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TIFU by going to the wrong movie theater and accidentally trying to put my arm around a stranger while my date thought I disappeared

This happened a couple years ago and I'm still cringing about it.

So I'd been on 4-5 dates with this girl (let's call her Maya) who I met through our moms' WhatsApp group (classic Indian parent setup). Things felt platonic and she'd actually said she wanted to be friends, but I still had feelings for her. I invited her to see The Batman with two of my friends she'd never met.

Important context: I had a broken ankle from dancing too enthusiastically at a wedding. We get to the theater, and I'm sitting next to Maya. She's being flirty - getting close, giving me vibes - and I'm getting nervous and excited. I need a moment to process, so I tell everyone I'm getting popcorn. I come back 10 minutes later, the theater is pitch black, movie's started. I remember my seat number, count over, see a girl sitting there wearing similar mosaic-style earrings, and sit down next to her. I'm trying to follow the plot but Batman makes NO sense. Feeling bold, I try to put my arm around "Maya."

She pulls away. Hard.

45 MINUTES later, I realize I'm in the wrong theater watching a Batman showing that started 2 hours ago. I have a tendency to take the “no phones” rule really seriously in a theater so I try not to bring it out when a movie plays, but this time I looked directly at the guy next to me and he DEFINITELY was not my friend. I check my phone and see about 10 missed calls and a barrage of unread texts.

I do my best to sprint out of that theater with a cast on (I’m so sorry to the random person who’s foot I stepped on) and immediately see Maya and my two friends walking INTO my theater. Turns out when I didn't come back, they panicked. They searched the entire theater; she even made my friends crawl on all fours checking under seats thinking I'd collapsed with my broken ankle. One friend even found my DAD on LinkedIn to ask if he knew where I was.

Finally, they got the theater manager to pull CCTV footage and found me wandering into the wrong theater like an idiot. The girl I tried to put my arm around? A complete stranger who was probably terrified some random guy was hitting on her in the dark. I was mortified. I'd left this girl alone with my friends she'd never met, disappeared for 45 minutes, and accidentally hit on someone else. I was sure I'd blown any chance I ever had.

After the world's most awkward movie experience, I offered to drive her home. She was quiet the whole ride and I was preparing for the worst. Right before we got to her apartment, she asked me to pull over. "I need to tell you something," she said, and my heart sank. I was ready for her to tell me she never wanted to see me again, which honestly I would have completely understood. Instead, she said: "I really like you." I was floored. What kind of woman likes a guy who disappears into the wrong movie theater and accidentally hits on strangers? I realized I had someone really special on my hands (either that, or someone with some problems).

TL;DR: Went to the wrong movie theater on a date, tried to cuddle a stranger, caused a search party involving CCTV and LinkedIn stalking, thought I ruined everything.

UPDATE: That conversation in the car was when we officially started dating again. Two years later, we're married and she’s truly the love of my life. She still brings this story up at parties.

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