We’ve all been on horrible dates- hopeless purgatories where you wonder why you’re spending the evening with this person when you could be home organizing your sock drawer instead.

Before the internet, social people often kept little black books to record the dates they went on, to remember how good or bad they were and if they got a little tail or not.

Writer Eddie Campbell took his little black book and turned it into a tell-all memoir on his romantic life in 44 Horrible Dates– true war stories of horrible dates he’s been on.

Listen as we talk about what kind of mistakes people make when going out on dates, some ideas on making your dates awesome and hilarious stories about farts, fetishists and freaky scenes.

Also-


At what point do reveal your kink on a date? With Oscar de la Hoya, anytime is a good time.
Serial Killer Rodney James Alcala on the Dating Game.
Are fishnets stockings, hot dogs and other quirky fetishes appropriate for first date ?

And our very own horrible dating stories, including Fausto’s encounter with a real-life Buffalo Bill and his little poodle Precious.


[This podcast originally appeared on 07/13/2012]