From MSN Dating & Personals: Waiting for a Blind Date?

With the possible exception of choosing the wrong door and wandering onstage during a full-dress Metropolitan Opera production of Tosca, waiting in a restaurant or bar to meet a blind date is the most exposed, nerve-wracking, humiliating experience a person can have. It’s not just that you have no idea what to expect from your Internet pen-pal or your cousin’s idea of a great set-up. It’s that you’re convinced that everyone in the immediate vicinity—customers, wait staff, random people walking their dogs on the street—know exactly why you’re standing there so meekly and are having a good laugh at your expense. Read Waiting for a Blind Date?