Has Your iPhone Ever Ruined Or Saved You On A Date? [Let's Talk]

Buster

My iPhone is magical. It can do all kinds of crazy stuff to help me with dates, like finding the best sushi place, directions to a park, and nearby events.

The problem with my iPhone being so damn fantastic is that a lot of times on dates I'm too engrossed with what's happening in the digital world, that it distracts me from the real life gorgeous woman sitting across the table from me.

I don't know how many times it's happened that I'll be sitting in a restaurant and take out my iPhone because I'm bored. It's become a nervous tick. I'll chuckle at something and say, "Holy shit, did you see this hilarious Vine that Matt just posted?" And then she rolls her eyes at me, and I apologize, and the mood is destroyed with no hope of me ever getting any action or advancing the relationship further.

I'm not alone right? I'm sure a lot of our readers have some amazing horror stories of using your iPhones on dates, and we'd love to hear them.

Share you best and worst stories of the iPhone's impact on your dating life right here.

rduffy39

My iPhone saved me on a trip to Paris with a girl who was definitely a romantic interest at the time. We were staying in an AirBnB apartment located in the outskirts of Paris. She was in charge of the logistics, most importantly, the passcode to get into the building. We had arrived on Friday, and the time of the incident was Saturday night at around 2am. After a great day of checking out Paris, and after a few bottles of wine, we returned "home" to the apartment. We got to the door and she realized; she had forgotten the paper with the 4 digit passcode on it. Our host was away on business, and had not left a phone number. Neither of us could remember the number, nor had we written it down. We were SoL. We would spend the night on the streets of Paris. But then, I realized I had an iPhone, with Verizon's ridiculously expensive international data plan! So I told her to log into her Gmail account, and retrieve the original email from AirBNB and our host regarding entering the building. Five minutes (and $20 worth in data costs...) later, we punched in the code, entered the building, and proceeded to have a great night.

Thank you iPhone.

hanhothi

If you are so bored by the "real life gorgeous woman" sat opposite you that you need to play with your phone Buster, she is not THE ONE and you are wasting your time (and $) on her. Sad!

djrobsd

Leave the phone in the car or at home... actually look at the person in the eyes, make conversation and enjoy your date.

TomJames

I was on a date and it was going really well. The girl was interested in technology and so naturally, I wapped out my shiny new iPhone 5 and was showing it off. Before long, we were having a play around with Siri.

Now I should probably backtrack a few days and mention that when I met the girl, I was rather drunk and I couldn't remember her name although I remembered where and when we had arranged to meet! So I simply guessed that her name was Emma and set up an event on my calendar for our date.

Back to the date - thankfully she mentioned her name, Sarah, early on in the date and so I didn't embarrass myself with admitting to her that I didn't know her name! But of course, my iPhone couldn't pick that up and magically change the name of my event... You can guess what came next...

Sarah: "Siri, what am I doing today?"
Siri: "OK, here's your event"

And there it was: "Date with Emma".

And that was it... She went. Gone. Forever. With tears in her eyes. I was speechless.

I love Siri and my iPhone but that moment was so bad. I know that Sarah reacted a bit over the top, but I think she was just shocked, as if she thought "Siri wouldn't lie to me".

Really it was my fault for A. forgetting her name and B. not admitting to her what I had done. But it is a good story that I may or may not tell my kids if/when I have them!

And Sarah if you read this, I'm sorry.

Fredy Rosal

Great story TomJames. Sorry about Emma ... I mean, Sarah :)

Bruce Schrock

My iPhone saved me once..... I use my iPhone to call in to Carrabba's to place my name before getting ready for the evening, otherwise me and my date would have waited for an hour and a half. lol (great place for valentines to!)