Seems it's mostly fellas that have had the bad experiences... you just haven't found a decent girl yet! I got my current partner (and many ex's) into reptiles so it's great to share a common interest. Generally i don't bother telling people i keep them anymore, they either already know through mutual friends or i get a feel for the topic by bringing up something about 'interesting' pets like spiders or hermit crabs... lol. testing the waters you know?
By the way, when i say "you just haven't found a decent girl yet" what i really mean is THERE ARE LOTS OF CRAZY WOMEN OUT THERE. BE CAREFUL. and yeah, seriously, good frikken luck. there be some craaaaaaaazy ones around!
I honestly can't think of any 'bad' dates or experiences, guess i'm lucky eh? I did date one seriously boring dude once, had the charisma of a gnat.
Actually, now that i think of it, i did have one really rediculous first date. He invited me to his place to make me dinner. While making dinner we were chatting away and he hands me a glass of wine, now bear in mind that when i have a drink of any kind in my hands it gets consumed pretty much straight away as a force of habit. Stupid me, sculled the whole thing and then spluttered like an idiot (as you do), not the best excuse when you say "i didnt realise what i was doing!" in my defence i was nervous as he was 5 years my senior and i was rather infatuated with him, i was blushing with the best of them! Anyway, so, sculled the wine, made myself look like an idiot, at least he was rather amused by this. Then had another small glass during dinner. Somehow, and for the life of me i dont know how, i forgot that i was still on my P's licence and so no couldnt drive home because of the booze, and i had driven to his house and he had just sold his car and had yet to get his new one so he couldnt drive me home either. So, first date, and i was stuck at his house without a way to get home. On top of that, i'm the biggest lightweight drinker you will ever meet and i was finding myself falling asleep on his couch by 11pm. Apparently, i actually fell asleep when he went to make me a cup of tea, yeah, classy, i know. I ended up stealing his bed and sleeping there that night. haha. i have ALLLLLL the class. at least i can say it didnt harm my chances as we're still together two years on