How To Bounce Back When The First Date Is Trash
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Some first dates can be truly disturbing, like the ones you go on with the man who just cries the entire time about how his wife left him for her yoga instructor or the ones you go on with the guy who arrives with a clipboard of questions on which he is clearly giving you a grade. When you put yourself out there to date, you also welcome in a lot of odd, unstable and just plain disturbing characters. You just have to work your way through them to find the good ones, but boy can that work leave you feeling dejected, demoralized and disgusted sometimes. It’s a good idea to have some go-to techniques to recover from really bad first dates, so they don’t leave a bad taste in your mouth and put you off to dating entirely. Here are 15 ways to bounce back from a disturbing first date.
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Realize you’ve been there, too
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Stop questioning your filter
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But, take a moment to reflect on your filter
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Stay away from the Internet
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Call a friend and laugh about it
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Go be with your best friend
See a good friend. Remind yourself that you have a wonderful network of close relationships, so you don’t have to date any of these, er, characters you’ve been meeting.
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Cut ties if you need to
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See your male friends
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Look for the silver lining
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Make adjustments to your profile
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Be proud of yourself for doing the work
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And don’t judge yourself
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Promise yourself you’ll do phone calls first
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Watch a quirky romantic comedy
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Block if you have to
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