Have you ever been dating someone for a few weeks or even months, and things were going great, and then suddenly, you or your date got the ‘ick’ and ended it?
One woman is fairly certain her budding relationship with someone she had been talking to for months is over after she bombed during their bowling date.
She had been talking to someone for five months and got to go on three dates with them. Because they’re both students, two out of three dates were them hanging out at home. But for their third date, they decided to do something different.
Her date had expressed that they wanted to go bowling with someone and loved the idea of a bowling alley or arcade date, so they made it happen.
“Now, I always knew my bowling skills were horrendous,” she said.
“I’ve been bowling with my family and my friends several times before, and I have always sucked. I am bad at it. But I didn’t think it mattered, [as at] birthday parties, hangouts, and family events, people always got a good laugh out of it.”
She also figured her bad bowling skills wouldn’t be an issue as they’d be doing other things during the date, like grabbing food and playing arcade games.
However, she was wrong.
At first, the date started really well. They ordered food, got their shoes, and settled in their lane. She started doing a fairly mediocre job, knocking down a few pins. It didn’t take long for her to realize her date was very good at bowling and had her beat by a long shot.
“Then, my bad skills start coming out,” she recalled.
“Basically, all of the bowling balls I [was] throwing were going in the gutters, or I [was] hitting a few pins, and then the second throw was in the gutter, and vice versa. We were laughing about it. It wasn’t until a few more times this happened that their laugh was obviously not only forced but [also] short, and [then they] scoffed.”
The most embarrassing moment came as she realized the date was getting awkward. She hyped herself up to bowl again, and her bowling ball slid across the alley and landed in the gutters of another lane.
She turned to laugh awkwardly at her date, hoping they’d be able to laugh off the embarrassing event, but they had a serious look on her face, making her feel worse.
“I physically felt my stomach twist at their stare,” she added.
“The lane wasn’t in use, so I didn’t ruin anyone’s bowling experience except my date’s. After bowling, we finished our food, and they said they didn’t feel like playing arcade games because it was getting dark quicker than they thought. After our dates, we usually text casually, but they’ve been really dry over text ever since and barely replying to [my] messages.”
Now, she’s starting to think her date got the ‘ick’ after watching her bowl, and she ruined her chances with them.
Should she try to win this person back or move on?
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