A few more stories:
My mother was on a first date (way back before she met my father)and the guy took her to look at rings! She said no after that date.
A date was taking me to the airport to catch a flight and his car overheated right at the entrance to the airport. A nice heimish yid realized what was going on and offered his assistance. It was embarrassing and no I didn’t marry the guy.
And speaking of heels getting stuck in the grates- On a date in Manhattan I kept walking on the edge of the sidewalk so that my shoes shouldn’t get stuck in the grates and I mentioned something like ” I don’t like walking on those” when I came home I realized how that came out sounding like, Mommy I’m scared! Well, he married me anyway.