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How to Avoid the Date with Itchy Fingers

By: Sara Musfeldt

My friend Violet recently met a guy on Match. The two of them had a lot in common, namely a love of camping and a fear of blue-colored foods. Combine this with the fact that she had been online for almost a year, so she was pretty comfortable doing the "almost-blind-date" thing after only few e-mails.

"I hadn't even gotten a drink yet and he went in for a kiss," Violet said. "We met at the new sushi restaurant downtown and while we waited for our table in the bar he managed to land one on my cheek."

Violet and I agree that men like this are creepy, not to mention desperate, misunderstood, or maybe just unable to decipher social cues. As Violet tried to laugh off the kiss, he reached for her hand. She pulled away only for him to put his arm around her shoulders.

As far as I know footsy is a tool screenwriters use to create sexual tension among their characters. But once Violet sat down for dinner, her date promptly took off his right shoe and tried to play footsy. I can't believe people really do this.

Anyhow, Violet's response was to scowl. She has what should be a patented scowl, one that I've never been able to duplicate. It's a mixture of shock, disgust, frustration, and disapproval. I wish I could describe it better, but I'm unable to find words for the way she contorts and scrunches her facial muscles along with the way she drops her head to look at you from the corner of her eyes. It's a talent only she possesses and a message her date should have received immediately.

"At this point, there were so many problems with him," explained Violet. "To start, he wasn't smart enough to know my scowl meant to back off. It felt like he was flirting the way men do in soft-porn, so I just asked him what his problem was. I said, 'don't you know how to behave on a date?'"

He responded by laughing and reaching across the table to grab her hands. He said, "I'm coming on to you, don't you know what it's like?"

"Yah, I do, and I don't really like it," she responded as he ran all ten of his fingers across hers. "Do you have itchy finger tips or something, why are you still touching me?"

She decided to stay and struggle through the dinner, but only because she felt it was an opportunity to help all woman-kind everywhere, or at the minimum at least help the next Match.com victim. Sadly all her efforts were lost on him. The next day, in the customary follow-up Match e-mail, he wrote that he enjoyed their date and looked forward to kissing her voluptuous lips and holding hands for real, "like grown ups do."

Whatever "like grown-ups do" is supposed to mean I don't know, but it sounds dirty. Violet wrote: "Do me a favor, please keep your shoes on when you're in public, always. And hey, I will not be seeing you again."

I couldn't have said it better. Violet, well done. Here is a recap for those of you out there that find yourself on a date with an itchy-fingered man:

Make a joke about him being too affectionate Give a dirty look Ask him what his problem is Advise him of his dating practice faux pas Advise him of his dating practice faux pas in a follow e-mail

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About the Author: Sara Musfeldt has a website with dating stories and dating tips for everyone. Sara has also produced an online dating guide to help single people everywhere find love.
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