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30 Of The Worst Things That Have Ever Happened To People On A Date Shared By These People On Twitter
Dates are cringey and awkward. That’s basically the definition of it. No wonder 60% of us admit to having an escape plan to get the heck out of a bad one. Plus, it’s a muddy landscape, since 69% of singletons say they don’t even know if they’re in a romantic outing or not.
But some dates are way worse than others. So when Twitter user miller cycle asked people to share the worst dates they’ve ever been on, the treasure chest was opened. From buying drugs on a first date to hearing someone cough in the closet only to find out the husband was about to shoot some action movie, these stories are what your nightmares are made of. Even if nobody was born killing the dating game, the worst date moments below show how some folks have killed the spark for good.
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Bored Panda contacted Susan Winter, love coach and author of Breakup Triage: The Cure for Heartache, to find out what experts have to say about nailing the dating game. It turns out, even if the impulse to create romantic relationships exists, the skill sets to do so may not. Susan said that there’s been an increasing loss of capacity for clear communication and clarity of "dating purpose."
Susan says that it’s important to know what you want and how you want it: “Without mental clarity there is no emotional clarity.” Firstly, “we must know what we want out of a relationship.” And secondly, “we must define those goals to our perspective mate, using language they understand, for e.g. 'I want a partner,' or 'I'm just looking to have fun.'"
The relationship expert assures us that people still date these days, but they’re not calling it "dating." “This seems to be a resistance to the term itself. 'Dating' may feel too formal a word for some people who'd rather say they're hanging out, or hooking up.”
Interestingly, there’s a resurgence of people who're beginning to do "proper dates." Susan explains: “Old-school protocol can seem interesting and new wave when it's a novel departure from the norm of nondescript get-togethers.”
And he sat there for half an hour? I would had left after 5 minutes.
Initial dates set a precedent for future behavior. Susan says that “If your partner takes the time and energy to plan a great date, then you know they have the capacity to invest time and energy into a relationship.” Planning a first date shows that you care and that you're invested in making a good impression. “Plan in advance. Know your partner's preferences; their likes and dislikes. Be creative. Be thoughtful. Be kind,” suggests Susan.
You should have left him the minute he was insulting you. Excuse yourself to the powder room and never go back.
There are many things holding us back from finding that true love. But the Singles In America survey from dating app Match showed that millennials are dating less because it’s too expensive. 20% of millennial singletons believe they need to reach a certain income level before pursuing love, and more than 30% confessed they don’t have the budget to go on a date.
One singleton told USA Today that he has stopped actively dating because “it has gotten way too expensive.” He confessed to shelling out hundreds of dollars each month on dates, and “it was a completely worthless investment.”
I think is time for her to review her filtering before accepting dates... so far, a kid-like strange guy, a dog kisser and a pervert ...
I wonder what happened next. Obviously, she refused. But did she pay for the meal or the guy just signed it anyway?! Hmm...
Why would you get in the car with a blind date in the first place?
And she actually carried on with the date (which was awful according to the rest of her twitter comments). 🤦♀️
I once went on a date where the guy told me one of his ex-girlfriends was a stripper. They dated for two years, and they tried out swingers clubs. I kept waiting for my 'emergency' call that never came. My idiot cousin was too busy watching hockey...because we're so Canadian.
When you pay a stripper to dance for you, it is not counting as "dating" though.
why on earth wouldn't you get out of the car after that? That is revolting
I knew a guy, friend of my ex, who only dated strippers. He said because they were so grateful and got treated like s**t all the time that he didn't have to work that hard to make them happy.
She could have said: Since you are not giving me money, I guess that means this isn't a date.
He's a jerk. She deserves someone who won't say crass stuff like that.
Not sure why you got downvoted, it could easily have been a really poor joke. I think it makes it worse if the guy was trying to joke like that tbh
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I would’ve got a cab or the bus. No way would I sit in a car with a bigot.
Oh, the exes. A classic. I spent one and a half hour listening to the family story of his ex. I was too polite to tell him to stop, but deeply annoyed. Nobody cares about your goddam ex.
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Not our first date, but one of the first. We had a casual dinner, and walked back to his SUV. He opens the door for me and takes a REALLY long time walking around to the driver's side farting the ENTIRE time. He forgot all the windows were cracked and didn't know I could hear it. I swear, it was a family guy fart, it just kept going and going. I was laughing so hard I couldn't breathe,. He's like "what?" and I point to the cracked windows. He turns bright red, "Oh, you heard that?!" He tried, god love him. Ps: I married him a few years later :)
There's nothing worse than having to hold one in when you are around a new girl. Nothing.
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Blind date. He was wearing braces, which I didn't mind. He asked me if I wanted to know why he was wearing braces at such an age (we were in our 30s) and then he proceeded to tell me how at the age of 18 he took some pliers and took out 3 or 4 (I don't remember) teeth. Perfectly fine, healthy teeth. Just to see how it felt. I panicked and cut the date short!
Ugh...I had a blind date drive me straight to a hotel. I noped out real fast!
Was taken to a hippie and high end restaurant by a guy who ran another high end restaurant. He insisted on sitting on the bar table. Fine by me. He spent more time chatting to the mixologist behind the bar. Half way through the convo, I realized that he was there to persuade the mixologist to join his restaurant. I was the cover he needed to get close to the mixologist who gave me a very apologetic nod later. Not his fault. Food and drinks were very good though. I enjoyed the dinner, paid my bill and left him there lol
Met a woman on match.com she said she was 42 years old. In fact, she was 72 and then proceeded to give me a sales pitch for medical devices with magnets in them. Met a woman on Match.com who was married and said she wanted to meet a man worth leaving her husband for. Sadly I was set up with a blind date with a woman who was clinically depressed. She spent the whole time talking about how meaningless her life was. Went on a blind date with a woman who was 6' 3" and weighed 300lbs. She spent the evening complaining about everything. I left scared of her.
Case 1: went on a lunch break with a colleague. No indication of any kind of interest on my side. Him: "So when I come over, you'll put the dog out, right?" I politely informed him, that not "when" but "if" and no. Case 2: "If you marry me, I will allow you to continue your studies." I did not marry him.
But... he was going to let you continue your studies!
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Blind date in age of personals an no cell phones. Guy every call kept explaining his outfit he was going to wear. One extra detail every call. That was strange then he picks me up. We go to the mall for dinner. Only talks bout his outfit. Then wants to go walk around. Ok. Shoe store. Makes me try on hooker shoes an insists I strut in them. I laugh it off. He sneaks off an buys them for me. Ok weird. I'm like I'll just return them next day. But at his car my slide on shoe slipped off an he starts getting randy w my foot. Oh no. Then at my house he tried to kiss me. I faked an asthma attack an ran.
You should not have tried the shoes on or accepted them . HUGE red flag
Load More Replies... oh man here's my fave worst from my dating days: first date. red flag 1: he took me to a family-style burger chain, the kind you go on your 50th date to with your 3 kids. but I'm a good sport and I like burgers. he asked me if I'd ever been there before and when I said no, he motioned to the menu and said, "Everything's good here," as if he was a regular and I had to wonder if he took all his dates there. red flag 2: we were sharing our favorite things and when favorite authors came up, I shared mine (Jane Austen) and he went on a 20 minutes rant without pausing about how she was the worst writer in history and knew nothing and anyone who reads her or likes her is stupid. when he finally took a breath, I asked, "are you done?" he said, "I GUESS," all pouty. (cont.)
THEN, red flag 3: he proposed we go for drinks after dinner to a local famous hotspot. I replied that that was actually one of my favorite places to go and sure (why I persisted, you guys, I HAVE NO IDEA) and then he got upset and pouty that he couldn't introduce me to it and didn't want to go there anymore. red flag 4: as we waited for the check, we talked about our families and I shared that I'm adopted. he then went on another rant about how he hates his adopted siblings and how they're not really his siblings and adoption isn't fair because his parents love the adoptees more than him. THAT is finally when I left. what a shitshow.
Load More Replies... I went on a date the summer after high school sophmore year, it was a group date, and we were all going on a sunrise hike, he proceeded to tell me that he was surprised I was keeping up with him because girls don't hike fast, and they hate hiking. First of all, my dad has been taking me on hikes since before I could walk (not an exaggeration, he had a baby backpack) so I can keep up with you any knick knack paddiwack day!
I have a lot of horrible first dates, but the best is a guy asks me to go bowling. I agree and meet him outside the ally. He has a suitcase with him. Confused, I asked why and he opens it to reveal he carried his own ball and shoes. Obviously this was not something I expected, but I figured I’d give him a chance anyway. We get in line, he opens his wallet and says is Dutch okay? It’s okay, but it was awkward asking me there in line. Anyway he proceeds to treat me like he’s my bowling coach. No second date
All these stories make me so glad i married my first love, i never had to deal with all this b******t lol (im 31 btw before everyone assumes im from an older generation).
Same here! (Almost 31 though :P. 1,5 month to go still).
Load More Replies... I took out a lady who was in the same social circles, affer friends of ours got us set up on a blind date. Took her to a movie theatre/ restraunt. During the course of dinner and watching the movie, she got roofied somehow. I was responsible for someone who I had just met. Ended up getting her home and watched her on the couch till she woke up. Somehow this turned into a couple more dates
"Roofie" as a noun and verb (as in, “I got roofied last night,” or “He slipped her a roofie”) is a slangy riff on the name of the most popular “date rape drug” circa 1999, rohypnol. https://www.thecut.com/2014/10/what-you-might-not-know-about-getting-roofied.html
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I met a woman at a wedding, we exchanged numbers, and soon I went to pick her up for our first date. I knocked on her door, she said, "come in", and there she was on the floor in lingerie, literally with her legs spread. I ended up with her for over three years, and it was three years of hell that did not end well.
While I was in the bathroom, a date told the mariachi band it was birthday, so they serenaded me and everyone in the little restaurant looked at me and sang along and clapped. 1st and last date
Met on a disco, danced, he asked for my number, then we texted, flirted, usual stuff. Then a first date. Rather normal. Haven’t heard from him for a while then. Figured it wasn’t meant to be. Then he texts me, asks for a second date. Yay. Proceeds to spend the whole second date talking about some other girl he fancies. I sit there trying to process that this is happening, like:”What?!” Never heard about him again, not sorry :D Also another dude asked me out for a drink. He was being very flirty and romantic. I came, he was there at the table drinking beers with his buddies, I sat there the only girl, got my drink (why the heck not, since I am already here...), he then spends the night mostly talking to them about people they know. He might have been trying to make himself look cool and chill, I was just there thinking what the hell is going on :D
Please, people, when you are taking on a blind date don't get in their car. Go to someplace separately so you can nope with a ride home.
These people let the blind date know wjere they live!!! People didn't raise kids right no matter how many decades ago
Load More Replies... Went to a dance in high school dance with a male friend of mine. He was an aspiring DJ and spent the whole night talking to the DJ about his equipment. Also had to wear a different dress because the zipper on my original broke just as I went to put it on.
Had a terrible date. The guy told me his entired life... literally... he strart at age one, like "when I was 1 yera old happend this... when I was two, happend that... when I was three..." and so on, til he was 24 (the actual age). Then he explain how he broke his sister arm and his best friend leg "playing" and how he kill a cat and hit a dog... I was so shock. I tried to left. He asked me for a kiss and sayd NO! And he hugged me without my consent. I taked the first bus that appeared.
If my husband dies before I do I wont be dating. It wouldn't be fair to anyone trying to follow in his footsteps and I was kind of done trying to find anyone when I met him anyway.
i'm a millennial (32 years old) and i've never in my life been on a date, i don't even understand the concept. like, you go out to dinner or coffee or lunch with someone you barely know or don't know at all, so you can see if you're compatible personality-wise enough to possibly have sex? i just don't get it. all my relationships have been with people who were my bed friend at the time, and the relationship part only started after at least a year.
crazy to see how simple-minded most people are - it took me half a life to understand how much people are on the surface of consciousness and perception - there is a long way to go for humanity, I guess - the lie which is not recognized in so many people is deep - so deep that it is not recognizable as a lie
Online dating. We agreed to meet at "my" spot. The owners and bartenders all knew me, so I felt safe. I got there early and ordered a glass of wine. He comes in, we greet and do the whole "so what do you do for a living" thing. And he literally snarks at me "Why? So you can figure out how much money I make? Do you want to see my bank statement?" I threw $5 on the table and just walked out. I don't even remember his name.
I've had worst first impression than dates. So far a guy on the city bus wouldn't stop looking back at me and you could just tell he getting ready to say something. Strong scent of weed coming off him. Gave him a fake name and everything. Unfortunately he lived near my job. Fortunately he never ordered food from there. Had coworkers my dad age flirt with me. I've had guys with kids flirt with me and the kids aren't the problem the mothers were. I attract those that have some type of trouble following them.
If you enjoy reading more stories like these go to Facebook group Bad dates of Melbourne.It's very entertaining!
It's these kind of stories that make you want to live in a culture where arranged marriages are the norm. Then these yahoos get screened by the family/parents before you're even introduced to them. Dating sounds scary. Makes me appreciate my husband more.
I'd rather not live in such a culture. I'm still with my first love at 30. And still call myself lucky everyday! I might be lucky. But I would not like an arranged marriage..
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Women have more s****y dates? Women talk more about s****y experiences? Women stay in s****y situations because they've been taught to be pleasant, polite, and not make a ruckus?
Load More Replies... Not our first date, but one of the first. We had a casual dinner, and walked back to his SUV. He opens the door for me and takes a REALLY long time walking around to the driver's side farting the ENTIRE time. He forgot all the windows were cracked and didn't know I could hear it. I swear, it was a family guy fart, it just kept going and going. I was laughing so hard I couldn't breathe,. He's like "what?" and I point to the cracked windows. He turns bright red, "Oh, you heard that?!" He tried, god love him. Ps: I married him a few years later :)
There's nothing worse than having to hold one in when you are around a new girl. Nothing.
Load More Replies... Blind date. He was wearing braces, which I didn't mind. He asked me if I wanted to know why he was wearing braces at such an age (we were in our 30s) and then he proceeded to tell me how at the age of 18 he took some pliers and took out 3 or 4 (I don't remember) teeth. Perfectly fine, healthy teeth. Just to see how it felt. I panicked and cut the date short!
Ugh...I had a blind date drive me straight to a hotel. I noped out real fast!
Was taken to a hippie and high end restaurant by a guy who ran another high end restaurant. He insisted on sitting on the bar table. Fine by me. He spent more time chatting to the mixologist behind the bar. Half way through the convo, I realized that he was there to persuade the mixologist to join his restaurant. I was the cover he needed to get close to the mixologist who gave me a very apologetic nod later. Not his fault. Food and drinks were very good though. I enjoyed the dinner, paid my bill and left him there lol
Met a woman on match.com she said she was 42 years old. In fact, she was 72 and then proceeded to give me a sales pitch for medical devices with magnets in them. Met a woman on Match.com who was married and said she wanted to meet a man worth leaving her husband for. Sadly I was set up with a blind date with a woman who was clinically depressed. She spent the whole time talking about how meaningless her life was. Went on a blind date with a woman who was 6' 3" and weighed 300lbs. She spent the evening complaining about everything. I left scared of her.
Case 1: went on a lunch break with a colleague. No indication of any kind of interest on my side. Him: "So when I come over, you'll put the dog out, right?" I politely informed him, that not "when" but "if" and no. Case 2: "If you marry me, I will allow you to continue your studies." I did not marry him.
But... he was going to let you continue your studies!
Load More Replies... Blind date in age of personals an no cell phones. Guy every call kept explaining his outfit he was going to wear. One extra detail every call. That was strange then he picks me up. We go to the mall for dinner. Only talks bout his outfit. Then wants to go walk around. Ok. Shoe store. Makes me try on hooker shoes an insists I strut in them. I laugh it off. He sneaks off an buys them for me. Ok weird. I'm like I'll just return them next day. But at his car my slide on shoe slipped off an he starts getting randy w my foot. Oh no. Then at my house he tried to kiss me. I faked an asthma attack an ran.
You should not have tried the shoes on or accepted them . HUGE red flag
Load More Replies... oh man here's my fave worst from my dating days: first date. red flag 1: he took me to a family-style burger chain, the kind you go on your 50th date to with your 3 kids. but I'm a good sport and I like burgers. he asked me if I'd ever been there before and when I said no, he motioned to the menu and said, "Everything's good here," as if he was a regular and I had to wonder if he took all his dates there. red flag 2: we were sharing our favorite things and when favorite authors came up, I shared mine (Jane Austen) and he went on a 20 minutes rant without pausing about how she was the worst writer in history and knew nothing and anyone who reads her or likes her is stupid. when he finally took a breath, I asked, "are you done?" he said, "I GUESS," all pouty. (cont.)
THEN, red flag 3: he proposed we go for drinks after dinner to a local famous hotspot. I replied that that was actually one of my favorite places to go and sure (why I persisted, you guys, I HAVE NO IDEA) and then he got upset and pouty that he couldn't introduce me to it and didn't want to go there anymore. red flag 4: as we waited for the check, we talked about our families and I shared that I'm adopted. he then went on another rant about how he hates his adopted siblings and how they're not really his siblings and adoption isn't fair because his parents love the adoptees more than him. THAT is finally when I left. what a shitshow.
Load More Replies... I went on a date the summer after high school sophmore year, it was a group date, and we were all going on a sunrise hike, he proceeded to tell me that he was surprised I was keeping up with him because girls don't hike fast, and they hate hiking. First of all, my dad has been taking me on hikes since before I could walk (not an exaggeration, he had a baby backpack) so I can keep up with you any knick knack paddiwack day!
I have a lot of horrible first dates, but the best is a guy asks me to go bowling. I agree and meet him outside the ally. He has a suitcase with him. Confused, I asked why and he opens it to reveal he carried his own ball and shoes. Obviously this was not something I expected, but I figured I’d give him a chance anyway. We get in line, he opens his wallet and says is Dutch okay? It’s okay, but it was awkward asking me there in line. Anyway he proceeds to treat me like he’s my bowling coach. No second date
All these stories make me so glad i married my first love, i never had to deal with all this b******t lol (im 31 btw before everyone assumes im from an older generation).
Same here! (Almost 31 though :P. 1,5 month to go still).
Load More Replies... I took out a lady who was in the same social circles, affer friends of ours got us set up on a blind date. Took her to a movie theatre/ restraunt. During the course of dinner and watching the movie, she got roofied somehow. I was responsible for someone who I had just met. Ended up getting her home and watched her on the couch till she woke up. Somehow this turned into a couple more dates
"Roofie" as a noun and verb (as in, “I got roofied last night,” or “He slipped her a roofie”) is a slangy riff on the name of the most popular “date rape drug” circa 1999, rohypnol. https://www.thecut.com/2014/10/what-you-might-not-know-about-getting-roofied.html
Load More Replies... I met a woman at a wedding, we exchanged numbers, and soon I went to pick her up for our first date. I knocked on her door, she said, "come in", and there she was on the floor in lingerie, literally with her legs spread. I ended up with her for over three years, and it was three years of hell that did not end well.
While I was in the bathroom, a date told the mariachi band it was birthday, so they serenaded me and everyone in the little restaurant looked at me and sang along and clapped. 1st and last date
Met on a disco, danced, he asked for my number, then we texted, flirted, usual stuff. Then a first date. Rather normal. Haven’t heard from him for a while then. Figured it wasn’t meant to be. Then he texts me, asks for a second date. Yay. Proceeds to spend the whole second date talking about some other girl he fancies. I sit there trying to process that this is happening, like:”What?!” Never heard about him again, not sorry :D Also another dude asked me out for a drink. He was being very flirty and romantic. I came, he was there at the table drinking beers with his buddies, I sat there the only girl, got my drink (why the heck not, since I am already here...), he then spends the night mostly talking to them about people they know. He might have been trying to make himself look cool and chill, I was just there thinking what the hell is going on :D
Please, people, when you are taking on a blind date don't get in their car. Go to someplace separately so you can nope with a ride home.
These people let the blind date know wjere they live!!! People didn't raise kids right no matter how many decades ago
Load More Replies... Went to a dance in high school dance with a male friend of mine. He was an aspiring DJ and spent the whole night talking to the DJ about his equipment. Also had to wear a different dress because the zipper on my original broke just as I went to put it on.
Had a terrible date. The guy told me his entired life... literally... he strart at age one, like "when I was 1 yera old happend this... when I was two, happend that... when I was three..." and so on, til he was 24 (the actual age). Then he explain how he broke his sister arm and his best friend leg "playing" and how he kill a cat and hit a dog... I was so shock. I tried to left. He asked me for a kiss and sayd NO! And he hugged me without my consent. I taked the first bus that appeared.
If my husband dies before I do I wont be dating. It wouldn't be fair to anyone trying to follow in his footsteps and I was kind of done trying to find anyone when I met him anyway.
i'm a millennial (32 years old) and i've never in my life been on a date, i don't even understand the concept. like, you go out to dinner or coffee or lunch with someone you barely know or don't know at all, so you can see if you're compatible personality-wise enough to possibly have sex? i just don't get it. all my relationships have been with people who were my bed friend at the time, and the relationship part only started after at least a year.
crazy to see how simple-minded most people are - it took me half a life to understand how much people are on the surface of consciousness and perception - there is a long way to go for humanity, I guess - the lie which is not recognized in so many people is deep - so deep that it is not recognizable as a lie
Online dating. We agreed to meet at "my" spot. The owners and bartenders all knew me, so I felt safe. I got there early and ordered a glass of wine. He comes in, we greet and do the whole "so what do you do for a living" thing. And he literally snarks at me "Why? So you can figure out how much money I make? Do you want to see my bank statement?" I threw $5 on the table and just walked out. I don't even remember his name.
I've had worst first impression than dates. So far a guy on the city bus wouldn't stop looking back at me and you could just tell he getting ready to say something. Strong scent of weed coming off him. Gave him a fake name and everything. Unfortunately he lived near my job. Fortunately he never ordered food from there. Had coworkers my dad age flirt with me. I've had guys with kids flirt with me and the kids aren't the problem the mothers were. I attract those that have some type of trouble following them.
If you enjoy reading more stories like these go to Facebook group Bad dates of Melbourne.It's very entertaining!
It's these kind of stories that make you want to live in a culture where arranged marriages are the norm. Then these yahoos get screened by the family/parents before you're even introduced to them. Dating sounds scary. Makes me appreciate my husband more.
I'd rather not live in such a culture. I'm still with my first love at 30. And still call myself lucky everyday! I might be lucky. But I would not like an arranged marriage..
Load More Replies... Women have more s****y dates? Women talk more about s****y experiences? Women stay in s****y situations because they've been taught to be pleasant, polite, and not make a ruckus?
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