I met him at a synagogue. he was cute, smart, funny and had blue eyes. It was the blue eyes that really sucked me in. We talked about ten minutes before services started and then we quietly parted to pray(I sort of just sat there while others exchanged words with the imaginary), sing and flirtatiously stare at one another from across the room. After services, we exchanged phone numbers and two days later he was at my front door ready to take me out. It was the stereotypical date- dinner and a movie. We arrived at an Italian restaurant chain and upon sitting down he showed me the coupon he had. It was a coupon good for two free meals from the following selection: Eggplant Parmesan, Spaghetti, Linguine or Raviolis with a side salad. I looked at him thinking he was joking-he wasn't. I kept quiet and thought to myself " Wow, that's one way to impress a date..." I ended up getting the eggplant and although it was pretty yummy, it felt so weird and wrong to have my dinner almost decided for me. Of course my date thought his coupon was wonderful since he didn't have to pay a cent, except for the tip. We left the restaurant and then he took me to see a movie. As we drove on over, he asked me if I liked cartoons.
"They are alright. Why do you ask?"I responded as we pulled up to the movie theater.
"Well, I have two passes to see Over the Hedge and thought I should use them before the movie was no longer showing," he stated matter of factly.
I went along with it but I was in utter shock accompanied with amusement. First, it was dinner with the use of a coupon limiting what I could order and now I couldn't even pick the movie I wanted to see because he had "Free Passes". As we walked in to see Over the Hedge he asked me if I wanted a large coke or a regular popcorn as he pulled out a crinkled coupon from his wallet. "I have to choose?" I asked. "Well yeah, because it says on here that it is only good for one free large coke or one free regular sized popcorn," he replied. I started laughing and told him to get the popcorn. He left to get the popcorn, clueless of how cheap he was making himself look. The date ended with him asking if he could call me and I responded saying "Well, I can only talk after 9pm since that is when it is free but, at 9pm I'm at work and cannot accept phone calls." Needless to say, I never saw him again but he certainly made a lasting impression that is now called "The Best Worst Date Ever".
