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" 1. Expectation: At a dinner party, you catch the eye of a cute guy. You chat all night over delicious brie en croute and he asks you if you want to go to drinks the following week. Reality:  You finally find someone on OK Cupid who looks like his interests might not include &amp;quot;skinning women.&amp;quot; 2. Expectation: You spend the next week text-bantering. Reality: You exchange two messages about what neighborhoods you live in. He uses the wrong &amp;quot;your.&amp;quot;  3. Expectation: He tells you to meet him at an upscale bar closer to your house than his. Reality: He asks you what the plan is for tonight and tells you he is hungover from the night before. 4. Expectation: He says he&amp;#039;s 6-foot and he&amp;#039;s 6-foot. Reality: He says he&amp;#039;s 6-foot and he&amp;#039;s 6 inches and could dance on the palm of your hand. 5. Expectation: The place is a cute, slightly upscale bar clearly meant for dates.  Reality: The place is a damp-floored bar full of undergrads and you are sandwiched between tables of loud hipsters trying to get their $3 Rolling Rock. 6. Expectation: You grab a table and need to tell the waitress to come back like four times because you&amp;#039;re too busy talking to look at the menu and pick a cocktail. Reality: You order the strongest cocktail available to you and make awkward conversation with him until they arrive \u2014 and you both suck them down immediately. 7. Expectation: You say, &amp;quot;Me too!&amp;quot; to everything he says, and vice versa. Reality: You let your eyes glaze over as he delves deeper into the intricacies of his sister&amp;#039;s job as a dental technician. 8. Expectation:  You have that tipsy moment somewhere in the middle of the date where you look at each other and smile, and know you&amp;#039;re gonna make out on the street once you leave. Reality: You have that tipsy moment somewhere in the middle of the date where you&amp;#039;re like, &amp;quot;How can I wrap this up without seeming like a dick?&amp;quot; 9. Expectation: Even though he clearly wants to come up after making out on the street for 15 minutes, he drops you off with a good night kiss and asks you to save your Saturday next weekend for him. Reality: You pretend you&amp;#039;re tired and bail as soon as possible. He points out you did not leave enough money. You throw a few more dollars down and run. RELATED: 12 Things Every Woman Thinks Right Before Sex Follow Anna on Twitter. Photo Credit: Sony "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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