This guy was the worst in the sense that the date was utterly boring and quite annoying. Now, let me preface this with a lot of guys on Match state up front if they are vegans or super gym fanatics, which I totally appreciate, but which I also totally avoid. Steve made no mention of his straight-arrow ways in his profile. He was cute, an analyst, and came from NY. We didn't email that much and he wanted to meet up like the day after (I didn't--I'm not THAT desperate--yet), I met him for coffee on the UES at a cute café in the 90s. I wasn't living there at the time, so it was a bit of a hike for me.
Some people get annoyed with coffee dates- I don't. I think it is a chill way to get to know someone without the off-chance of ending up in Roosevelt Island that same night trying to find a cab home (this did happen on a first date of mine which started off a 2 year relationship). But I digress.
Steve was very on edge. He reminded me of a dude from the 1950s.-- very buttoned up. I got a coffee and he said he was going to splurge and get a latte. Eye roll.
I kicked the convo off to a bad start which set the tone for the entire rest of the date. He lived in the 90s and jokingly I asked if he lived in "Dormandie Court" which is a nickname for a building which I lived in after college. Of course, he did...and he took offense to it. He told me how a lot of families lived there now, and I heard that is the case, but regardless, he wasn't amused.
This date was towards the end of summer and I mentioned something about the shore. He then proceeded to go on a 20 minute lecture about how bad the sun is and that everyone is going to get skin cancer. This guy was a laugh riot!!
I wanted to chug my coffee so bad, and weighed the pros and cons of having a scalded throat vs. listening to this guy, but I held on.
Steve also had a real chip on his shoulder. He was talking about college...I forget where he went, but he said "Well, I guess I can't impress you Miss Georgetown." Out of nowhere! Steve, where is this anger coming from? Then I try to talk about TV and shocker, Steve doesn't watch much TV other than sports. I told him I loved anything reality just to piss him off. He asked if I would ever consider going on a reality show and I made some joke about it depends on how much they pay me. He looked at me and thought I was serious and said he would never consider being on such trash.
Well, it was time for this date to end but wasn't ending it, so I called it a night. We had a weird stiff awkward hug and I kinda wanted to punch him for being so annoying.
I would rather have a million bad dates with a guy who is at least entertaining than with a wet blanket like Steve.
Lesson here: Make sure you exchange at least 3 emails with the guy to weed out the duds!
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