Confessional Moments: Humor in Orthodox Dating Culture

Have you ever been on a blind date and wondered if the person that set you up might actually be very blind? Well then you are one of the many within the dating scene that most young women in todays UWS society are stuck in. It's sad to say but the amount of dating stories that have ended horribly during my time living in New York and on the UWS are numerous. But that is part of being in the bubble isn't it? There are my stories and then there are those around me that have shared their horrible dating nights wether it's mine or theirs you will never know.

It's been ten minutes of awkward silence...Stay or Go?

For the purpose of this story and any other stories, names are changed for the fun and secrecy of it. Jenny was a young girl and a great girl whose friend Rachel set her up on a date with this guy named Sam. This was a blind date Jenny had been avoiding and the start of the date was all she needed to know about the future of this relationship with Sam. The date begins with Sam picking Jenny up from her apartment in his car that literally doesn't deserve that name for the state the car was in. So they drive to the restaurant that Sam chose and the entire time Jenny is the only one holding the conversation. Now they have been at the restaurant for about 30 minutes and 20 minutes of that is dead silence with Sam loudly chewing on his meal. At this point it's quite clear that it's not meant to be for Jenny and at the dinner she texts Rachel to let her know. Rachel then proceeds to plead Jenny to give him a chance which makes Jenny a little suspicious. Date ends finally after an hour which is much longer than Jenny wanted it to be after the start. He drops her back home and she plans out the text that she was practicing while on her date that felt more like she was eating dinner alone. Before she sends the text he texts her saying that it was nice meeting her but she is just not what he is looking for personality wise. PERSONALITY WISE? Jenny asks Sam what about her personality was so awful, and he replies with "You are just very quite and not talkative I felt that I carried the conversation". This when Jenny blocked his number and left him on read.

Do you think Jenny reacted the right way? What would you have done?

• Hell yes block the guy and forgot about him
• She should have left way earlier on
• Rachel needs to background check people better