Misadventures in dating

In Liberty City, that is.

I was at the point in GTA4 where I needed to get something going with "Michelle," a friend of a friend of my cousin Roman. This unfortunately took me much more time than I was expecting.

Try 1: picked her up and took her to a bar. I think I sideswiped a police car on the way and had to lose them first. (Turns out that you can run red lights right and left in Liberty City, but don't sideswipe the cops.) OK, lost them. Took her to the bar. I didn't know I wouldn't be given the choice to NOT drink. I was very VERY drunk leaving the bar. Driving home was NOT fun (take that, MADD), but I made it, and was invited upstairs (woo hoo!). But then I managed to jump off a bridge (don't ask) and lost all my money. Restart.

Try 2: picked her up and took her to a chicken place. (By the way, Michelle doesn't mind it when I run red lights willy-nilly, but she isn't fond of the sideswiping either.) Much easier drive home, but she rejected my advance. Restart.

Try 3: bought a new jacket and some glasses first, which she seemed to like. Picked her up and took her bowling. Oops, spent all my money getting new threads and had none left to bowl! Drove around aimlessly with her without knowing what to do to either get money or take her home. Restart.

Try 4: hotwired another car, picked her up and took her to Burger Shot. (Thank goodness Michelle is a cheap date.) Took her home and... success! Went home and saved.

Unfortunately, all these tries took waaaay too long to do and I stayed up waaay too late. In the real world, not in Liberty City.