My date said I had one drink to impress him – so I downed it

Joel was four years older than me but said I was almost too old for him (Picture: Getty Images)It was 2007 and Indie Sleaze was at its peak.  I was 24 and living with my parents in a small town where everyone knew everyone. I had just sacked off an are-we-aren’t-we? situationship with Ronan*, one of my best boy mates that consisted largely of us sending each other deep-sounding Libertines lyrics and snogging in the pub during The Strokes tribute act.  My only chan