About

You have to kiss a frog or fifteen before you get to your prince/ss. That part of the bargain you accept, but when the amphibian turns out to be a deviant of sorts, stiffs you with the bill or herpes…My Very Worst Date™ is a commiseration of the moments when the sweet possibilities of romance turn into a sour struggle to get the hell out of the situation. We strongly believe that airing our (and other peoples) courtship disasters provides comedy, comfort and cautionary tales to bear in mind the next time you say ‘yes’ to drinks with a mysterious stranger.

When My Very Worst Date™ co-founders Victoria Namkung and Jessica Ramakrishnan first met at age 19, they were both interns at a men’s lifestyle magazine, armed with dreams of becoming journalists. Over the last decade, they have written for publications such as USA Today, Forbes, Los Angeles Times, Grazia, style.com and Chicago Tribune, among others. With a shared interest in fashion, travel and of course, dating, their friendship has sustained more than a few Very Worst Dates. The duo is also responsible for the roommate hate found at My Very Worst Roommate and reportage of 9 to 5 hell at My Very Worst Job.

ABOUT VICTORIA NAMKUNG

Victoria Namkung has written hundreds of stories on the world’s most interesting people for USA Today, InStyle, Los Angeles Times, C, Los Angeles, Women’s Wear Daily and style.com, among others. Victoria is currently a blogger for The Huffington Post and she has taught courses at UCLA, UC Santa Barbara and 826LA. In her spare time, the Los Angeles resident raises funds for her family’s non-profit organization Kids of Kilimanjaro, a school lunch program that feeds more than 13,000 Tanzanian school children daily.

ABOUT JESSICA RAMAKRISHNAN

Jessica Ramakrishnan’s reportage has appeared in style.com, Chicago Tribune, Forbes and Grazia. She has also translated for Harper’s Magazine. Jessica earned her master’s degree in journalism at Columbia University, where she was a recipient of the Foreign Press Association of New York scholarship award. A former senior editor at ASMALLMAGAZINE, Jessica has taught journalism to high school students at 826NYC’s in-schools program and served as an editorial consultant to its student-produced non-fiction literary journal, Stew.