Have you ever noticed how UGLY the whole dating process is? This is a rhetorical sort of question I realize. . . I'm not expecting you all to answer at once. I would however feel better about MY bad dating experiences if you all would send your horror stories, stamped and sealed for the staff here at HULLABALLOO to chuckle at. If anyone can top MY bad date with a worse one… We'll print it word for word in the next issue for all the brave, dating souls out there to read and understand that they are not alone. We'll continue along with the challenge for a couple issues, with one single reader topping the next with their "Bad Date" scenarios until we arrive at THE worst dating experience that someone has had. Then HULLABALLOO will crown this individual "MOST UNFORTUNATE" and send him or her on an all-expense paid trip to Ben and Jerry's (with the date of their choice), to drown their sorrows in a heaping bowl of ice-cream. To participate, swallow your pride and send your Bad Date Horror Story to the address on the last page of HULLABALLOO. Change the names in the story if necessary, but make sure to include your REAL name, address and phone number at the top of the page so we can notify you if you win. Here's my own sob story. Read it and weep . . .

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