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I had been chatting to this guy on an online site for about two weeks. He'd seemed very nice and genuine, his picture wasn't bad and he had a great sense of humour. We had the same taste in music and even made jokes involving various song titles.

I mentioned I liked the Phantom of the Opera, amongst other musicals, and he said he'd been looking for someone to go see the 25th anniversary screening in the high-end cinema complex. Of course I agreed and I looked forward to it. Dressed to the nines, I waited to meet this guy...I wasn't too struck by first impressions, he seemed to be much shorter than his profile suggested, but I decided to ignore that.

It should have been my queue that this was not going to be the end of his lies. In my profile it clearly stated I was Christian, I don't practice but it's still my faith. Immediately he starts ranting to me about the truth about religions, his fundamentalist atheism and why everyone should give up religion. I bit the corner of my inside cheek.

Seriously, this guy started ranting how he forced his parents to admit they didn't believe in God, (oh great first date conversation, real charmer.) Luckily the movie started and he sat in silence...until the intermission.

He wanted to start on how there really are no angels of music or muses, so I changed the subject quickly, asking him, (he was English teacher,) what literature he encourages his students to read. I'm a writer and an avid reader so I thought this would be a safe subject.

Wrong. He mentioned Harry Potter and I commented I preferred C.S Lewis' Narnia as a child...oh Lord, wrong kettle of fish to bring up; He starts by noting where Lewis subtilely slipped in Christian teachings and how it was wrong and practically evil of him. Now I still love C.S Lewis, so it took a lot of strength to keep my stiletto on my foot, instead I just ignored him and the movie started up again.

We sat in silence until the end of the movie, I cried at the end and he looked at me very awkwardly. I knew then I had to make a getaway and I silently willed for an excuse not to start up another conversation with him, he mentioned a trip to the bathroom and I gave him a quick peck on the cheek, said I had a bus to catch and bolted at the speed of light. Ugh.