We agreed to meet at a cozy little Italian bistro downtown at 7:30 PM. I arrived at 7:25 PM, feeling like an absolute champion of time management.

Lucy’s mother (played by Kathryn Card) is coming to visit, and Lucy is determined to find her a nice man. When she spots an old beau of her mother’s, Mr. Beecher (Charles Lane), now a wealthy, successful businessman, Lucy arranges a date. The problem? Her mother thinks he’s a boring, penny-pinching stiff. To save the evening, Lucy and Ethel try to make Mr. Beecher seem “dangerous and exciting” — with predictably chaotic results.

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But here is what that terrible, horrible, no-good date taught me—and what it can teach anyone who has ever faced romantic disappointment.

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But read the room. If she’s still raw, save the comedy for tomorrow.

“Mom, you are not a crisis hotline with a dinner menu.”