I just remembered another date-and-ditch story I experienced. When I was in college, my sister's boyfriend (now husband) set me up with one of his single, college friends. So, I met him at a bar. I had been forewarned by my sister's boyfriend (now husband) that his friend is a **** with women he doesn't want to connect with. He'll say to them on the date, "I have to go to the bathroom" and then will get up, walk towards the bathroom of the venue, then will walk out the door! I was confident this guy wouldn't do that to me, after all, my sister's boyfriend likes me, so he gave his friend a good reference. Well, HE DID IT TO ME TOO. We were about 15 minutes into the date, when he said he needed to go to the bathroom. Now, me being me, I called him out, "Are you going to the bathroom Dave, or are you ditching me?" He stopped in his tracks, but then went on his merry way, not responding, and ran out the bar's doors. I went to the bar, asked for the phone, called my sister and her boyfriend at the bar they were at, asked for them by name, and I F******* heard Dave talking to them about me in the background! I was livid! 21 years old, but still livid.

So yeah, men are ******** and will do terrible things to women. What about men who ditch women on dates, who are left to pay the bill? gothicpear, if you stay with your current boyfriend you are ignoring a HUGE red flag about his cad-like behavior. Dump the guy. You were friends with him first so you must have seen his sh*** behavior with women back then? Why overlook that now? You're in the girlfriend role. So if this is what you think you deserve, dear, I feel bad for you.