It Would Have Been a Better Date if You Didn't Show Up

Submitted by Jayna:

Eric and I were all set to go out together when he called me up and said that he had to cancel.  It was really last minute.  I had already started getting ready.  We arranged for another time to meet up later in the week.

I was getting ready for that next date when he called me up, apologizing that he would have to cancel again.  I asked him if he was sure that he wanted to go out with me, and that I wouldn't be insulted if he didn't.  He insisted that he wanted to and listed several serious-sounding reasons about why he couldn't make it out.

The third time we arranged to meet, he didn't call to cancel, and I showed up to the coffee shop on time.

He came in almost a half-hour late, and he said that a last-minute emergency made him late.  He bought me coffee and asked if I wanted to go back to his place.

Before I could answer, he started going on about how hard it is to raise a family in today's America, said some very nasty things about Obama, and did a lot of angry twitching.

Finally, when he asked me again if I'd come back to his place, I told him no.  He asked, "Well what the hell did I come all the way out here for?"  He lived five minutes away.

I told him that I didn't know, and he said that he didn't know either.  He left after saying some nasty things about his boss, and that was the end of our "date."