From spilling wine all over your date's brand new outfit to running into an ex on a first date, mishaps abound in the dating world. But not everyone suffers during a dating disaster. In fact, many singles recover, recuperate and even make the best out of a nasty situation through humor, ingenuity and patience.
What follows are real life stories from singles who have managed to take a dating disaster and turned it into a successful love story. Whether they are gay or straight, celebrities (and there are a couple) or the guy-next-door, these people are sharing their scariest, most embarrassing and awkward dating experiences in order to show that not every dating disaster has to end in defeat.
