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Awful First Dates: Hysterical, True, And Heartbreakingly Bad (2012)

by Sarah Z. Wexler(Favorite Author)

2.9 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1402259220 (ISBN13: 9781402259227)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Sourcebooks Casablanca

review 1: Goodreads Synopsis: "He spills out a pile of pennies all over the table, telling me he fished through the couch for change to pay for his big night out." From the guy who chews on rocks to the one who has his mom tag along, Awful First Dates is filled with hilarious, cringe-worthy, holy-crap-did-that-really-happen? stories from celebrities like Lauren Conrad and Michael Kors, you'll laugh, you'll cringe-and most importantly-you'll feel better about some of the date's you've been on -He ate an entire bowl of dip with his fingers. -He said, "I think we should hang out in the woods and just groove on each other." -About thirty minutes in, he paused, took a sip of win, and then said, "So, can we go have sex now?" My Thoughts: LOL...read this in one sitting. As someone who didn... more't go on a ton of first dates before finding my hubby, thankfully none were anywhere near as bad as the ones described in this book. I cringed throughout the book...it astounds me how tacky and totally clueless some people can be. And this is a great example.
review 2: Not all that interesting. She sets up each chapter by generalizing the most memorable part of each terrible date (i.e. terrible guy) under money, sex, drinking, etc., and telling a snippet of dates that neatly slot in to each category. If she really ended up in these situations, that's a staggering amount of first dates. Given that many of them were arranged through dating sites and most were an awful fit, she really wasn't screening all that well. Dare I think she was *gasp* sending herself on bad dates so she could then write a book? Surely no woman would put herself through something like that. Right.Although she says in the intro that she's sure men have gone back to their friends and told stories about how terrible a date with her was, I get the distinct impression that she thinks on each of these occasions it was all about the guy screwing up. Sorry, honey, but from how you outline your actions and your responses to many of these situations, you don't sound all that awesome. You don't like a guy so you deliberately order lobster and expensive wine and then bail without contributing to the check? That's not cool. So I bailed on this book about halfway through. Much like some first dates, this wasn't worth my time. less

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