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However perfect or imperfect your lives are, dear Pandas, there’s one thing that unites us—regrets. These come in as many flavors as Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans, but probably the nastiest of all are regrets related to missed relationship opportunities. It’s sad and hilarious at the same time to realize how many times people missed out on love and passionate kisses because they naively misread the situation.

New York-based comedian David Drake shared how he completely didn’t get the very obvious hint back in a high school sleepover that the girl he liked was trying to seduce him by tickling him. He only realized the truth later and keeps thinking about the lost opportunity. His Twitter followers then shared their own similar experiences, and the combined awkwardness and secondhand embarrassment are so big, you might just say ‘oh no, no, no, no, no, no no!’ aloud, Pandas.

Scroll down for the most powerful romantic situation misreads, upvote the ones that got to you the most, and let us know in the comments if you’ve ever not gotten heavy hints that someone was into you. When you’re done with this list, Bored Panda has another post about obvious hints that people failed to notice right here.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Guys might still not get the hint cause a girl telling you directly that she wants to f*@K U might be so unbelievable to some they think it is a prank.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, she could have just asked you, so it's not entirely your fault!

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Comedian David’s post got more than 95.4k likes and was retweeted several thousand times. But the biggest victory wasn’t the impressive numbers. No. The victory was getting people to open up about the moments of regret that still haunt them to this very day. And let’s not forget the comedy gold hidden between the lines of these tweets.

The thread is perfect proof that far more people have the types of regrets that sometimes keep us awake at night than you’d think.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To all the people commenting that he should’ve gone for it, just reverse the roles. Make it some random guy knocking on a girl’s door and saying the same thing—-where saying it didn’t sound safe then shutting the door on him would also be exactly the right thing to do. If that’s not enough, just imagine if she was mentally unbalanced and he had invited her into his room, and therefore into his life, and she then assumed they were in love and proceeded to stalk him and make his life hell—-which can also happen if you reverse the roles. In this case, he acted appropriately.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Good decision, dude. Just like it would have been a good decision if it was a guy who said that to a girl.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If a cute guy I didn't know asked me to be his cuddle buddy my answers would be a no.

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Anita Pickle
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sounds like the start to a horror movie. Who just knocks on strangers doors looking for a cuddle buddy? A man eating monster in disguise as a cute girl.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Funny if that was the other way round, cute guy knocks on the door of a random girls dorm and says, hey, I want a "cuddle buddy" they'd have the police there in no time. Same applies to many of theses stories.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don't overplay your hand. Remove the 'police' part and say 'they'll treat him like a creep' and you're close to the mark.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You know, for some, if not most of the situations i see described here, i really blame humanities double standards, people not being straight forward with their intentions or the other party giving up to fast, but this story that does not fall in any of those categories.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ryan is the guy the movie "The 40 Year Old Virgin" was based on.

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Kishibe Angelo
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

no cuddles are not safe because once a girl cuddles you she wont let go

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My goodness...it's scary how much of this seems like things I did or would have done.

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Flirting with someone is one thing, but it’s also important to consider where the relationship might go afterward. Previously, Bored Panda spoke with dating and relationship expert Dan Bacon about how to tell if the person you met is someone that you would like to marry.

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“When you meet your wife, you know you want to be with her and only her. There’s no question in your mind about that. However, that doesn’t mean that you know you want to marry her from day one though,” he explained to us.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah. Cause McDonald's or other fast food restaurants are known for customer services...

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“You know you are ready to marry a woman if you have never thought of breaking up with her for real. I say ‘for real’ because sometimes a couple will have fights in the early days and threaten a breakup, or temporarily think about breaking up in the heat of the moment, but then change their mind,” the expert noted.

“It’s only a problem if a guy secretly wishes he had a different woman, regularly imagines breaking up with his girlfriend and falling in a love with a new woman, or worries that his girlfriend probably isn’t the right woman for him,” Dan told Bored Panda.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

After I read this I hug a chair in my room for 5 minutes with my hands arround it. Than I kissed it and it kissed back. After 5 minutes of huggin even chairs are kissing back. But we can never know if she'd get mad. You are right... :)

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

some of these are innocently adorable, you my dude, are dumb as a box of rocks. THREE TIMES???

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And us girls, as we think it was SO OBVIOUS and, therefore, have been rejected, never try again because we think that was your polite way to reject us... :(

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“In cases like those, she’s not the one for him and he will almost certainly not be willing to do what it takes to make the marriage work in the long run, which will result in cheating or a divorce at some point.”

For the dating expert, marriage means finding the right person to be with for life. He also shared with us that it’s vital not to give in to peer pressure. 

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It first I thought it said "play strip poker with her parents"😳😳

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“If you’re going to get married, it has to be with the right girl. You shouldn’t ever marry just for the sake of it, to impress family or friends, or to do what others are doing,” he warned.

“A family member of mine got married because his friends were all getting married, so he followed along with their lead. He then ended up going through a painful divorce 5 years into his marriage after having two children. He and his ex-wife still aren’t on good terms to this day because she is bitter about what happened.”

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A Gentleman is what you are. A dumb, stupid, idiotic, moron of a gentleman, but a gentleman nevertheless.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is bad advice in general though even if it worked for them. I've met many guys who think I'm just playing "hard to get" when I'm really not interested. If you don't say yes it's generally a no, and you should take it that way (even if a clear "no" is better).

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You weren't sloww learner. You didn't know how to paint toe nail. Cheer up.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The assumption underlying many of these is that all guys should be DTF anytime a woman wants to, even if she's a stranger. That seems kind of gross.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ok, i got to say he sounds quite rude. How do you bring home someone, let them sit alone and make food only for yourself?

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