I spent £400 on a first date and immediately regret it

I was dancing connected the tables astatine my favourite barroom erstwhile I saw him.

He was truthful handsome – tall, with acheronian cropped hair, and helium revealed a flash of cleanable teeth erstwhile helium grinned astatine me. He looked similar a cartoon Disney prince. 

Despite the smile, I assumed helium was too good-looking to beryllium funny successful me, truthful I continued embarrassing myself astatine a height, teetering connected the array top. 

I thought he’d spot capable of my flailing limbs and suffer interest, but erstwhile I went extracurricular for a overmuch needed cigarette, I was amazed that helium followed me.

I learned his sanction was Ben, and leaning against a wall, I tried to support my chill arsenic helium chatted with me. Or alternatively chatted to me, arsenic helium didn’t inquire a azygous question.

But due to the fact that helium was A, tipsy (like I was), and B, hotter than immoderate antheral I’d ever spoken to, I was blessed to perceive each astir his clever-sounding finance job and motion my caput during immoderate earthy spread successful conversation. I adjacent lit different cigarette.

But erstwhile I dragged him backmost inside, helium rapidly dropped my manus and abandoned maine for 2 gorgeous girls. These girls were the other of maine – leggy, with blonde hairsbreadth extensions and wearing chic blazers over their glamorous dresses. I was wearing chunky boots, a inexpensive mini skirt and harvest apical combo, with my precocious ponytail looking little than perfect. 

And of course, they each went disconnected to the bar. 

So, that was that. I did what immoderate miss would do; continued dancing with my friends, acting similar I couldn’t attraction less.

But I was simply redeeming face. It’s shallow, I know, but having his interest, erstwhile helium was truthful bully looking, lone to person it dropped, felt similar a assurance knock. 

And I was annoyed that I cared. 

I sobbed successful the Uber location (which mightiness person besides been acknowledgment to the information I downed respective shots aft Ben ditched me). 

Luckily, it didn’t sting for long, and I wholly forgot astir him. I adjacent went backmost to the aforesaid barroom a fewer times in the weeks that followed, stealing cigarettes from different men in the smoking area.

That was until I received a connection connected a dating app 2 months later.

‘Sarah’s a bully name, but that’s not what you saved yourself successful my telephone as.’

I messaged backmost a question mark. Somehow, I didn’t recognise him. The penny didn’t driblet until the adjacent connection helium sent. 

‘You saved yourself arsenic “girl who was dancing connected the table”.’

Oh my deity – it was Ben, the blistery Disney prince. 

Soon enough, he asked maine out, and I said yes, totally ignoring how helium discarded maine for the different girls the archetypal clip we met. 

We met a fewer days aboriginal for drinks astatine a cocktail bar. Thankfully it turns retired that Ben wasn’t self-obsessed, helium was conscionable drunk the archetypal clip we met. This clip helium was highly charming and asked loads of questions; helium besides refused to fto maine wage for my drinks. 

I thought it was going truly well. 

That was until I realised, astatine midnight, that I’d mislaid my keys. The pouch attached to my container – which I’d deliberately enactment the keys successful truthful I wouldn’t suffer them – had gone missing.

I remained calm arsenic I told my day – not due to the fact that I’m a cool, chill girl, but due to the fact that I’m the benignant of idiosyncratic who has mislaid my keys respective times implicit the years, truthful I cognize not to panic. That, and I presumed I mightiness beryllium capable to spell backmost to his, and benignant my keys successful the morning. 

But my program was thwarted. When I suggested continuing the nighttime astatine his place, helium grimaced. It conscionable wasn’t an option, helium said, due to the fact that helium inactive lived with his parents. 

It’s shallow, I know, but having his interest, erstwhile helium was truthful bully looking, lone to person it dropped, felt similar a assurance knock

At this point, considering however precocious it was, and however galore cocktails we’d some had, it was wide this day would beryllium a discarded of clip if we didn’t slumber together. That, and I had obscurity to go. So we hatched an exigency plan. 

I unrecorded beauteous adjacent a hotel, truthful we went to spot if it had immoderate rooms. 

This mightiness person been a changeable of genius, if it wasn’t truthful late. And if we weren’t highly drunk, arsenic we did shots aft I mislaid my keys to assistance cheer maine up. 

The pistillate connected reception looked weary, and intelligibly alert of what we were determination for, arsenic she told Ben determination weren’t immoderate rooms. 

There were nary choices left. I had to greenish airy enactment two: calling an exigency locksmith.

We sat successful the edifice lobby, portion I drunkenly begged a locksmith to prevention maine from my embarrassing peril. He couldn’t get for different hour, truthful due to the fact that it was a freezing acold November evening, we asked to beryllium successful the edifice lobby. 

When our locksmith saviour texted to accidental he arrived at astir 3:30am, I legged it from the edifice to my flat, dragging Ben on – quite awesome for a drunk pistillate successful six inch heels. 

And for the chill terms of £400, wrong 5 minutes my level had been breached into, and the wealth transferred to the locksmith’s slope account.

Needless to say, it was the astir costly archetypal day of my life. 

And considering I can’t truly retrieve the sex, and the information Ben and I lone went connected 1 day pursuing the disaster, I don’t truly deliberation it was worthy it.

I should’ve wholly ignored Ben that night, and continued dancing connected the tables.

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