For Whom The Bell Tolls - Thee Oh Dud Date

Escaping a badly boring or just plain bad date is a matter a pre-planning.

My engaged friend, when she was in blind date hell, employed a very successful method of escape. She did ultimately have- THE BLIND DATE - her future husband that is. So blind dates can work out...eventually.

Before the date she would set the alarm on her cell phone to go off 30 minutes or so into the date. Of critical importance, she set the ringer to sound like her phone ringer. When the phone rang with "a call" she would answer the call.

"Oh my - Oh dear - How awful!" she would say. She would turn to her date "My _____ has been (or had)_______. I must go!"

Escape!

Other methods employed less successfully: you have a developed a sudden illness - headache, early morning meeting you suddenly remembered, you left the iron and the stove on - hell all the appliances are on having a wild party! (you wish!)

I am sure you can add a few!

Now if he FABULOUS! When the phone "rings" - "Goodness those telemarketers have gotten my cell number! How awful:)!"