Some nonjudgmental people believe everyone deserves a second chance. Even if a first date is a total disaster, they'll hang in there for one more. But even they have their limits ...
Here are times when you've said, "I knew I'd there'd never be a second date when ..."
"... I raised my glass of wine to toast her and she asked, 'Is that Rolex real?'"
"... he asked me what kind of sex I like. He was diagnosed with a brain tumor a few months later. That might explain why he asked the question."
"... she told me to duck down as I drove away from her house because her boyfriend was stalking her and had a gun."
"... her mother came along on our date."
"... he told a racist joke. And he knew my father was African-American!"
"... he told me he had herpes but wasn't having an active outbreak."
"... he showed up at my door with little bits of toilet paper stuck to his face to stop the bleeding" from shaving cuts.
"... he told the waitress it was his birthday. When I looked at him quizzically, he said he always said that so he'd get a free piece of cake."
"... he said he was looking for a nurse with a purse."
"... he told me that he really admired an executive at my company because he drove really expensive cars.
"... I was having lunch with a guy I knew from my youth. I was in my mid-forties at the time, he was in his late forties, my brother's age. I didn't know him very well. He leaned over and said, 'Let me love you!'"
"... he told me he had class up the a—."
"... I left two tens for the waitress and I saw her pocket one."
"... we were making out and she called me 'Daddy.'"
"... I prayed that we wouldn't run into anyone I knew."
"... he pulled out a stack of two-for-one coupons and asked me where I wanted to go for dinner."
"... she ordered two entrees and said she was taking one of them home for her son, along with all the rolls in the bread basket and what was left of our steaks."
"... she told me she was $50,000 in debt and if I'd lend it to her, she could pay me back as soon as this deal she was working on paid off."
"... he kept getting up every five minutes to use the bathroom. I don't know if he had a stomach problem or a coke habit. In either case, I wasn't interested."
"... she told me she could bench press 300 pounds."
I knew it was love. ... I knew it was over. ... Fill in the blanks and send them, along with your questions, problems and rants to [email protected]. And check out my e-books, "Dear Cheryl: Advice from Tales from the Front" and "I'll Call You. Not."
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