaten up and locked in the bathroom of my own house. I flushed his drug money engagement ring down the toilet. (I know - I should have sold it)

My next boyfriend dumped me because I spent too much time studying (needless to say, he did NOT go to college) He then showed up at my graduation and confronted me because he decided we were going to get back together. I said absoultely not, and I got punched in the face. In front of my parents, brother and sisters, and my grandmother.

I swore off dating after that. I did my own thing for over a year. I didn't go on one date. I learned to love being by myself, and accepting that if someone didn't come into my life, I would be okay.

I got a part time job 2 summers ago, doing overnight stocking at walmart. Ed works there, and was good friends with the guy that trained me. After 2 conversations with him, I decided I'd give him a shot. However, I told him that if my mom didn't like him, we weren't going anywhere. Because my mom is always right about boys.

She loves him So I kept him!

 

[pezheadmeg]

I've so been there. It eventually gets better. Don't even get me started. I spent a small fortune on online dating before getting lucky. I've known his kid sister since high school. I tease her that if she had thought to set us up, I would have saved hundreds!

 

[pigletgirl]

It really does. Hang in there!

Better to be with the wrong person than no one IMO...

 

[FireDancer]

Better to be with the wrong person than no one IMO...

Really, I think the exact opposite. I grew up in a house where one person settled for the other and it was a nightmare that ended in disaster.

I am confident enough in myself not to feel I need someone else to complete me. If they come along great, if they don't great too.

 

[pigletgirl]

OMG...I meant it the other way around...yeah listen to Frank!!!

 

[StacyMarie]

I don't date, haven't for 4 or 5 years. I would rather be single and happy then with somebody that makes me miserable. I don't have to answer to anybody. I am 34 years old, I work hard, have great friends, I have a nice house and a nice car, and raise my 2 teenage girls together with my ex-husband. I am happier than I have ever been. I am a firm believer that you create your own happiness! Maybe in a few years I will try again, but for now I am just fine! Supposedly, when you stop looking so hard you find somebody, but I haven't been looking for years and still nobody, lol!

Good luck to you on your journey!

 

[Gigi22]

I look at it as a timing thing. And the good old process of elimination--you have to get out there and winnow through the bad ones to find a good one. Relax, it just takes time. There is value in being "a late bloomer" when it comes to relationships--you know yourself better and you can make more informed decisions about the things that are most important to you.