Have you ever seen on television shows how a girl that's going on a date with someone new will have a friend of hers do a check-in call? The call gives the girl the chance to make an exit from a date that's not going well because she has the excuse of "oh no, so-and-so just called and is having such-and-such problem and I really need to go help her".

What do you do if you don't have the kind of friends that will make those calls to you? Or if you're too ashamed to tell your friends that you want that kind of out from your date because they think of you as the gal who can be direct in any situation? Well, if you really want the option of the emergency call but you don't want to get a friend to do it, there's a service that you can use instead.

Getmooh (which stands for "get me out of here") lets you input your phone number and time to call. And it lets you select from a number of pre-recorded message so in case your date is listening in, the call will sound real. You can get a message from the babysitter, a call from a roommate who forgot the keys to get in the house or even a booty call.

Just remember that your date is probably going to know that you're lying. And if he or she doesn't and wants to have a second date, you're going to have to play the honest card or avoid your favorite IM programs and dating sites.

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