Wednesday, 15 December 2010
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Adventures of Online Dating: The South
A few days ago I went on what was easily the most horrible date I've ever been on. Thank you Okcupid!
What I thought was going to be a somewhat interesting and cute date from the south turned into 45 minutes of pure torture. Yes, that's right I bailed after 45 minutes!
We met up in downtown San Diego and while I got casually dressed up, he came in his work clothes (he's a boxing teacher so this consisted of a sweaty gray shirt and jeans) accompanied with his gym bag in tow. While I was hoping for a soft, southern accent he had a total redneck hick accent... and while he spoke to me, he was giving me that look like he just wanted to rip my clothes off.
We went to one of the nearby bars (I knew I needed a drink) and the torture began with this Mississippi loser.
Reasons Why Half My Total Brain Cell Count Committed Suicide:
1. We had an argument over Mexico being a foreign country
2. He still thinks that Mexico is apart of the United States
3. He didn't know that there was a North and South Korea
4. He didn't know the difference between the above stated
5. He thinks Tibet is a city in China
6. He didn't know it snowed in S. Korea or Japan
7. He thought that above countries were tropical countries
8. He "knows" that it's cold in China and is an over all arctic country
9. He didn't know there's a bigass desert in China
10. He thinks Mexico is a 3rd world country...
11. ...that is as good as the U.S.
12. He "knows" that Mexico is a safe country
13. He thinks Amsterdam is highly dangerous because of the movie Hostage
...yeah. Did you feel yourself get dumber too?
I had told him that I was half Filipino and half white... when I had told him that I had gone to S. Korea and the Philippines he asked the following question:
"Philippines? That's random. Wha'd you do there?"....
"What?"
"What the fuck do you think I did?"
"/shrugs."
"I'm half Filipino."
"So?"
" -____-" I fucking visited my family."
"Ohhhh! So your mom lives there?"
"/sips drink."Then I told him that on my dad's side of the family, they're either in Norway, NY or TX.
"Why the hell would your family be from Norway??"
"Really?? Really."
"That's one of the most random things... Family from Norway? Haha!"
"...."
"But really, why would they be from Norway?"
"Because they're fucking Norwegian. My grandma's side is Norwegian."
"Damn, that's random."FML.
This was followed by an argument over Mexico...
I told him about how bad it is in TJ and the shit they can do in Mexico... he didn't believe me because, and I quote: "How in hell would you know?"
How the fuck would I know? I've only been born and raised in SD, have friends who live/d in Mexico, friends that go to Mexico, family that spent the majority working in Mexico... and lets just say that I've never been because it's just not safe, especially right now, to go.
He then asked me if I had any plans for Christmas:
"No, I'd like to travel but I can't... I have class."
"Where would you want to go?"
"Anywhere, I don't care. Actually, I'm lying. I do care. I wouldn't want to go to Africa, the Middle East or South America."
"Why wouldn't you want to go to Africa?"
"...."
"Well, why not? And why not South America, what's wrong with it there?"
"Nothing, if you don't mind the drug cartel."There was more stupidity... but I don't want to relive it... and I don't think you do either.
What was your worst dating experience?
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Hahaha! I tried out Okcupid too, its so stupid. All you meet are total creeps on that website. I'm sorry you had a bad experience! D:
I cringed.
Through all of it.
Yikes.
Definitely worst date ever! But for the record, not all of Africa is bad. There are some really beautiful tourist places there. My man is from Zimbabwe where Victoria Falls is, it's one of the 7 wonders of the world and probably one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen!
Not all of us Mississippi men are THAT bad. Some of us are actually knowledgeable about the world around us. He definitely does not represent a huge portion of the South. I had to get that out of the way just so stereotypes are not perpetuated further.
I'd never do online dating, for reasons mentioned in the entry.
(BTW, I'm part-Filipino, part-Caucasian and I was born and raised in Mississippi.)
Yeah South America has some pretty beautiful places too. It's certainly not all drug cartels. However, in regards to this dumb ass I'm surprised you could put up with 45 minutes of it. When someone is that ignorant and idiotic it's really sad.
i'm not going to lie, when i picture north korea in my head, it's tropical jungle. i had no idea it ever snowed there :/
not of course, that i don't believe you and would refuse to listen to all logic to convince me otherwise - like this guy seemed to. lol
My worse dating experience the guy I met, we met online also, and I were sitting down about to eat. They had just put the food down in front of us and he took off his two front teeth that were attached to a retainer thing. It would have been alright if he was trying to be more secret about it, but it was such a shock that I could barely even eat after that.
That sounds really awful though. I can't stand when people aren't more aware of what's going on in the world or at least basic information. I'm pretty sure it's common news that Mexico isn't the best place to visit right now.
While I do agree this was a pretty bad date...
I think it's pretty closed minded of you to think that all of South America is drug cartels. The world is not a big bad scary place. You travel smart and to known safe areas and you don't travel alone.
And yet again another example of a pretty girl-who-seemingly-deserves-better goes out with a meat head who's had too many knocks to cranium but forgoes that because he was probably good looking. It's a vicious cycle that will forever be perpetuated no matter how many comments or blogs are made concerning this issue. Here's a lesson pumpkin, live and learn.
I'm from TN...and I'd just like to say that the South as a whole is smarter than that. You got a dumb one. Sorry.
I'm from Mississippi and not everyone is as stupid as that. There are a lot of back country towns that are populated with people like that, but there are plenty of very intelligent educated people.
hahaha a guy from the internet who made weird noises. His breath smelled and he passed up our exit, so I freaked out. My hand stayed on the handle the whole ride just in case.
It frustrates the hell out of me that you blame his stupidity on him being from the south. So, you live in California...all you do is surf and smoke weed, right?
Seriously. People like you perpetuate horrible stereotypes.
This man was dumb. He was not, however, dumb because of his geographic origin.
Just like any other place on the map, the south is full of people of all backgrounds, races, intellectual levels, etc.
As a intelligent Georgia girl, this is definitely a sore subject. You need to do your research before posting something like this. How many southerners have you actually interacted with in your life? Don't make generalizations based on one. Here are some names you may recognize that were born and raised in Mississippi- Oprah Winfrey? Tennessee Williams? Jim Henson?
So, yea. The south is full of intelligent people. Sorry that you had a bad experience, but it has NOTHING to do with geography.Please be more open-minded.
Oh?
the first part showed he wasn't stupid. he just wasn't knowledgeable. but the conversations about your family showed he was really stupid. he just needs to hear more about the rest of the world: the world events, politics, & talk to ppl outside his hick town. i think then, you need to talk to him online instead of just choosing someone & meeting up. then i'm sure you'd have known he lived in his own bubble. it's things like the way he acts towards other ppl that you can't tell online. but you can tell a lot if you talk online.
@wonderchica22@xanga - actually i'd have to disagree with your comment of you being intellectual. where did i EVER say that i blamed his stupidity based on where he was from? NO WHERE. i just because i mentioned he was from the south doesn't imply that i'm saying everyone there is like that... so maybe you'd like to take better care as to how you're reading things.
One guy I had a date with thought that Africa was South America and South America was Africa.
...LOL.
I had a vaguely similar experience, minus the date and awkwardness.I'm Filipino and Caucasian (Italian) too! :) I told this tiny bit of information to a substitute teacher while he was on the subject of his Italian relatives. Within minutes, he asked if I was Chinese. ;_;
He then proceeded to ask if my mom (who's Filipino) is a nurse. Although she is a licensed nurse and works in the medical field, I thought it was funny that he brought up such a common stereotype..
Haha. That's so terrible. I wouldn't even argue with him if I were in your position, I'd just walk away...
Guess the South won't be rising again anytime soon.
ouch! there goes the 2nd date!
This doesn't surprise me. I'm from Oklahoma, and I've seen worse. Muuuuch worse. They're everywhere here.
Yeah, some of that is dumb, but not all of South America is one big mess of drug cartels, and lots of people go to Mexico for vacations and enjoy perfectly safe times.
well. i hope you never meet my dad or any of my family.. because they all have terrible redneck accents, but thats better than sounding like a total BITCH :)
sorry your date was stupid
@secretsandliesforever@xanga - Yup, and Africa isn't just some disease-ridden continent. Many of the places are beautiful, and you'll be fine if you take necessary precautions, such as having your vaccinations, not having unprotected sex, etc. (i.e. it's all stuff you should be doing anyway...)
He sounds terrible..but you don't sound that great either if you are going to act like every 3rd World Country is inherently lesser/more dangerous than America.