First dates are notoriously excruciating, but sometimes what's worse than being on a disastrous first date is watching someone else's terrible rendezvous unfold in front of you.
That happened to British writer Clare Mackintosh, who was out having dinner at a restaurant when she overheard a couple at the next table on a first date.
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She live tweeted their whole conversation and it got JUICY, reports News.com.au.
There's nothing else to do except read the whole thing from start to finish: