Gentlemen. What made you nope out before the second date? We went to her place and her pets and plants

were all dead. I saw goldfish floating upside down in a fish tank, and she had a dead hamster in a

cage on her dining room table. She said, yeah, that happens a lot. And all I'm imagining is

hamster after hamster starving to death

right in front of her. The word sociopath floated into my mind. I made some excuses to leave,

and she went a bit nuts at that point, which concerned me quite a bit. But at least I'd already

figured her head was seriously spun. She rolled her eyes when I said she looked nice, she'd clearly

put in a lot of effort, criticized where I chose to eat, complained about the music we went to see,

I spent the whole date anxious, assuming that she was hating every moment, because, you know,

she didn't have anything positive to say about anything. And then she said, I had a good time,

let's do this again. No, I'm good. I've got enough negativity and mixed signals coming from my own

brain. I don't need it coming from the outside too. Oh God, she's a complainer, just like my

mom. She always manages to find something to complain about, even when the situation gets better.

I try not to be like her on

dates. It seems that when people are constantly complaining, they literally have nothing to

contribute. I went on a date with a lady I met online. She talked about three things on this date,

and little else. Her pets, her ex, and the last time she had gastroenteritis. There was no second date. Went to dinner,

she was on her phone the entire time texting, even when we were talking. Figured she was just

in it for the free dinner, because really, what's the point of agreeing to a date if you're not

going to try to get to know the person? That's when you put down cash for your half of the

bill and walk out. Frick that. What that person has just suggested is a real power move. I'm not sure

that I could ever work up the nerve to do it myself, but honestly, people who behave like that date

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