Spooktober: Dare to Date — Part 3, The Anti-Feminist — The Blink Date
Beware! The following stories are not for the faint of heart.
Dating can be fun and exciting, but it can also be sp0o0oky. In honor of Halloween and all things sp0o0oky, we’ve put together a compilation of first date horror stories. So sit back, relax, and leave the lights on while you enjoy our latest blog from some daring daters.
The Anti-Feminist
After what had been, by all accounts, a normal and enjoyable first date with a guy (let’s call him Mark), I agreed to go on a second date with him. He had asked me out to drinks, so I met up with him at a local taproom. Five minutes into the date and I knew I had made a grave mistake. When Mark arrived, he was wearing a pair of skater shoes (not a skater, Etniews to be exact) with charms dangling from the strings, a graphic tee with a dino throwing up a rainbow, and too tight skinny jeans… with his fly undone.
Throughout our rounds of drinks, Mark emphatically told me that he doesn’t believe in feminism, that he hated all things Harry Potter (my heart!), and that he spent the majority of his free time in his basement wearing spandex clothing in front of a green screen on his quest to produce a video game. When the server came to give us the bill, he didn’t waste a moment before saying “Oh — separate checks”. But the worst part about this disastrous date? Before I could express my lack of interest in him, Mark told me he just wasn’t feeling it. I cried hard that night, angry that he beat me to the punch… or maybe it was just the many beers I’d downed in an effort to make the night bearable.
Originally published at https://www.theblinkdate.com on October 9, 2020.