Dating Disasters: ‘My ears are still ringing from that man’

In Dating Disasters vertellen anonieme lezers over hun gênantste, meest tenenkrommende en dramatische dates. Deze week: the very present date.

From the moment I greeted my disaster date, he started talking without taking a breath. I had only spoken to him via a dating app and WhatsApp, so I didn't know how he sounded, let alone how much he could talk. It felt like he wanted to win a marathon of words, and I couldn't get a single word in.
While I tried my best to contribute to the conversation, he kept laughing at his own verbal waterfall and silly jokes, and I don't mean just a smile. It was more of a deafening laugh that drew the attention of the entire restaurant to us. It felt like we were on a stage and everyone in the restaurant was staring at us with a look of: can you please do this somewhere else?

Every attempt on my part to say a word was smothered by his uncontrollable laughter, and I could only nod and smile while he continued his story. The waiters regularly looked at us with irritation, probably hoping we would leave soon, while I looked back in panic, hoping they would come to my rescue.

Eventually, after what felt like an eternity, I decided enough was enough. I pretended to get a phone call that I really had to answer and made up an excuse to make a quick escape from the restaurant. Not very classy, but I'm not joking: my ears are still ringing from that man.

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