It’s the first time in my entire experience with men, and I’ve had a good deal of all sorts, that I’ve actually been stood up by anybody! Ha-ha! I don’t know how to take it…. Tell us a funny little story, Stanley! Something to help us out.
– Tennessee Williams
A Streetcar Named Desire, Scene 8. When Mitch is a no-show at her birthday party, Blanche claims that it the first time she has been stood up. She is very probably lying and trying to get Stanley’s attention.