ONLINE DATING
He Walked Out During Our First Date
Surprisingly, it wasn’t because of my personality
“What are you drinking?”
“Archers and lemonade, please,” I called across the wide bar top to the bartender.
It was the peach schnapps drink that twenty-something British women who couldn’t handle a real drink and wore dresses that barely covered their asses flocked to a decade ago.
The bartender nodded and I thought I caught him rolling his eyes as I tugged down the hem of my dress.
I scanned the room as I waited for my little bitch drink. The bar was surrounded by equally predictable people laughing and talking loudly at each other over Pitbull’s latest masterpiece.
As it was only 8 PM, there were still a few empty hightops scattered around the room. My drink and I found a seat at one facing the entrance so I could watch for his arrival.
I placed my black clutch purse with gold studs on the table and pulled out my iPhone. A text message flashed up on the screen, “I’m running five minutes late.”
It wasn’t a great start to a first date.
A month earlier, I had joined Plenty of Fish, the most popular free dating app at the time after leaving a three-year…
