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POLL: What is the worst first date moment EVER?

Last updated on: February 6, 2013 18:22 IST

Walking in with your fly open, running into your ex or spilling your drink on your date. Vote for the worst every first date mishap.

Let's face it unless you're Bruce Wayne, chances are you most likely have done something really silly on your first date. We list out some of the most embarrassing things that have happened to people on dates and ask you to tell us which according to you, is the worst of them all.


Called your date by the wrong name

It's one thing if you take the wrong name in bed. You've presumably been with this person for a while before committing what is inarguably the worst blunder in the history of sex. But imagine having spent a good hour or two with this girl someone's set you up with and calling her out by an absolutely wrong name. A-w-k-w-a-r-d!

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POLL: What is the worst first date moment EVER?

Last updated on: February 6, 2013 18:22 IST

Spilled a drink

This, we suppose, isn't very uncommon. At least one uncle in your family is bound to tell you of how he went to see this prospective bride with his parents and got a cup of hot filter coffee spilled all over him. Sure it's not technically a 'date' in the way we perceive it now but it is the first time you'd have met, wouldn't it?

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POLL: What is the worst first date moment EVER?

Last updated on: February 6, 2013 18:22 IST

Running into an ex

If you thought breaking up was bad, wait till you run into your ex on your first date with that pretty young thing. There is perhaps nothing more awkward or embarrassing to run into your former flame when you're at a dinner or coffee with the woman you're trying to woo. The things that could go wrong after that are best left to your imagination. But is it really the worst thing that could happen on a first date?

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POLL: What is the worst first date moment EVER?

Last updated on: February 6, 2013 18:22 IST

Running into your parents

We'd say this one comes p-r-e-t-t-y close to the previous situation. Though if we were to pick between the two we'd rather just run into our ex than our parents.

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POLL: What is the worst first date moment EVER?

Last updated on: February 6, 2013 18:22 IST

Running out of conversation

Yet again, something Indian men seem to do so often. We love to talk about cricket and politics and how things should be in the world. But put a pretty girl before us and eight on ten chances are that we will be left tongue tied.

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POLL: What is the worst first date moment EVER?

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Forgetting your wallet

You've enjoyed a hearty meal; the conversation's been great and she's totally into you. And just when the bill arrives and you gallantly put your hand in the jacket pocket and discover to your absolute horror that you've-forgotten-your-wallet.

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POLL: What is the worst first date moment EVER?

Last updated on: February 6, 2013 18:22 IST

Saying something really stupid

Ok so this one is a corollary to the previous one. We can bet our girlfriends/wives exchange tales with their friends of the silly things we've said the first time we've done the first time we've met them. Between this one and the previous, we'd rather be in the awkward silence situation. Silence, as they say, is golden. Even if it is awkward.

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POLL: What is the worst first date moment EVER?

Last updated on: February 6, 2013 18:22 IST

Finding out your zip is undone

You're dressed in your best; you've struck all the right cords, made her laugh, blush and turned her on enough for her to agree to come over to your place for a cup of the proverbial coffee.

Then you decide to go to the loo, give yourself a high-five in the mirror and walk back feeling very James Bondish when she points out your fly is open...

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Eating more than you can chew

Truth is we love our food. Equally true is the fact that we somehow don't know where to stop (Have you seen our collective waist sizes?!?). And sometimes it isn't unusual to find that the food on the table is perhaps more interesting than the person sitting across it. So you do what you know best -- dump your date; polish the plate.

Worst first-date mishap ever? Vote here!

POLL: What is the worst first date moment EVER?

Last updated on: February 6, 2013 18:22 IST

Passing gas

On the scale of one to ten where one is the lowest and ten the highest, this one probably ranks 15. We say there is perhaps nothing more embarrassing than fating on your first date and getting caught.

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