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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Elliot Fowler
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3 years ago Created 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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    Giovanna
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    3 years ago Created 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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    Sum Guy
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is how the human species will go extinct

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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.

    “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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    Tolga ÜSTÜN
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created 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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    Tolga ÜSTÜN
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created 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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    AzKhaleesi
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    3 years ago Created 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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    Monica Martinez Castañeda
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created 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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    Bobby
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Below the birth mark, is, Not your mark.

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    Beck
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    3 years ago Created 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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    Vinay Pai
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created 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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    Veronica Sjöberg
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created 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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    Belluška Vejvodová
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    it could be your happiest day of your life bro

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    Mary Rose Kent
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nothing...very clearly not a single synapse fired!

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    Just Don't Ask
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This just be sounding like it was in 1920 😂

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    Bobby
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created 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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    Tolga ÜSTÜN
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I see nothing wrong here. Betty White forever!

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    Mary Rose Kent
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That’s what happens when you let your ass do all the talking! 😊

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    Luther von Wolfen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created 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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    Mark Kelly
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Imagine if a guy dropped the keys down his pants and said that

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    Happy_Pandalover
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created 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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    Tolga ÜSTÜN
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This will be your ghost and haunt you forever when you try to sleep...

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    Tolga ÜSTÜN
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Seni aptal çocuk!" That's "you silly boy" in Turkish... There read this...

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    Bobby
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Girls will not come straight, they will just use signals.

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    Jon Steensen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He should have asked her why she didn't ask him out if that was what she wanted. I think we are long past the days when only men could ask women out. If you want something to happen in your life take some initiative and make it happen.

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    Jacob Nunez
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No woman will be coming between me and far cry 3 let me tell you.

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    Mr.Knaps
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You see i'm the type of person that even if there is a solution that is easier such as a roommate, i'm still going to go because i want to help.

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    Tolga ÜSTÜN
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And how did you spend that points later? Still got 'em?

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    Jace
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And your father wanted you to marry a nice farm girl. :-)

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    Bobby
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    3 years ago

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    So you are/were by yourself. Don't cry.

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    Lauren Kent
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This made me chuckle. Sorry for your loss (lost opportunity)

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    foxking
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    you'll die from embarrassment

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    Tolga ÜSTÜN
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can understand you don't want to see a lady in the tub. But man... A swiming cat is once in a life time scene...

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    Peej Maybe
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Guilty of something similar. Got off a bus 2 stops early at my stop rather than escorting the girl I really fancied all the way into town to make sure she got her bus, because I was meeting friends for a LAN party that night. And they didn't show up. Though it worked out OK in the end as reader, I married her (many many years afterwards when I woke the heck up!)

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    Rijkærd
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thats some predatory s**t right there from the teacher...

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    Ryan Deschanel
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Backpacking trip? Friends? Skinny dipping? Yeah, that's a real thing that really happened /s

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