I Went on 7 Tinder Dates in 9 Days, and Here's What I Learned

This one’s for the sake of your own sanity. You’re going to go on a lot of bad dates — that’s just unavoidable, because humans. However, every sweaty, balding, shorter-than-their-picture-suggests blind date doesn’t have to mean a night ruined. In fact, if you have the right attitude, you can turn an epically terrible date into pure entertainment (it doesn’t even have to be at the expense of your date).

For example, he’s a lemur enthusiast — like, he started advocacy groups. Use this rare opportunity to grill him about lemurs and learn a thing or two. He’ll relish the task. Then, politely never call him back. If the guy is just a downright pretentious assh*le, even better. He’ll help you practice the courteous exit. But feel free to tell him off a little before you do, because those opportunities are also rare and life’s too short not to be totally honest. Speaking of the courteous exit . . .