Dancing Machine

I’m not sure why I decided to go out with this guy again after he told me I had “man hands” on our first date (while he was holding them), then proceeded to mention that he “could keep both of his hands warm with one of mine” (I think he was trying to turn me on). We split an appetizer (instead of ordering dinner) while he flirted with the waitress all night. I decided to blow him off, but as as the week passed he wore down my resistance and I decided  to give it another shot. The second date was far worse. I met up with him at a restaurant and he greeted me with “You’re late,”  proceeded to order himself dinner and asked me if I wanted a drink (lucky me). He was wearing extremely tight white pants and a tight white shirt in January. He proceeded to tell me, with food falling out of his mouth, that I had something on my face and I should go check it out in the bathroom. I got up to leave and when I came back, found that he had drank my entire drink .

So we left and I said bye to my two friends that worked there and we were walking away and he said, “Oh man they are so cute. Don’t you just want to bring them with us?” So we got to the next bar and he ordered us both drinks, then started salsa dancing to rap music (we were the only ones dancing) and he kept lifting my “man”hands above his head and twirling beneath them like a ballerina. I went to grab something out of my purse and turned around to find him chugging another drink of mine. So I tried to figure out a way to get out of the rest of the evening and said, “Well I gotta meet up with my friends to dance,” but he insisted on tagging along. We got to our final destination and I asked him if he wanted anything. I bought two drinks, gave him one and set mine down and start talking to my friends while he continued to make a fool of himself on the dance floor. He drank his drink, started grinding on another girl and picked up my drink. Finally, I said, “Hey that’s mine!!” He stayed with the girl the rest of the evening and end up getting her number in front of me, so I finally snuck out .

The next day he texted me, “I’m sorry if you were offended by me hitting on that girl, but you seemed more interested in talking to your friends than dancing with me.” Fair enough.

Comments (16)
AmyJuly 16th, 2010 at 7:45 am

EWWW!!! I would say you should have thrown your drink in his face, but he had already chugged it! :-)

Gross gross gross – I hope that you never have to experience any second dates like that ever again!!!

AshhhJuly 16th, 2010 at 7:49 am

You should have ended the date earlier… Like wayyy earlier. Not sure I feel sorry for you.

TheRestOfTheStoryJuly 16th, 2010 at 8:19 am

“I’m sorry BUT”…was he really sorry?

popJuly 16th, 2010 at 8:44 am

why? why? whyyyy do you stayed so long? i really don’t understand!
leaving at the “food on face” point would be totally acceptable since it was the second “not good” date.
I’m at a point with these posts that it’s one star for “sorry you could have left, your VWD was basically your fault”. :)
nice story though, he was a douche. urgh…

adminJuly 16th, 2010 at 9:54 am

@pop we ask you to keep in mind that if everyone left at the first sign of trouble or acted 100% the way they would in hindsight we would be left with very few stories on this site.

YGJuly 16th, 2010 at 10:45 am

There’s a difference between a date going badly (like you two just don’t get along or there’s a series of Unfortunate Events) and just plain ignoring/missing the clues, sticking with a sinking ship, then whining about it with a “poor me” attitude. People may indeed be responsible for their own mistakes, but they’re also responsible for their own self-pity and whingeing.

MeshellJuly 16th, 2010 at 11:28 am

Ehhh, I think people are reading the “Woe is me” attitude with this OP. It’s quite obvious she learned a few lessons in this.

Wow, apparently everyone has their Judgment Pants on today.

hellcatJuly 16th, 2010 at 11:47 am

Seconded, Meshell. I didn’t get the woe is me vibe either. I agree that she should have left, cuz the guy was a douchecanoe – and how often do we get opportunities to be a bitch with absolutely zero regret? – but Lord, we all screw up and make bad calls sometimes. I don’t think she’s whining or self-pitying, I think she’s just describing a really shitty date.

Frau BlucherJuly 16th, 2010 at 11:49 am

let’s not be too hard on her…but agreed, we all need to learn when to GET OUT!! a guy said something like that to me, no way i’d PISS on him let alone go out with him. Man hands? Fuck you!

ThandiJuly 16th, 2010 at 12:08 pm

I’m not one to talk, I once waited three hours for a guy to pitch up and that was just the beginning!

Isn’t this the fun part of the site? realising the stupid mistakes most of us have made at one point on a date by being too accomodating/ polite/ passive against all reason?
The only time I truly felt that the OP was seriously too passive was on a story a while back when the OP allowed a stranger she had met that day to drive her to a hotel room in a foreign country! Lucky she lived to tell the tale.

OP of this story, can you please submit the first date story with this guy when he commented on your “man” hands. lol, he obviously saw you as the man in this relationship doing ballerina twirls around you, haha :-)

smittymoJuly 16th, 2010 at 2:02 pm

I thought this was an enjoyable story. I don’t get any “woe-is-me” attitude from the OP at all… in fact, I see the “Fair enough” comment at the end as proof of that.

LisaJuly 16th, 2010 at 3:01 pm

Agreed, Smitty– no martyrdom here.

The details of this story are delightfully loathsome– the “man hands” comment, the “you’ve got something on your face!” ruse to distract her & then gulp her drink. Priceless.

DuncanJuly 20th, 2010 at 3:27 am

What was going on in his head? For those saying OP was ‘missing the clues’ (presumably his not being interested) should bear in mind that his bizarre behaviour bookended, apparently, his repeated requests for a second date. I suspect the date just decided that ‘being a jerk’ would make him more attractive and misinterpreted what sort of ‘jerkiness’ was desirable.

popJuly 20th, 2010 at 5:05 am

@admin – i realize that of course and my ranting frustration is a healthy one i assure you.
the judgment pants wearing commenter’s are part of the fun and i love some of the discussions we have here.
i’m a happy troll. :)

jatashiJuly 21st, 2010 at 6:43 pm

what a self obsessed jerk !!!!i would be going crazy..

blackadderNovember 6th, 2010 at 8:45 am

Sorry to sound harsh here, but seriously? You sat through the first date after he criticized you physically, then went on a second date and withstood abhorrent behavior, and actually bought him a drink? Doormat.

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