to be a jerk or not to be a jerk

how bad does a zit have to be before i can guiltlessly cancel a date? 


here are the factors:

1) it's bad. similar* to:

2) he's nice, and it's not our first date.
3) he's not the type to care about certain things, but
4) i am. 
5) i really am. 


:-/  this is tough. 


p.s. i made it through my adolescence without acne, so why do i get random zits now?  stress?  not washing my face for 12 hours during the day? not enough vodka during the week?


most likely the latter.


*please rest assured that i looked through thousands upon tens of photographs of zits before i came to the conclusion that this was the most similar to the one currently plaguing me.