I keep a list on my phone, mostly out of habit from this dating app phase, and last night I realized I've been on 40 first dates since January. That's like one every few days if you factor in the slow weeks, which feels both wild and kind of sad. But the weird part is the 40th was the best one yet, a guy who actually listened and didn't talk about his crypto portfolio. Has anyone else hit a milestone number that made them rethink their whole approach, or am I just collecting data points at this point?
At a busy diner in Minneapolis last Tuesday, my date asked me to explain my passion for stamp collecting and I got so excited I knocked a full glass of iced tea across her lap. She just stared at me silent for maybe 10 seconds, then the waitress came over with napkins and said to her, "Honey, you can do better." Has anyone else had a stranger actively side with the other person mid-date, and how do you recover when the room votes against you?