I've heard of some pretty lame excuses to get out of work or school but lame excuses to get out of a date is the worst.
My girlfriend was suppose to go on a date with this guy whom her friend set her up with. She was pretty excited until she caught a glimpse of the guy and realized it wasn't the one she thought was cute but rather the not so cute friend. She didn't want to pull a no show and piss of her friend for setting up the date even though it was with the wrong guy so she goes through with the date, felt no chemistry and called it a night. As soon as the date was done, she called up her friend and asked her what happened. It turns out the original guy said he had food poisoning the previous night and didn't feel he would be good company. My friend was disappointed but what can you do right? Shit happens...
So the next day, she goes on Facebook and saw a mobile upload of the guy in a group photo. Nothing wrong with it except people left comments saying "Great poker night! Same time next week?" With a little poking around, she finds out through mutual friends that he obviously wasn't so sick to entertain friends, play poker and drink alcohol at the same time.
When will people learn to stop posting incriminating stuff on facebook already. Sure you can block people from seeing your full profile, but this world and community is pretty small. You're bound to know someone who knows someone who knows you.
So have you ever gotten out of a date with some lame excuse or have you fess up and told the truth?
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That sucks :(
I'm fairly certain I've lied before because I didn't want to hang out with somebody. But I'm a little bit antisocial that way. I'd rather go to the bookstore by myself rather than hang out at the mall with my friends. (Shopping is tiresome okay. It is.)
I've definitely pulled some random crap to get out of dates.
In this case...I think it's kind of weird that your friend went facebook stalking. It's not like she was his girlfriend and he was lying to her, he didn't really even know her. Sure, he probably could have just said he wasn't interested, but give him the benefit of the doubt. He was just trying to spare her feelings. It's whatever.
As lame as that is... It's getting ridiculous with all the information people can seek out, and/or come across by accident.
Regardless, the info is out, and the dude is just lame. Hope your friend isn't too offended by it.
Well what was he supposed to say..? "Sorry I think you're ugly and I have better things to do."?
I think it was better that way. It's ok to make up lame excuses for people you're not dating.
Once I had a date with a friend's cousin. He was so sure we'd "hit it off" and the friend was really cute and smart, so I thought maybe his cousin was as well. No. As soon as he picked me up, I noticed he was missing teeth. Ok, I shouldn't be so judgemental, I mean, maybe he didn't have enough money growing up to fix it after he fell or something. I try to keep an open mind. Then, he starts showing me his SCABS! The fuck?!? So I text my roomate, she shows up, pretending to me by super duped pissed off girlfriend. She drags me out of the restaurant, I am apologizing to him profusely, " I didn't think she was going to find out, I'm so sorry"
So he didn't get his feelings too hurt, AND he got an "awesome" story to tell his friends.
Nah. The only time I've said no to a date was an annoying friend of my brother's to whom I repeatedly said "NO!" until he made me shout it. And another time when I guy I really liked asked me out, but I had a boyfriend at the time, haha. I've never really been asked out much, and the few times I have, I like to give guys the benefit of the doubt.
atleast he tried hahaha could've been worst he could've not come at all. but when you actually think about it...instead of lying..why not just tell her you cant make it...atleast then you can talk about rescheduling if the two people want to really go on a date if not then its not meant too be. its alot easier than making an excuse and then getting busted... =/
Laaaaame. She's better off not having met that guy anyway if he's like that.
Props to the friend.
i think he saw the picture of the girl and changed his mind. i dont think this guy would care too much about it even if he's busted. oiy.
@InTheThin@xanga - haha.
i ALWAYS use lame excuses. like mom won't let me. i have hw. etc etc. xD
I hate when people give me lame-ass excuses. If I don't want to be with the person, I'll let them know, and why. We need more brutally honest people in the world because frankly, there's too many secrets.
I like to tell the truth. I've been stood up before, no excuse, haha.
I prefer it that way, I think.
Dude, I straight up tell guys I don't want to go out with them.
Well, I used to.
i've never been set up on a blind date, and i make it clear if a guy is actually asking me out if i'm not interested.
as for plans in general, yeah i've made up excuses for why i can't go, but i don't not show up and make up a lame excuse after...i just avoid committing to plans in the first place if the dude/person can't take a hint. yeah, i know it's lame, and i hate when i have to do it.
but like i said, i make it very clear if i'm interested, and i'm not a TOTAL bitch so i really like to avoid just flat out saying "dude you're too ugly for me" or something like that. so i lie.
i agree with InTheThin, shy__away and LauraG0929. he was trying to spare her feelings, and he DOESN'T have any "requirement" to hang out with her. (i say "requirement" because i don't want to imply that you HAVE to hang out with whoever you're dating, just to clarify.) shit happens and people suck sometimes. i've never heard a story where snooping around led to anything positive, so maybe your friend (and people in general) should just avoid shit like that and take it like a grown-up and move on.
@LauraG0929@xanga - [_ii Agree_]
Obviously he was trying to be nice, and it wasnt like he knew her to even care
Haha I have made excuses before, I won't lie. So when people make excuses with me, I don't get upset. I just move on.
well good thing she didnt go on that date now right?
I find this story kind of ironic. She is bummed it isnt the cute friend she wanted, but I guess it turns out that he had the same opinion of her. Sucks.
Anyways, I dont think Ive ever used excuses to get out of dates. If I dont want to date someone, I straight up tell them Im not interested, (apparently some girls arent used to this?). And if a date isnt going well, I stick it out and tell her I dont feel it going anywhere. Honesty FTW.
Nope. But back when I was single, I never let friends set me up, so I usually knew what I was getting into.
At least he didn't say he was washing his hair or doing his laundry?