Everyone can recount a story of their worst date. Whether it be catfishing, inappropriate venues or one person revealing their kinks way too soon. Luckily two heroes have set out to refund the cost of the UK's worst date.
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Musician Alexina, founded the website Refund My Shit Date after being inspired by the song she wrote called Where Are All The Boys?
The musician confided in the Metro UK about her hilarious venture:
Last year, I wrote the song after a series of really terrible dates. I had this period with so many things going wrong – misogynistic guys, ghosting, the lot. There was one particular date where a guy took me to a fancy restaurant and he was genuinely annoyed that I didn’t want to go on a second date with him, even though we were really incompatible. I was so frustrated when I got home and I got in the bath and wrote the lyrics, which is a bit of a humourous eye roll in a song.
After confiding in her friends about the laughable experience they all came forward with dating nightmares of their own and with the help of a friend, Daisy King, the two set out to create a platform where everyone can share their wildest dating experiences...and possibly get compensation for it also:
I have my music to vent my frustrations but I wanted to give something to other people to help them feel empowered. I sat down and chatted with Daisy to create something to run along those themes and Refund My Shit Date was born.
Alexina, with support from her label, set out to launch Refund My Shit Date where people could share their stories in the form of receipts.
Alexina and Daisy are hoping to gather as many stories as possible and pick the winner to receive the refund of up to £100. So far the site has only been up for about four weeks but has already garnered over 600 hilarious and cringe-worthy entries. Alexine added:
The response has been overwhelming. I look at the site every minute of the day and we have more new entries. It’s going to very difficult when the time comes next Sunday to choose a winner because there are so many different kinds of stories.
So far there have been a number of cringy and heartbreaking stories that have stood out to the 28-year-old:
There is one about a girl who went on a great date with a guy and then never heard from him, only to find out he was a wanted criminal.
There was another really sad one about a girl who had spent all her money on having her hair done, putting in lots of effort and buying an expensive train ticket, but the guy completely ghosted her.
The winners of the competition will be drawn this weekend but Alexina hopes to continue to develop the site into a platform where people can share their most baffling dating stories:
I think it helps single people realise that they aren’t alone and everyone has those terrible dates.
So far the site has calculated that based on the entries, a total of over £1,000,000 has been spent on shit dates so far and that is the real injustice.
