You guys...seriously, you've made my Christmas with this thread
Walker, you are not pathetic. If you really were you would not be going on a date with anyone. Want pathetic love stories? I got a million and they all involve horrendously embarrassing rejection and, in most cases, public humiliation. First boyfriend wasn't until I was nearly 18 and that was a COMPLETE shambles. Five years later I hooked up with a 19 year old - that raised a couple of eyebrows but he's like old now and everything so it doesn't matter anymore. Although people thinking I got pregnant by him when he was 15 makes for some interesting dinner conversation...
If I ever went to dinner parties, that is. Which I don't. But the turn of phrase served its purpose for this thread.