Despite the fact that romantic sadness and disillusionment wait for you further down the road, not anything beats that serotonin and oxytocin cocktail you get after actually clicking with a person else on a first date.

But, for every super date story, it seems like there are approximately ten not-so-tremendous date stories. Perhaps there wasn’t that spark. Perhaps your dinner associate did or stated something so weird / offensive; you’ll dine out at the story for years to come. Or perhaps it turned into something YOU said or did. And on every occasion you observed you have both overheard about or lived over the worst date story, ever, any other one comes along to further chip away at your optimism and perception in love.