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A dating regret I wish I could do over? Hmmm\u2026<\/p>\n

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Like Amanda, the main character in my novel, MILKED, I didn\u2019t have the best taste in men when I was younger\u2014and I\u2019m using the term \u201cmen\u201d loosely. The ones I dated weren\u2019t exactly showering me with poetry and roses. So, it\u2019s no surprise that one of the all-time worst dates I ever went on was at an \u201cAround the World\u201d fraternity party during my sophomore year in college.<\/p>\n

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Let me back up and set the scene here. If you have never heard of this, an \u201cAround the World\u201d party is (or at least was, back in the year 2000) an event where each room in a house features a different type of mixed drink, and you\u2019re encouraged to sample and get as many stamps in your passport as possible. It\u2019s kind of like EPCOT\u2019s Food & Wine Festival if it were run by a bunch of 19-year-old guys with fake IDs and a penchant for SoCo.<\/p>\n

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I went with my then-boyfriend, (let\u2019s call him J) who lived in the house. He was officially a business major, but he could easily have gotten a minor in Crappy Boyfriend Studies. He flaked out on me all the time, teased me incessantly, and generally found new ways to push my buttons. I was already peeved at him for flirting with a freshman hanger-on earlier that week, who constantly fawned all over him. Of course, she showed up at the party, and every time I turned around, he was eating up her attention with a spoon.<\/p>\n

Feeling irate and abandoned, I drowned my sorrows in jungle juice and jello shots. I then made a scene (okay, a couple of scenes) throughout the night by screaming at anyone who would listen about J\u2019s shortcomings as a boyfriend, smacking him at one point, and throwing a tantrum that would have made Honest Toddler<\/a> proud.<\/p>\n

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I woke up sick as a dog the next day and completely horrified by what I could remember of my behavior.<\/p>\n

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I sat by the phone for a week. J never called.<\/p>\n

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When I finally mustered up the nerve to come by his house to apologize, we had a short, but sweet, mutual breakup. Walking back, I felt relieved that we could put our unhealthy relationship in the past, and that we\u2019d both handled the split in such a mature way.<\/p>\n

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I next made a stop at the student center. J actually worked there a few days a week, but I knew he wasn\u2019t due there anytime soon. When I was checking out, the cashiers were chatting with each other about their weekend plans, and one of them was blushing and excited.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m going over to J\u2019s for dinner tonight\u2014he\u2019s cooking for me! Isn\u2019t that sweet?\u201d<\/p>\n

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Yes\u2014the same J who had technically<\/em> been my boyfriend half an hour earlier.<\/p>\n

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If I could have a re-do, I\u2019d have dumped J before the party and saved myself from this double dose of humiliation. But, an embarrassing experience is at least good material!<\/p>\n

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Lisa Doyle<\/p>\n

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Read Lisa’s full bio and tour schedule on her CLP Blog Tour page<\/a><\/span>, or\u00a0buy her book\u00a0directly through\u00a0Simon and Fig<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    A dating regret I wish I could do over? Hmmm\u2026   Like Amanda, the main character in my novel, MILKED, I didn\u2019t have the best taste in men when I was younger\u2014and I\u2019m using the term \u201cmen\u201d loosely. The ones I dated weren\u2019t exactly showering me with poetry and roses. So, it\u2019s no surprise that one of the … <\/p>\n

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