The embarrassing drink you should never order on a first date

This cocktail spells disaster (Credits: Getty Images)

Dating is a nightmare, isn’t it?

Spending all that money on someone, you might have to escape mid-way through the evening. What if you’ve got zero in common?

Or they give you the ick. What if you know within the first moment of meeting them that there’s not a pig’s chance in hell of fancying them?

The dating process is rife with pitfalls, but sadly, it’s a necessary evil if you want to meet someone. So don’t make it potentially worse by ordering the wrong drink.

And by the wrong drink, I mean a Long Island Iced Tea.

Look, we’ve all been there. The nerves kick in, so your instinct is to reach for the strongest drink to take the edge off and get the conversation flowing. You might even plan to ge...