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                    wearing a tracksuit. Worst                                                                        Upon hearing Trump





                       He turned up to
                                                                                                                      discuss immigration
                     a fancy restaurant

                                                                                                                        TV, my date said,
                    Then as soon as the                                                                                on the restaurant’s
                    food arrived, he said                                                                                  “Good. They
                    he had to leave, for                    dates                                                       shouldn’t be here
                       no reason, and                                                                                   if they’re not here
                                                                                                                        legally.” He then
                    dashed out the door.                                                                                spent 15 minutes
                                                              ever!                                                      slating Obama.

                          NIR A N , 2 1                                                                                    SA NDR A ,  2 2





                     On our first date,                 Hey, we’ve all been there...
                   two people he knew
                    came over. Thinking                                                                                  After arriving 20
                   they must be friends                                                                                  minutes late, he
                    of his, I shook their                                                                               “accidentally” left
                    hands to be polite.                                                                                his wallet in the car,
                   Then I spotted a £20                                                                                 before taking me

                   note on the floor. He                                                                               to an expensive bar
                     was dealing drugs                                                                                where he ordered the
                   under the pub table.                                                                               entire menu. I footed
                                                                                                                      the bill myself and he
                       M ONT A N A , 28                                                                               promised he’d return
                                                                                                                         the favour. I never
                                                                                                                                heard from
                     Our “cinema” date                                                                                          him again.

                     turned out to be us
                   watching a film on his                                                                                        E LLE N , 2 7
                    laptop in his broken
       AS TOLD TO EMILY GULLA, ANDREA ARHAGBA. PHOTOGRAPHS GETTY IMAGES. *NAMES HAVE BEEN CHANGED
                   Honda. He then tried
                   to charge me £11.80                                                                                He took his shoes off
                       for the “ticket”.                                                                               in the cinema and
                                                                                                                       put his feet on the
                         P R INCE ,  2 1
                                                                                                                       chair in front. They
                                                                                                                        absolutely stank.



                    A well-known darts                                                                                        ABI , 2 1
                    player took me to a
                    casino where I had
                     to watch him sign                                                                                  I took a tumble in
                   autographs all night.                                                                              a skirt, ending up on
                    He also said, “Who                                                                                the floor with my bum
                     wants a stunning                                 Got a dating nightmare to                         in the air, while my
                       girlfriend that                                share? Email your tales of                        date fell into me. It
                    everyone’s looking                                woe to WorstDatesEver@                           was basically doggy
                                                                       cosmopolitan.co.uk or
                       at? You’re OK,                                   Tweet, Insta or DM us                          style with the whole
                        aren’t you?”                                  @CosmopolitanUK using                            restaurant watching.
                                                                        #CosmoWorstDates

                        HARRI E T , *  4 3                                                                                 L O UISA , *  3 3




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