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Have you ever been stood up?

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  • 30-08-2014 9:27pm
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    beks101
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    Sitting here in a packed restaurant in central London drinking wine and waiting for my very very late boyfriend to show up.

    And I can't help but think, bet these lads at the next table think I'm on some first date but my date hasn't showed. Wondering if the waiting staff are placing bets on how long it will take him to show / them to leave..

    So AH, entertain me. Ever been stood up? Or did the standing up? Feck it, lets make it general - most appalling/mortifying dating experience youve had?


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    #2
    Me?
    Registered Users Posts: 269 ✭✭Me?


    Never stood up. Had a few turn on their heels and walk away when they first saw me though. :(

    Men can be cruel.


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    Augmerson
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,162 ✭✭✭Augmerson


    beks101 wrote: »
    Sitting here in a packed restaurant in central London drinking wine and waiting for my very very late boyfriend to show up.

    And I can't help but think, bet these lads at the next table think I'm on some first date but my date hasn't showed. Wondering if the waiting staff are placing bets on how long it will take him to show / them to leave..

    So AH, entertain me. Ever been stood up? Or did the standing up? Feck it, lets make it general - most appalling/mortifying dating experience youve had?

    Smug post is subtle but still smug.


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    Macavity.
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    Augmerson wrote: »
    Smug post is subtle but still smug.

    He chose her, Augmerson, you have to move on.


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    LizzieJones
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    I was stood up once. I was going to go on a blind date with a guy after being set up by my girl friend at the time. They were supposed to pick me up at 7 pm and never showed until 11 pm. I never even bothered to open my front door of my apartment when my gf knocked. Switched off the tv, lights and went to bed.


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    Augmerson
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    Macavity. wrote: »
    He chose her, Augmerson, you have to move on.

    I can see I've been laboring under a misapprehension.


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    LizzieJones
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    Augmerson wrote: »
    I can see I've been laboring under a misapprehension.

    Darcy? :eek:


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    stefan idiot jones
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    Was out on a date once when her mother showed up.

    Ewe should have seen her face.


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    Grayson
    Registered Users Posts: 16,126 ✭✭✭✭Grayson


    I stood up a girl once. In the time before mobile phones I met my girlfriend at a bar. I went inside to wait, she thought we were waiting outside. She waited outside for 40 minutes for me. I was on my second pint when she came inside. My god she was pissed with me.


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    Augmerson
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    LizzieJones wrote: »
    Darcy? :eek:

    I like you Lizzie Jones. Very much.

    Just as you are.


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    Aphex
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    Never, thank god. The trick is to never show up in the first place.


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    Pumpkinseeds
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    I stood up a few guys in my younger more obnoxious days. :o


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    Birneybau
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    I prefer a good lie down.


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    Buona Fortuna
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    Augmerson wrote: »
    Smug post is subtle but still smug.

    I didn't pick it up as smug.
    beks101 wrote: »
    Sitting here in a packed restaurant in central London drinking wine and waiting for my very very late boyfriend to show up.

    And I can't help but think, bet these lads at the next table think I'm on some first date but my date hasn't showed. Wondering if the waiting staff are placing bets on how long it will take him to show / them to leave..

    So AH, entertain me. Ever been stood up? Or did the standing up? Feck it, lets make it general - most appalling/mortifying dating experience youve had?


    I just picked up late and thought "Oh Fcuk she's genna kill him"


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    usersame
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    I'd a date cancel 2 hours ahead of time, hurt pretty bad, as pathetic as it is - she's been sniffing around again and I can't wait to tell her fluck off if she hints at a date


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    Darkglasses
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    Once, and it was the straw that broke the camels back, dumped her immediately afterwards.


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    thelad95
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    beks101 wrote: »
    Ever been stood up? Or did the standing up?

    I stood up once. In fact I stand up quite often. In fact I stood up a couple of minutes ago.


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    Augmerson
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    Buona Fortuna wrote: »
    I didn't pick it up as smug.

    It was just a joke, maybe a bad joke.


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    Banjo String
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    Yeah, but it was back in the day before mobiles and Facebook etc. She took violently I'll and couldn't show up, and had no way of contacting me before I set off.


    In those days, a phone call once a week was the norm, sometimes to the neighnours phone as not every family had a phone.

    Wearing an onion on your belt was fashionable at the time if I recall.


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    Aphex
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    thelad95 wrote: »
    I stood up once. In fact I stand up quite often. In fact I stood up a couple of minutes ago.

    Lucky girl. :pac:


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    corner of hells
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    Me? wrote: »
    Never stood up. Had a few turn on their heels and walk away when they first saw me though. :(

    Men can be cruel.

    Aw , the fcukers.We're not all bad though.

    My ex wife stood me up once , thats not why she's my ex.

    She wanted me to meet some of her friends and be polite and not drink much , not a chance says I .Most of what happened is a blur , but I crashed through the front door about 4am smashing into a stupid little poxy table with a phone and potted plant on it.

    We're still friends .


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    Oink
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    LizzieJones wrote: »
    I was stood up once. I was going to go on a blind date with a guy after being set up by my girl friend at the time. They were supposed to pick me up at 7 pm and never showed until 11 pm. I never even bothered to open my front door of my apartment when my gf knocked. Switched off the tv, lights and went to bed.

    I like that. 4 hrs late? 'Scuse me while I go wash my hair. Feel free to wait outside until i'm done. I might be a couple of days.


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    pharmaton
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    I deliberately missed a call earlier and then put the phone on silent for the night. I'll just say I had it on airplane mode while it was charging. not so much standing someone up, just avoiding having to ever leave my cocoon.


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    Birneybau
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    corner of hells wrote: »
    Aw , the fcukers.We're not all bad though.

    My ex wife stood me up once , thats not why she's my ex.

    She wanted me to meet some of her friends and be polite and not drink much , not a chance says I .Most of what happened is a blur , but I crashed through the front door about 4am smashing into a stupid little poxy table with a phone and potted plant on it.

    We're still friends .

    No wonder she's your ex.


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    LizzieJones
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    Oink wrote: »
    I like that. 4 hrs late? 'Scuse me while I go wash my hair. Feel free to wait outside until i'm done. I might be a couple of days.

    I got her back a few days later. One of our mutual friends and I and she headed to downtown Toronto one fine warm summer evening. It was the thing to do in Toronto in the late 70s ...walk up and down Yonge street and see what sort of mischief we could get into.
    Anyway, long story short when she was using the washrooms Paul (the mutual friend) and I took off on her. She was so pissed off at us the next day. :D

    We did the same thing to her the next weekend too (after several minutes of reassuring her that we wouldn't). :D


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    FloatingVoter
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    Well, OP, if you're still sat in the restaurant - he's two hours late. But never mind because you're twisted drunk by now and cursing the day men were invented.
    By the way, are you interested in dinner tomorrow night ? You're paying.


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    Faith
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    I got stood up this morning. It wasn't for a date, it was for a meeting. My contact never turned up and his phone was turned off. If it was a date, I'd have taken the hint. Seeing as it was a business meeting, though, I'm a little more concerned about what happened.


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    Fat Christy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,866 ✭✭✭Fat Christy


    beks101 wrote: »
    Sitting here in a packed restaurant in central London drinking wine and waiting for my very very late boyfriend to show up.

    And I can't help but think, bet these lads at the next table think I'm on some first date but my date hasn't showed. Wondering if the waiting staff are placing bets on how long it will take him to show / them to leave..

    So AH, entertain me. Ever been stood up? Or did the standing up? Feck it, lets make it general - most appalling/mortifying dating experience youve had?

    I met my current bf on a night out. Anyway he added me on fb and asked me did I want to go to lunch. We were both broke students so it would only be the student canteen. He decided to give blood the same day. I met him while he was waiting to give blood and ended up waiting for a half an hour. Eventually I had to leave and get my lunch myself because I had to go back to lectures.

    That's the only time.....


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    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
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    I have a habit of standing people up. I'd die if it happened to me. I don't do it to hurt people, I just over think and panic and work myself into such a state it seems easier not to show up.


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    pharmaton
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    Faith wrote: »
    I got stood up this morning. It wasn't for a date, it was for a meeting. My contact never turned up and his phone was turned off. If it was a date, I'd have taken the hint. Seeing as it was a business meeting, though, I'm a little more concerned about what happened.

    Felt bad after reading that. I just sent a text to apologise for missing calls. :(


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    Fat Christy
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    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    I have a habit of standing people up. I'd die if it happened to me. I don't do it to hurt people, I just over think and panic and work myself into such a state it seems easier not to show up.

    Dates or just people in general?


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