How to survive... a bad date

...when you have forgotten your cell phone= none of your friends can give u a call and rescue you.

Rule #1: don't get drunk!

Even though it might be very tempting at that moment, try and stay sober. Because after stage 1 "the only thing that's leaving his mouth is word vomit, but I am drunk and therefore I don't care" comes stage 2 "I am drunk and veeeery lonely and kissing him will stop him from talking bullshit" etc.etc. Another advantage of staying sober is that you will be able to think of better ways to get out of the date.

Rule #2: if there is absolutely no way that you can leave (e.g. your date is happening on a boat trip and jumping off the ship is not an option): make the best out of it!

Think about the good stuff! You (hopefully) are enjoying a good free meal/ free drinks, if you can manage to cut his talking out you can use the time to mentally re-arrange your apartment, create next week's shopping list in your head, figure out what to get your parents for Christmas etc.etc. Furthermore, you are figuring out which type of person you don't want to date, and if you carefully analyze the person, you might be able to avoid such dating mistakes with similar uninteresting people in the future.

Rule #3: Get sick

...or at least pretend it. Nobody will keep you from going home if you seem to have the worst stomach cramps/ headache of your life. You just have to be careful, that the person doesn't try to accompany you home. Therefore don't overact it.

Rule #4: 3...2...1...RUN!

if it is incredibly bad, and you don't know what to do, follow your basic instinct and run. (It is advisable to only run away from people if the chance of seeing them again is very small... Cause if you should happen to meet that person ever again, explaining why you suddenly tried to set a new record in short distance sprints will be very hard. Believe me...I tried.) Just make sure that you are faster than your date and that you are wearing shoes which are compatible for running. Playing Cinderella without wanting to sucks.

Alright, I'm off for today. Going for a run :)