Bad Date Quotes

“She closed the distance between them and gave him a tentative hug. He was liberally cologned, with a scent that incited bewildering memories. She circled him, not knowing why. She had only met him a few weeks back, yet tonight, something about him triggered old memories, of a time, a person.
Maybe not.
What she did know, he lacked that special ingredient that moved her. Dull as ditch water. He was sufficiently polite, but that was about all she could say. –Michael Benzehabe, from the novel Unassimilated”
― Michael Benzehabe

“Bob leaned back and straightened his red paisley power tie. His smile was a bit lopsided and more than a bit suggestive. “In my experience, older women have very definite ideas about what they want—ideas that don’t include wheezing, potbellied, middle-aged guys with receding hairlines.” He chuckled and smoothed his flaxen tresses once more.
She drummed her fingernails on the white tablecloth and looked for the waitress. That made six times so far this insolent pup had used the term “older women.”
He gave her the once-over. “Nowadays, older women are so—”
God help him if he says...
“—well preserved.”
Lina briefly closed her eyes. It was going to be a long evening.”
― Pamela Burford, Too Darn Hot

“You’re on a date here?” she asked, trying to break the awkward silence.
“One that’s going horribly,” Jasper said. “This guy is so pretentious I want to gag, and not in the good way.”
― Katherine McIntyre, Strength Check

“He's a moron whose only possible appeal is that he rejected you. Why even worry about him?”
― Vicki Grant, 36 Questions That Changed My Mind About You