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30 Women Ask Their Crushes Out On A Valentine’s Day Date And Post Their Reactions On Twitter
It seems like everything can be turned into an 'Internet challenge' these days, with Twitter, in particular, the place to be if you wish to test yourself out and upload the results for the entertainment of others. Just recently we had women freaking out their boyfriends by randomly texting “I want a baby” to them. And then, of course, there was the 10-year challenge, which the cynic in me felt was a bit of a 'humblebrag,' and a convenient excuse to share yet another selfie.
The next challenge to go viral is the Valentine's day challenge, started by London-based author and podcaster Oloni. She asked ladies to confess their feelings to their secret crush and ask them out on the first date for Valentine's day. Because sometimes we all need a little push to get out of our comfort zones, don't we?
Image credits: Oloni
Many women, inspired by others taking control of the situation rather than waiting passively to be noticed, took on the Valentine's day date challenge. The results were... varied. Some ended in a cute and heartwarming affirmation of mutual attraction, while others were just plain hilarious. And as you can imagine, there were plenty of awkward moments in this Twitter thread, too.
According to reports, Oloni started the challenge as a way for women to break the stereotype that women shouldn't make the first move when it comes to finding love. She hopes that the challenge can help to prove that having a crush and asking him out is nothing to be afraid of, and women can be confident in asking out anyone that they fancy. Bored Panda has contacted Oloni for further comment.
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I am all for these types of challenges if they give people courage to do things they would normally not do.
U know this movie, the Ring, where the girl crawls out of the tv and scares the $#it out of people? Well, Joshua's answer just flew out my monitor and punched me on the nose. Really hurts.
Good response. I'm really proud of this man. Maybe she really likes him, but it still looks like playing with his feeling only to win a moment of internet attention.
or maybe she's just shy and that was the last push she needed to tell him
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I'm totally on the side of the recipient, that's more than a fair way to respond.
What? I don't understand why they were upset??? It wasn't a malicious challenge! The thing is to ask out your crush. It's not like the challenge is to 'humiliate someone who likes you' I don't see why it's a big deal if she asked him out because of the challenge. Maybe that was a way for her to take the plunge. You have a public support group if you get turned down. Like someone will comment awe... Sorry love! And also the social stigma is that girls sometimes feel like they can't ask a guy out. Maybe this challenge just gave her the free reign to do that. That's just upsetting.... :(
That’s stupid. Either you like her or you don’t. Twitter motivated her, not made up her mind for her.
Doesn’t matter how it came. About, it takes courage, and he is a real worm d**k, and does not deserve your awesomeness!
He obviously has anger and insecurities bubbling under the surface so she's better off without this guy
This looks like she wasn't actually into him or why else would she give such stupid responses?
Shame this guy took it the wrong way!! She asked him because she genuinely had a crush on him, the fact it is a challenge doesn't change that
messing with someone's feelings, for "fun" on social media - it childish, pathetic and cruel, to say the least. Glad this guy had enough self-worth to tell her exactly where she needed to go.
But she wasn't messing with his feelings. The point of the challenge is to ask someone you genuinely like. Shame he took it the wrong way.
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when "who's paying"'s the very first reaction to being asked out - RUN
Are we just going to ignore the fact that there are 327 UNREAD messages?!?!?
Well, it is not AS stupid as similiar post about having babies. And, in some cases, it worked. Still, I would feel strange and sorry, knowing that someone invited me on a date just to fulfill the Twitter task. For me, details from my personal life, like dating, babies, relationships, are not something to play with and to share with strangers. It seems kinda like betraying the other person and their feelings, doesn't it?
I agree with you wholeheartedly and I think the same. But to each their own, I guess... *shrug*
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This is why we need feminism. And it sucks if a woman comes up and says 'I had a crush on you when we first met, but you never asked me out'. You could've asked me! I was trying to not act like a perv!
I’m glad bp only included a couple of rejections because the ones that work r cute
Valentine's Day is created by big sugar to keep Americans fatter and slower than other countries
Thats what I thought - asking someone if they fancied catching up for a couple of drinks on any random day is one thing, but to be your "Date" - on Valentines day, the most romantic day of the year.Way too much. If I liked the person I would make an excuse and suggest meeting up on another day.
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Good things happen when women are brave. Sometimes the good thing is you find out your crush is nasty. And you can run before too much damage to your psyche is done.
The best things happen when people realise they really like someone. Inviting a person who you suspect didnt even really know you on an official "Valentines date"?? No way. can just see so many opportunities for someone to accept - and the original inviter was just having a laugh
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Meh... Pretty silly stuff in my opinion, but hey, people seem to like it, so....
the card manufacurers and sellers of anything with hearts on love it
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So, maybe I'm old-fashioned but is it now okay to ask people out on a date via text?!?! I mean, would it be okay if the genders were reversed and a guy was asking a girl out by text? Seems lame to me.
How else should you ask for a date? Stalking peoples workplaces or homes and show up there? Or ask with other people around to let peer pressure work for you? And don't forget people who are just shy and want to save face. But I guess they are just unromantic and lame.
Load More Replies... Yes lol. I don’t owe a random dude my politeness for interrupting my day! I’m a polite person in general but don’t invite yourself into my space and start asking me for s**t. 🤷🏻♀️
Load More Replies... This is cool if it's just about courage to ask out your crush. But some of those looked like playing with someone's feelings and that's unnecessary. But many were cute, person got a date and are happy and that's great!
oh geez i can feel their heartbreak :( no ones ever liked me bc i'm so ugly lol so i've never gotten asked out before but i've asked out people...
That whole thing is silly...It might not have been as inane if it were just to go for it on any day.
Seriously, most people would really got angry when they found out this was asked due to some twitter challenge and not by sincere...
The weird thing about saying "their crushes", or "who is your crush?" is that it implies that every person is assigned a crush. One and only one crush. You can have a crush on multiple people. Are they all your crushes? It's just odd phrasing. I hope it's just a fad and it goes away.
Women don't know how to make any type of initiation they have to be encouraged by challenges to be bold? Serious question.
Ohh - a serious question. We dont need challenges to make idiots of ourselves on social media - we do it in private. are you talking about internet challanges - or real life. Because you can tell in real life if someone likes you - or you like them. Way before even arranging meeting up for a drink or anything at all. Arranging a meal as a first meeting is just awkward. If you are out, having a good night and both feel hungry - great.
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I'll never understand why people keep these feelings inside. I mean, I know why, but I think it's short-sighted. If you ask, the worst case scenario is a little bit of embarrassment and maybe a lot of pain. But if you don't ask, you keep yourself in pain forever and deny the chance that the feelings are actually returned. Learn to just ask. Someday, someone will say yes.
It does take some courage, no matter what the genders are.
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Literally, the title of the post: "30 Women Ask Their Crushes Out On A Valentine’s Day Date And Post Their Reactions On Twitter"
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i assume you were forced to read this thread at knife-point, weren't you
Load More Replies... Well, it is not AS stupid as similiar post about having babies. And, in some cases, it worked. Still, I would feel strange and sorry, knowing that someone invited me on a date just to fulfill the Twitter task. For me, details from my personal life, like dating, babies, relationships, are not something to play with and to share with strangers. It seems kinda like betraying the other person and their feelings, doesn't it?
I agree with you wholeheartedly and I think the same. But to each their own, I guess... *shrug*
Load More Replies... This is why we need feminism. And it sucks if a woman comes up and says 'I had a crush on you when we first met, but you never asked me out'. You could've asked me! I was trying to not act like a perv!
I’m glad bp only included a couple of rejections because the ones that work r cute
Valentine's Day is created by big sugar to keep Americans fatter and slower than other countries
Thats what I thought - asking someone if they fancied catching up for a couple of drinks on any random day is one thing, but to be your "Date" - on Valentines day, the most romantic day of the year.Way too much. If I liked the person I would make an excuse and suggest meeting up on another day.
Load More Replies... Good things happen when women are brave. Sometimes the good thing is you find out your crush is nasty. And you can run before too much damage to your psyche is done.
The best things happen when people realise they really like someone. Inviting a person who you suspect didnt even really know you on an official "Valentines date"?? No way. can just see so many opportunities for someone to accept - and the original inviter was just having a laugh
Load More Replies... Meh... Pretty silly stuff in my opinion, but hey, people seem to like it, so....
the card manufacurers and sellers of anything with hearts on love it
Load More Replies... So, maybe I'm old-fashioned but is it now okay to ask people out on a date via text?!?! I mean, would it be okay if the genders were reversed and a guy was asking a girl out by text? Seems lame to me.
How else should you ask for a date? Stalking peoples workplaces or homes and show up there? Or ask with other people around to let peer pressure work for you? And don't forget people who are just shy and want to save face. But I guess they are just unromantic and lame.
Load More Replies... Yes lol. I don’t owe a random dude my politeness for interrupting my day! I’m a polite person in general but don’t invite yourself into my space and start asking me for s**t. 🤷🏻♀️
Load More Replies... This is cool if it's just about courage to ask out your crush. But some of those looked like playing with someone's feelings and that's unnecessary. But many were cute, person got a date and are happy and that's great!
oh geez i can feel their heartbreak :( no ones ever liked me bc i'm so ugly lol so i've never gotten asked out before but i've asked out people...
That whole thing is silly...It might not have been as inane if it were just to go for it on any day.
Seriously, most people would really got angry when they found out this was asked due to some twitter challenge and not by sincere...
The weird thing about saying "their crushes", or "who is your crush?" is that it implies that every person is assigned a crush. One and only one crush. You can have a crush on multiple people. Are they all your crushes? It's just odd phrasing. I hope it's just a fad and it goes away.
Women don't know how to make any type of initiation they have to be encouraged by challenges to be bold? Serious question.
Ohh - a serious question. We dont need challenges to make idiots of ourselves on social media - we do it in private. are you talking about internet challanges - or real life. Because you can tell in real life if someone likes you - or you like them. Way before even arranging meeting up for a drink or anything at all. Arranging a meal as a first meeting is just awkward. If you are out, having a good night and both feel hungry - great.
Load More Replies... I'll never understand why people keep these feelings inside. I mean, I know why, but I think it's short-sighted. If you ask, the worst case scenario is a little bit of embarrassment and maybe a lot of pain. But if you don't ask, you keep yourself in pain forever and deny the chance that the feelings are actually returned. Learn to just ask. Someday, someone will say yes.
It does take some courage, no matter what the genders are.
Load More Replies... Literally, the title of the post: "30 Women Ask Their Crushes Out On A Valentine’s Day Date And Post Their Reactions On Twitter"
Load More Replies... i assume you were forced to read this thread at knife-point, weren't you
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