If you've ever been to more than a single stand-up comedy show, you'll quickly notice that first dates are a common, never-ending reservoir of great comedy content. After all, it's a mixture of satisfaction (and a good dose of vitamin C) derived from this universal little thing called schadenfreude (or a "pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune") and our unfortunate ability to relate to their hilariously absurd dating experiences.
Just like a horrible hangover or a gut-wrenching brain freeze, a first date from hell is like a rite of passage that connects most of us love seekers. But no matter how disastrous it all was, after reading this list of increasingly degenerate first-date stories compiled by Bored Panda — there's a slight chance you'll start seeing your first dating experience, no matter how traumatic or embarrassing, in a completely new light. Or, at least, you'll get a good laugh out of others' love-seeking misfortunes.
This post may include affiliate links.
Met a guy for coffee I had been talking to online. He started acting weird within 5 mins and when I asked why he told me he was disappointed that my breasts looked bigger in my online pic. Then he continued on with how important big breasts were to him. After about 5 mins I cut him off and asked how big his penis is. The answer was unimportant as I grabbed by stuff said "Too small for me" and walked out.
As a final insult, my soon-to-be ex said "your breasts are too small" and all I could think of was "your d1ck is too big"
Load More Replies...Clearly he wanted to go on a date with a pair of boobs and not a woman. Glad all three of you got out of there.
yeah I'm right there with ya. stories like this make me want to apologize for my entire gender. no wonder we have the reputation that we do.
Load More Replies...AHAHAHAHAHAHA! You got balls to do that 😜 , with the most awesome reply.
Who are these people? Do they live in some commune in the high desert and come back to civilization only when dating? Maybe another planet and we are being invaded by horny, socially awkward aliens? I am trying to think under which circumstances I would say those things to someone I have just met (or anyone, for that matter) and the only thing I can come up with is either losing a bet or working for a "Candid Camera" type of outfit, and even then, they'd have to pay me really big bucks, because my self respect worth more than whatever some fake reality show can afford.
Within the first 15 minutes, he expressed that he wanted me to eventually wear full burka (I already wear a head scarf) and told me that I was wearing too much makeup. Ended the date right there and then.
At least he didn’t waste your time by hiding this for a few dates. 15 minutes and boom, burka! I’d prefer the crazy up front.
Oof good for you. These pious jackasses need to learn, everyone's relationship with God is different and his path is not the only path to heaven.
interesting is how he's thaaaat traditional/religious and going on the dates?? :)
I was about to ask the same....hypocritical people are the worst
Load More Replies...Could've been a great guy all the way to the wedding and then say this. Whew dodged that one
Could've turned into a "Not Without My Daughter" situation.
Load More Replies...
He said, "I have four kids from three different women. I have cheated on all of them but something tells me it will be different with you. Do you like kids?". I excused myself to the bathroom and ran for the hills.
Once again, glad the crazy was immediate. When they hide it and you find out a year in, well you just feel bitter for wasting your time, so I guess it’s not as bad as it would of been if he didn’t say that off the bat.
He's a breeder. They want to give as many people his seed ad he possibly can without taking any real responsibility. Pathetic.
There is a guy in Miami who brags about having 130 children. The last time he was in court he was told to keep it in his pants. He didn't. Brought before the same judge and said that he wanted her to know that he has 10 more kids on the way. He pays no child support. He should be thrown in jail. One year for every child. He has no legal income and never abides by the law. Why shouldn't he be in jail?
Is he legally obligated to use birth control and/or not have any more kids? I'm surprised they haven't ordered him to undergo a vasectomy. There's lots of creeps who do "sperm donation" online through Facebook groups & the like for women & couples who can't go through traditional sperm banks for whatever reason (can't afford it, they're gay, etc.) Some do it the right way but a lot of women have reported encountering a certain type of guy who offers his "services" and insists upon insemination "the old fashioned way" or they are proud of the fact that there's 50+ kids out there sharing his DNA. These kinds of things should be regulated - I shudder to think how many of their offspring wind up encountering their siblings out in the world without them ever knowing they share a biological father 🤦🏻♀️ Brothers and sisters have wound up married to one another only to discover much much later (either because mom never told them or because they were embarrassed) that they share a father.
Load More Replies...I've heard this line. "I bet I wouldn't even cheat on you' isn't flattering for anyone
On a first date at a coffee shop, the guy picked up my foot (I was wearing cute sandals). He rubbed my foot for a second and I was like wtf, then he put my all of my toes in his mouth.
At the table.
In the coffeeshop.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I hear ya. I'd do the same - he might even fly off across the cafe.
Load More Replies...So bad you've have to suck toes to get rid of the taste? Apparently it was THAT BAD!
Load More Replies...I don't care what you do in the bedroom but please remember social norms in public
idk, some people just do. if both people are okay with it, and in a private place, i have no problem with it. (but what this dude did is gross and creepy weird)
Load More Replies...He took a fat ass risk for his fetish. I know I would've kicked just off instinct!
For centuries, people have tried throwing science, money and complicated numbers at dating. But just like Psyche, the Greek goddess of the soul who was the only one immune to Cupid's arrow, love similarly seems bulletproof from any artificial, logic-will-conquer-all shots. There are a handful of apps and a thing called Google, which is used by almost 1-in-2 singles to background-check their dates. Though, we often feel like we're not entirely convinced whether the algorithms did more bad than good to this already bewildering ritual that only has two possible outcomes.
In order to understand where some of these dates have gone wrong, we have reached out to James Preece, dating and relationship expert and the host of the 'Love Machine' podcast. One of the first misconceptions that UK's very own Hitch shatters is: nothing good will come out of the first date had at the restaurant or a diner. "Dinner dates are far too intense [for a first meeting]. It can go on too long and it's too grown up as well," Preece told Bored Panda.
Besides the obvious risks — ruining your favorite restaurant for yourself or chewing with your mouth wide open (behavior that has a surprising 52% chance of putting your date off) — James instead suggests kicking off your date with a place with a bit more pizzazz.
"I don't think it's a good idea to go to a generic coffee or tea shop and just have a regular coffee because most of us already do that every day," he explained. "No one wants to go on a first date and look back on it in five years' time and say, 'Do you remember our first date in Starbucks?'" Turns out, not only does Starbucks serve as a go-to place for Vanilla Lattes; the world's leading coffeehouse is also the most popular spot for first dates.
When he took me to a WW2 museum and said "Ya know, the Nazis weren't all that bad" I was like NOPE, I'm outta here.
I went out with a girl that I kinda knew & she started talking about her hatred of "the horrible f***ing jews at my job." Later toots! Real sweet gal.
In Florida they want teachers to show the other side of Hitler and the Nazis. What other side?
The fact that you can't fathom there is one kinda proves the point that the current teaching doesn't present a side showing that they were all human. If people think of Nazis as completely alien monsters rather than people (who had been socially conditioned to think their actions were acceptable or even virtuous), it will be difficult for them to relate history to modern parallels, whether with compliance or attitudes towards minorities. For clarity, their actions were abhorrent, but there are lessons that come from understanding their perspectives.
Load More Replies...It's becoming more and more common. It's absolutely terrifying. Schools aren't teaching it anywhere near as much as they should be. Some schools avoid the truth because it's too upsetting for the students and every year it just gets worse. Upset them, let them see the truth so it will never be repeated.
Realized he had drugged my drink. His excuse was technically he drugged his own drink and then simply offered me to try it so it was my fault? But luckily I could feel what was happening and got out of there quickly and rode it out at home alone. In retrospect it could have gone so, so much worse.
Or just tell me, your bartender. We would have taken him out back and beaten him bloody. THEN called the cops about this and said he attacked one of us when trying to escape. ;)
Load More Replies...That is not funny or bizarre. That is a crime that should be reported...
Showed up 45 min late with no text or call to let me know, just as I was finishing my drink and walking out. He was on the phone with a friend. I went to greet him and he put his hand up in my face to “sshhhh” me. I heard his friend ask “so did you **** her yet?” I loudly said, “No and he won’t either” as I walked out.
Put his hand on your face? WTH? I would've slapped his hand off my face and continue with that reply to his friend.
No he held his hand up in front of her face to shush her
Load More Replies...To me this sounds less like she was waiting for him and more like she's decided she might as well finish her drink, because seriously, why not?
Load More Replies...This is why people should wear bodycams. I'd pay good money to see this.
I was 18, a girl sent me a pm on MSN saying she got my details from my mate and wanted to go in a date with me, I asked my mate and he said she was hot, so after talking a bit I agreed to a date. I had seen a photo and she was attractive. I turned up to the Cafe for the date and was approached by some girl I'd never seen with a baby. She then told me she was the girl (looked nothing like her photo) she explained she thought I'd never go for someone who looked like her (she was right) then she left her baby with me while she went to the toilet quickly. Alarm bells started to ring after 15 minutes, I asked a waitress to check on her, to my suprise the waitress came back and said no one was in there. I looked around the Cafe and she was gone. I hadn't noticed her leaving. I didn't have any of her contact details and smart phones where not a thing so I didn't have internet access. I phoned my mate and got him to attempt to contact her on MSN. After telling him what happened he was suprised and had no idea, apparently he also thought her pictures where the real her. Another 20 minutes went and I was scared so I asked the waitress for help. Thankfully she was able to help and called the police. They showed up and I explained what happened. I didn't know anything about this girl so I couldn't really help them. They said if she contacted me to get her to contact them. I left and walked towards my car, I went past another Cafe about 6 shops down and there she was with a different guy. I went back to the police and got them to take her baby in while I watched through the window outside and waved when she looked up. Turns out I was the baby sitter for her real date.
Yes, and if I'm not mistaken, neglect, count as well.
Load More Replies...hoooooow? How can you just leave your baby with a stranger - and don't even know where he'll will be.
I saw a guy leave his baby daughter with a complete stranger at the medical marijuana place so he could go inside and buy something
Load More Replies...I don't think I would have told the police she was there. Just walked in the restaurant to tell her I gave your child to the police, because I thought you were abandoning it.
Why would they give her the baby back, she clearly is not fit to look after a child?
It didn't say they gave the baby back, just that the cops took the baby in where the mom was. Pretty sure they had CPS on the way to take the little one.
Load More Replies...The great thing is, this will turn into not one, but three crazy stories. One from this guy, one from the waitress ("You're never gonna believe what happened at work today . . .") and one from the other guy ("Y'know that date I had today? Well . . .").
Sarah Louise Ryan, a matchmaker and dating expert based in London, shares the same sentiment as James. She emphasizes the importance of a memorable first date and says that love and connection some of us are yearning for oftentimes make us forget that excitement is always a good aphrodisiac.
"When you create a focus on an activity, singles take the pressure off dating and create an experience for themselves whether the chemistry is there or not," Ryan told us. Besides not recommending to opt for wine and dine dates at least for the first couple of meetings, Sarah suggests cooking classes ("immersive and will enable both parties to see how each other connects and communicates with others"), breakout rooms or crazy golf as giddy and memorable alternatives.
Many years ago I agreed to meet a lady in a coffee shop for a date. She turns up with 4 screaming kids in tow who climb all over the chairs and just about wreck the place. I paid for our coffees and took my leave lol.
Who brings their badly raised brats with them on a first date? No class. Run mister run!
my aunt did this. She not only took her kids, but borrowed me from my parents to take along too. But she did it expressly so the guy who had been hounding her for a date would break it off and leave her alone.
Load More Replies...Happened to me also...plus she directly put the leash of her dog on my hand and asked if I would mind walking him. The dog and the poor kids seemed to enjoy me at first five minutes, but that was really too much for me🙂
I’m not entirely sure how it works in the straight world, but if you’re looking for opportunities that could potentially become more than a one-off, isn’t it a basic requirement to mention you have underage children?
That happened to someone I knew, the mama showed up with two kids and the first thing did was order supper for them expecting Tim to pay for it all. As soon as the food came these kids tore into it like the last supper. He excused himself and left. She was stuck with the bill because she actually ordered.
She criticized absolutely EVERYTHING. The car I was driving, clothes I was wearing, cologne I chose. We were supposed to go bowling, dinner and then drinks. When an attendant came over to ask if we wanted anything I ordered my snacks and asked if she wanted anything. "You mean you don't know? What kind of date is this?" Halfway through our game she mentioned I was bringing up the wrong conversation topics. Thankfully my brother called me out of the blue asking to borrow some fishing gear and I played it as work calling me in. I couldn't get out of there fast enough.
“What kind of date is this?”, a normal one? I can’t imagine what she was expecting.
If theres that much complaining before you even get out of the car, you probably should just drive around the block.. Or drop her off whereever
Don't understand the need for help to get out of the situation. Get up and get going
Unrelated, the guy in the picture looks so done with everything.
I feel like we all need playbooks of how to get out of these bad situations without losing our cool, being (equally) rude, or plain running away.
Nah. Just leave. Anyone that rude deserves no apology, and more than likely they are so self absorbed they won't give you a second thought, after it's over.
Load More Replies...
He snapped his fingers at a waiter. It was so rude, I was mortified. Left straight away before we’d even ordered a drink.
If he treats service staff that way, imagine how he's going to treat you
That's how you end a dumpster fire date. You don't stick around for 2 hours, you nope tf out of there.
Unless the dumpster fire is entertaining. But even then, safer to book it
Load More Replies...I hate when people don’t respect waitstaff. So unnecessary and says a lot about a person.
If you ever snap your fingers at a waiter you will pay - the service will be s**t and slow, the Chef will probably jizz on some part of your meal, and if you're late leaving, you will be surrounded and stared at - oh and we have your credit card details so expect a few unusual purchases turning up at your house or money being removed from the account little by little over the years .....
After Covid rampaged throughout the entire world and made us do the responsible thing by isolating ourselves from the rest of society, dating as we knew it changed. Even as the pandemic winds down, people ask the all-knowing internet if they can 'fall in love over Zoom' — the virtual placeholder for all your Starbucks dates (minus the overpriced java and facemasks). When asked the same question, Sarah and James think the virtual spark, however attractive and comfy, is no match for the real deal.
"Zoom calls have their place and time, but they should not be a date replacement. They should be there to get to know each other, have a relatively short call," Preece explains. The problem with virtual dates, both matchmakers say, lies in the lack of touch and eye contact — the salt and pepper of basic laws of attraction. "When it comes to the scene," he continues, "we can only give the illusion of eye contact. But it's not the real thing."
Went on a date with a guy, who I have dubbed “PowerPoint guy”. He arrived at our first date (coffee) with a literal presentation of non-negotiable demands he required from a future partner.
Including, but not limited to: Must be housewife, produce him two boys and a girl (in that order, gender specified), not work or desire a career, move 500 miles away to live on an acreage in his parents house (like, with them also living there), not have any male friends, BUT he also wanted someone who is open to sleeping with whoever he chose so he could watch.
The list goes on. He didn’t ask me a single question about my life or interests. Just spat out this list of stuff and talked about himself for ~2 hours (at which point, I politely bailed).
Props to this guy for knowing what he wants… but PowerPoint guy did not land a second date with me.
I imagine it was like a car crash scenario. You can't look but you have to look.
Load More Replies...produce him two boys and a girl (in that order, gender specified) < someone please explain to him, that's it's actually the fathers genes to determine the child's gender. Might blow his mind.
It's not like either of them can consciously control that, though.
Load More Replies...Can't imagine why the guy is single, sounds like such a catch, probably blames women for having too high standards too.
Listen up sir: Come out of the basement slowly. Ease yourself into irl interactions. Take notes, listen to what the above-grounders are saying and doing. You will note that NO ONE is doing this!!!!
Dude is a classic incel, he'll never learn what it's like to be an above grounder.
Load More Replies...I would have been out the door immediately upon thec2 boys one girl and moving from a jog to Sprint at about the sleeping with who he chose but if still even in earshot for that. This is full on psycho stuff. Oh and any guy who needs to hear this the sperm is the decider of the sex of a baby not the ova. Can't believe it still needs to pointed out in this 21st century but there ya go.
Better yet, bail right at the point where he showed the ppt.
Load More Replies...Who the f*ck are these people? If you have a presentation.. I'm gone.. Demands.. Gone let alone, like those. .. Dates are for figuring this stuff out, aren't they? Although minus those 2 hours it did save her from a second date.
I thought relationships were about working together to make each other happy or fulfilled. WTF.. do I know?!
Load More Replies...It sounds like a prank, maybe he had a bet with someone on how long he could get you to listen to him.
Oh, no, ma'am. This is a classic incel. They ALL think this way. It's horrifying.
Load More Replies...
Arrived 40 minutes late with no text to say he would be. Turned up with his laptop and said he needs to do some work and gave me some cash to get him a coffee and something I want. I was like “okay sure” and stood in the queue watching him as he put on his headphones and opened his laptop. I came back with the drinks and he said he just needs to finish this and took a call. I just sat there for another 40 minutes with zero conversation and him typing/chatting away. This was a Saturday BTW and he scheduled the time.
After he finished he said let’s go to a bar and get a proper drink. We had a chat and I tried to get to know him but he was being an arse. He ordered the drinks and then started having a go at me for not offering to pay and went on a rant about double standards.
Especially since she didn’t bail after he was 30 minutes late, but went on to wait 10 more minutes, then bought him coffee and waited another 40 minutes.
Load More Replies...How patient are you to not get up and leave the moment he opened his laptop
I would have taken his money and gotten myself a drink, then left with my beverage and his change, for being 40 min late and bringing work with him. .. I'M NOT YOUR F*CKING ASSITANT.!
The Op is better than I. After he said that he needed to finish what he needs to get done - I would've excused myself, left and never looked back.
I don't think the OP is better than you for staying through all that.
Load More Replies...However, if you don't feel confident enough to step back in on the terra firma just yet, or your date suddenly tests positive for Covid — there are a few tips that might increase your chances of meeting the lucky one face-to-face (and we're not talking about another Zoom date). As most of us already spend a great deal of our daily time staring at flashing 4x4 squares, Sarah says the most important when having a Zoom date is keeping the atmosphere relaxed. "Relax and pour yourself a glass of (same) wine and engage in the process," Ryan explained. Besides that, treating the virtual date as if it's a real thing — dressing up, creating an ambiance, trying to not sweat too much — is also very important, Sarah reminds us.
"The other thing to remember," Preece chips in, "is that you want to save something when you do meet them." What he meant is not overdoing a Zoom date as if it's your only shot at the person. Trying to illustrate what he meant by that, James told about his past client who was 'ghosted' after what at the time seemed like an outstanding virtual date. "I had a client who had a 4.5-hour-long first date with somebody. They got through two and a half bottles of wine in that time each. And she never heard from the date ever again," Preece said. Reason? They both used up all their 'ammunition' and "nothing was left to discuss next time."
First date was uneventful. We talked about what we did, our backgrounds, upbringing, etc. Vapid, nebulous stuff. This was late afternoon Saturday.
We parted and I went to a pub to meet some friends.
The following morning I slept late, and opened my phone to a barrage (well, around four) of messages from my date.
She's listing all the things I should have done or said better, what she found annoying etc. I'm looking through it pretty damned hurt. I started to write what I thought "wow, there's no need for that, just say thanks and bye" but remembered to not text when emotions run high.
That afternoon, another message
"When do you want to try again, think it could be fun?"
This time I did respond:
"Never".
i would've said february 30th, but yeah, i guess 'never' works just as well.
Actually.. Getting feedback on things to improve on a date isn't a bad thing. .. But the hell if I'm gonna do it again with the same person.
Especially if you didn't ASK for input, and got text-bombed by the offender.
Load More Replies...i wanna talk to some of these people, get a little bit of their thought process
Load More Replies...Ever heard of being bi/pans/omni/polysexual/gay/lesbian/etc?
Load More Replies...
As we met up and started walking towards the cafe: "before we start you should know that my family's very wealthy and you'll be taken care of. I'd like to get married right after graduation so don't worry about going to college or getting a job because you'll be at home".
I've never seen such a huge pile of red flags since then, left before even going inside the place.
Oh yeah? I think they sell blowup dolls and you should get one instead.
"...don't worry about going to college or getting a job because you'll be at home." Which century did he come from?
I mean props to him for being upfront, some women are looking for that kind of life
I’d call him an unreliable narrator. I don’t believe for a second he’s got money.
Load More Replies...Sounds like a bit of a control freak. Can't believe these guys trying to hinder the self-development of the women they're trying to be with. And what if she WANTS to work or go to college? Who are (you) to say "no?" Should've thrown those red flags in his face, if it were possible!
Maybe would love the possibility, but not the fact that the dude wants to de the one deciding.
Load More Replies...I will not be at home.. I will be out spending your f*cking money. And on a Beeyacht!
Unfortunately, where I currently live, he'd be a catch as many of women would love to be with the "rich guy" so they don't have to work nor worrying about paying any expenses.
Looking back (way back), after these last 3 weeks of having to pay for a surprise new furnace, helping with a surprise funeral, one car getting broken into (deductible not met) and my car getting stolen (down payment and starting up car payments again) after losing my job... I think this sounds like a pretty good offer.
I showed up and her best friend was there that I hadn’t been warned was coming with us. Then her brother showed up. Then her Dad showed up. Then her mom and her 3 cousins aged 3-5 showed up. That was the point I excused myself to bathroom. THANKFULLY this is one of those places where the employees will sneak you out if you’re having a bad date and need an out, and apparently I’m the first guy they snuck out at that point.
There is another story like this one where a girl wanted her date to pay like $3000 of dinner after she had a bunch of people join them on their date.....f**k the nerve of these dimwits
I had a beautiful and sweet neighbor who was single and had a 10 year old son who was a respectful young man. I had been divorced for years just like her. I asked her and her son for a "Pizza Date". She brought her Mom, Dad, 6 older brothers and her son. They thought I was a really nice guy as I paid the $335.00 bill, however she never agreed to another date. Of course I always stated "just the three of us....." after that.
I would be reconsidering the 'sweet'. She used you to pay for a meal out for her family. There is nothing sweet about forcing someone into that situation.
Load More Replies...There was a story in China where the girl brought her entire extended family for dinner and expected the guy to pay. Like 20 of them or something.
Why not just be honest with people instead of sneaking out. I would tell them to their face why I'm leaving.
First man. Normally women are the ones trying to escape.
Load More Replies...He was anti-vax. Like “Bill Gates is putting microchips in the vaccine” level of crazy. I didn’t even finish my drink. After that I started asking people if they were vaccinated before I agreed to meet them in person.
The one good thing the pandemic has done is expose all the incredibly stupid.
MuddyPuddles, you're a complete and utter imbecile.
Load More Replies...Should've told him there is no need for that. The microchips are already in the air we breath.
Well, with all the crazy out there, people aren't opposing the correct things for the correct reasons. 5G doesn't infect you with diseases, but it does introduce microwave radiation at a distance significantly close to your head. 4G is on towers far away. 5G is microwave bursts literally feet above you. I wouldn't be surprised if there are a significant uptick in brain cancers in population centers due to 5G in the future. I used to work with industrial microwave equipment and I don't want 5G anywhere near me.
Load More Replies..."After that I started asking people if they were vaccinated before I agreed to meet them in person." Honestly, with a vaccine that works, that would seem a very healthy thing to do.
I'm a little annoyed with people assuming that everybody who didn't get vaccinated is a moron. I'm studying biotech. I'm a huge supporter of vaccines. I chose not to get this vaccine for the same reasons I choose not to get the flu shot. All my other vaccines are current. Both viruses are characterized by an exceptionally high mutation rate and COVID-19 was shown to infect mammals other than humans. I had no risk factors and knew from the beginning that COVID would eventually naturalize. I made an educated decision to get sick rather than get vaccinated because I knew that was the faster route to naturalization. I made the choice to get sick rather than get vaccinated. COVID sucked. 1/10. But given the choice I'd do it this way again. The faster the healthy develop immunity, the fewer hosts there are to spread it to the weak. That's the concept of herd immunity. Not that everybody in the herd is suddenly immune.
I completely respect your thoughtful decision, but it was still a risk, as even young, healthy people have died. Also, the immunity from the illness itself doesn't last as long from what research has shown, but again, you made a thoughtful decision, and that's what counts.
Load More Replies...Scrolling through these 'first date from hell' stories, it becomes easy to see why 75% of single Americans find dating 'very' or 'somewhat difficult.' When most of them end up being 'ghosted', 'catfished' or straight-up embarrassed — how could you not?
Asked for advice on how to excuse yourself from a derailing date, both James and Sarah say honesty is the way to go. "If things are going absolutely terribly, sometimes people want to ride it out just so they've got a funny story to tell their friends," Preece explained. As Sarah, a firm believer in karma of dating, tells us: "Just talk to them, let them know (how you really feel) and make your exit kindly."
He said, "yeah you're an engineer now, but once you get pregnant you'll move away from working though...right?" Just so many assumptions in the one statement, hadn't even gotten our food yet.
If it was, she wouldn't have been an engineer in the first place!
Load More Replies...Here's the translation for every guy that says that, "I want to totally control you and, with kids it will be even easier to ensure you can't leave." Never do this. Further, many of those guys will cheat because their wives can't leave so no risk to them.
I have a friend who was told something like this. He makes good money, but... BUUUTT. She had already paid off her 50k/yr college loans, car, paid cash for her second, has 5yrs left on her mortgage, works 2 jobs and is getting her masters. She's 35! Not that she needed ALL of her friends to say, He's got to go, but she did leave him.. He had talked to us about what he did wrong, and we said these things to him. .. Added on,.. You want to tell her how to handle her money, and you want her to stay home.. .. if you don't like her the way she is, which is a sh*tton better than you, move the f*ck on.
Load More Replies...I am suprised this much men want the wife to stop working once married. My husband told me that he would be apsolutly on board of beeing stay at home dad if I could get big enough salary for the bouth of us. I let me tell you, I wolud also liked that, but teacher salary is just geting us by, so he has to work too.
She spoke really loudly all through the movie in the theater yet hushed at anyone who made the tiniest of sounds.
This is a no no on so many levels, not being considerate of others can define your characteristics
Firstly, what movie....secondly, i wouldve shoved a sock in her mouth, cause i mean u paid for that
i think the movie was Soul. sock would’ve been great memy
Load More Replies...That's annoying. But you shouldn't have the first date at the movies, to be honest.
He was trying to explain that his family was involved with the KKK, but “not for racist reasons.” This was after declining all non American dinner options, which I gave him the benefit of the doubt because he came from a tiny town in Texas so I figured it was just all new to him. I left money for my food that hadn’t arrived yet and headed out. I dunno why he even asked for the date, I’m pretty obviously Hispanic.
Involved with the Klan, but “not for racist reasons.” That’s the only reason to be involved in that organization, he’s full of it.
You're obviously correct, but I'm honestly curious what "not racist" reason they used to rationalize this for themselves. "Oh, we just go to socialize. It's not really about the racism, I swear."
Load More Replies...It’s funny when people are racist and they can’t tell the difference between who they are dating and the race they are bashing on that same date. Proves that racism is a dumb waste of everyones time.
Sometimes I read these and think.. There's no way these are real.. ..in the kkk for non racist things? Did it become a pyramid scheme or are they selling timeshares now?
Not only does he not have any shame, he had no clue whatsoever
Load More Replies...It's a wonder that women aren't all gay. Seriously, the lack of choice sometimes...
It seems like a lazy stereotype, which is ironic in a conversation accusing someone of racism
Load More Replies...We saw a couple that was black and white, and he expressed disgust. I said they were cute. He said he doesn’t believe in “races mixing.”
Uhggg, I’ve said this before!!! There is only one human race!!!! The term assumes different ethnicities as entirely different species
Lol, karma for him would be him getting a mixed grandchild later in life. I’ve seen this happen to several people like him.
I saw some POS that refused to accept his mixed race grandchild, calling the baby an offensive beast. Makes my blood boil.
Load More Replies...I upped you because I know that all he heard from you was the "whoosh" of your respect as it disappeared.
And it went in one ear and out the other.
Load More Replies...F*ck that guy with a shovel.! .. Side note, I read somewhere that around 85% of commercials(US) have mixed race couples in them.. Just so we all understand how inaccurate his disgust is.
And Hallmark movies have both gay couple's, but also mixed race. To be honest, I was shocked, but happy!
Load More Replies...
It was my first and only blind date which a mutual friend of ours set up. She arrived and parked in a disabled space, got out of the car telling me she uses her nans disabled pass which didn’t sit well with me but carried on anyway. We went bowling and to dinner, she was really rude to the service staff in both places which I found embarrassing and uncomfortable. Cut the dinner short, paid, left and never saw her again.
While on the date, get her towed, that's funny.
Load More Replies...I would have ended at the disabled parking! Having worked with disabled clients and watching healthy young people take these spots really upset me. If I couldn't get my feeble client with a walker close to the door they would have to walk a distance to get into the place. Sometimes we would have to just leave. Then watch a family of four jump in their minivan parked in a handicapped parking space. I couldn't say anything in front of the client but did slip them a finger at least.
Please bear in mind that you have no idea if that healthy looking person is using the card appropriately. They could have health issues that aren't apparent. They could also be taking care of a disabled person. I've gotten abuse from people for parking in the disabled spot because it was just me at the moment and I have no apparent mobility issues but I was picking up or dropping off a disabled relative. That is a legitimate use of their placard. They needed me to park close because they had mobility issues but someone not seeing that whole process is going to see me at some point getting into our out of the car on my own. I never used their placard when I wasn't transporting them, and I share your frustration with times they were with me and I couldn't find any accessible parking, but I also know what it's like to be on the receiving end of other people's hostile assumptions. You have no idea who you slipped the finger to.
Load More Replies...I know this person.. Or one similar, nothing is ever their fault.. She used her Gma's pass for years after gma died.
Before I got my disability parking badge it never would have occurred to me to illegally park in a disabled bay, who would do such a cretinous thing? Turns out lots of people! I don’t think I’ve parked in a car park with a disabled area that was predominantly being used by cars not displaying a badge.
To start he was nearly 30 minutes late to the restaurant, blamed “traffic” for being so late, even though we don’t live in a city. He was a little drunk when he turned up (but I can understand if he was a little nervous beforehand) I ordered a meal and he ordered 3 beers for himself.
After he downed a few he the proceeded to tell me I was a 7 out of 10, and to get to a 10 I should get plastic surgery so I can be a model. I told him repeatedly that I was happy with the way I looked, but he kept going on and on about what I should get done.
After I’d finished eating I said I’m going to pay for my meal then head home, he wanted to go to the bar & convinced me to go with him. I ordered a drink then turned around to see him leaning over a couple of young ladies, who looked pretty uncomfortable, so I put my drink down and left. I sent him a text the next day saying it isn’t going to work and blocked him.
One week later I get a call from an unknown number and it’s him mum, she tells me about how he came to visit her and told her all about me, and how happy she is that her boy has finally found someone, then invites me to dinner, which I turn down.
Again, I really worry about the boundaries of young women who after the restaurant experience of being demeaned and judged, still agree to continue the date. Girls, women, this kind of behaviour from a man is not even remotely acceptable, and you absolutely should not stick around for more.
To be clear, it’s not acceptable from a person of ANY gender.
Load More Replies...Should have saved those ladies on your way out the door.. "he's like a 6, but his personality drops him down to a 4 we're on date and he's chatting with you two,.. so that drops him down to a 0 for me... But have at em if youre into that sort of thing."
nah bro we would've been done as soon as he walked in drunk and ordered more alcohol
i also would've made sure the other ladies at the bar were ok cuz what
Load More Replies...After walking around a stadium so he could take photos of lampposts (?!?) we entered the stadium after the match started. When we got in, I told him I didn’t drink and he bought me a beer and I told him I was a vegetarian but he wouldn’t let me buy the snacks instead ordering two hot dogs over my head. When we got to our seats, I wasn’t eating and he shouted at me to “eat the hot dog!!”. I left immediately making an excuse about getting a text.
He bought her beer AND a hot dog!! He's obviously a really nice guy. (Sarcasm)
Load More Replies...I don't understand why do people feel the need to make excuses in order to leave? "This is not working for me" is perfectly acceptable, unless you are in a secluded place and afraid of the reaction.
Because any inplicatoon or direct comment on how bad they are being on the date will lead to these types of people to follow you out and even possibly grab you to demand you admit that you're the problem or else you're not leaving
Load More Replies...like on insta there’s a pic of a lamp and the caption is “awww man what a neat lamp post i found! #lamp #followme #lol
Load More Replies...Oh no. no need to make an excuse. Should've just been blunt and to the point.
It's safer to make an excuse to leave rather than calling someone out.
Load More Replies...I bet he complained to his bros about hiw he did everything right and git stood up by a b!tch.
Looks like somebody left their meds and their brain at home that day 🫢🤣🤭🤣
She wanted to look at wedding dresses as a first date.
It's not just women. I went on a date with someone and we ended up back at his place watching a movie. I fell asleep he was a gentleman. Woke up to a ring on my finger and a note basically saying he knew I was the "one" and to lock up when I went to work. I noped out so fast.
The two of them (the woman from up there and that guy you just mentioned) should meet up
Load More Replies...First date with a big-family Catholic guy who told me he wanted to get married ASAP so he could set up a "baby factory." Nope. Then, my ex who wanted a baby, but freaked out when he stepped in dog poop on the sidewalk. No changing diapers for him. Nope. Gone.
Stepping in dog poop is pretty frustrating. I can pick up dog poop and change diapers just fine but stepping in poop is enough of a hassle to ruin my whole day. Then again, when you say he "freaked out" I suspect it was worse than what I'm talking about.
Load More Replies...Would probably marry a tree. This kind of person just needs a placeholder in their life so they can check things off their list. First date, really??
He had a go at me for giving the homeless person outside the bar some money, then proceeded to rant about the ‘scum’ on the streets, I didn’t even finish my first drink before saying I didn’t think it was going to work out and leaving
good that you evaded him otherwise you might have ended up at a maga insurrection or something.
The money thing maybe agree with, but I would have rather we bought him a dinner or something like that.
Showed his true character sooner than later. Sounds like a dodged bullet a la The Matrix right there!
Personally, I'd have 'accidentally' knocked my drink all over him before telling him to f**k off.
I punched an a*****e like that for the same thing. Just outside a restaurant where the security guard was standing. Dude was crying like a little girl. Security guard escorted me to my car.
Ah, I love the smell of rich privilege in the morning.
Load More Replies...
Nice and simple. A nicegirl gets it out of the way early.
"I guess I better tell you that I'm going to expect you to stop talking to any other girls you might have in your life."
She then explains yes, everyone, no she's serious, she gets jealous easily.
I feel that but I know how crazy it is, you really gotta keep your insecurities on a leash
I walked into a glass panel really hard and got hurt and he laughed. Everyone else at the restaurant got up to check on me and he just guffawed like an a*s. I told him I hope he’s find what he was looking for elsewhere and bailed.
What a douche! Sad part is, I wouldn't be surprised if he told that incident to so many people without empathy.
As long as it comes after making sure the person is okay.
Load More Replies...what an a*****e! running into glass hurts so much! i’m glad the other people at the restaurant checked on you! what a d**k 😡
Well, well. That would definitely be My kind of Guy 😂 Would be laughing at and telling that story many years to come. To our friends, family and our Kids and grandkids
We were at a club and he kept running into attractive women he knew but apparently had not seen in awhile. I overheard him lament to a friend, "I never see any of these ladies until I'm here with a date, then I can't do anything! Why do I have to have a date here TONIGHT of all nights?!" I had him take me back home so he could "Go back and enjoy all the women he NEVER runs into."
Lol, they all knew he was on a date because he had it on FB or some sh*t, so they all went out clubbing because they thought they wouldn't have to deal with him.
Load More Replies...Reminded me of a guy who told me he only went out with me because he hadn't realized he had options. I had no right to be mad at him but it was a little hurtful because I really liked him or at least the person he had been pretending to be the previous months
I so disagree. I think you had every right to be mad at him. That was very hurtful and you deserved better. It is a sh!tty way to think about a person. He also did not have to say it. Not every thought should be uttered, I know some people might find it hard to gauge what is or isn't okay but if in doubt keep your mouth shut. You definitely deserve better.
Load More Replies...I wouldn't even let him take me home. I'd just disappear and get myself home safely and let him wonder, which would probably only be for a nanosecond. Removing myself from his presence is the most important thing.
When he asked me out and I said yes, he then asked if I’d like to go to dinner and what kind of food I liked. I said anything but sushi. He took me to a sushi place. Said he thought he’d be able to change my mind.
Oh, but he DID change your mind! You wanted to go on a date with the guy, and he was able to change your mind about *that*! 😉😊
This has the same energy as someone trying to make a vegan eat meat.
I lived in Japan and never managed to develop a taste for sushi. If there was other Japanese food on the menu, great; I love lots of Japanese foods. But not sushi.
He got so belligerent wasted before our date and he proceeded to treat all the service staff including our cab driver like absolute trash. They wouldn’t serve him alcohol at the restaurant bc he was so wasted. This was our first date…. At an extremely fancy restaurant. I was appalled. I wanted to show my face at the restaurant again. I dipped half way through and apologized vehemently to our server.
At least you found out he was a total ass right away instead of months down the line
You're right, Ozymandias73. There could have been months of confusion and pain, but YOU got the preview of what that looks like in the immediate future, which isn't always as easy as seeing how bellicose they appear to a stranger's eye. It could have been months before you saw him drunk, and by then, you would have been emotionally entangled. It sucks to have to deal with it, but this is *way* better than it could have been.
Load More Replies...I'm not sure why anyone would sit down with most of these people, just leave and apologized to the maître d',.. "this was a first date, I don't want to be seen with him, sorry for leaving him here with you"
Well everything was great at the bar and I was actually super excited.... agreed to go back to his just so I could wait long enough to drive home since I had a few beers showed me his Bills-themed basement bar (we're Buffalo) and honestly it was fabulous. Put the game on and just lounging around his fancy football man cave, I felt 100% at home and at-ease since he was not physically hitting on me at ALL. YES! A NORMAL DUDE!! Then eventually we started kissing and fooling around slightly, he started saying "Do you love me Mommy? Tell me you love me Mommy" and sh*t like that and I literally pulled back and gave him the side-eye and said "WTF are you doing, thats not a turn on, love." Then he told me he has a Mommy kink and likes "his women to take him on shopping sprees" and the motherf****r made 3x more money than me. I left.
Any reasonable person with a kink, especially a somewhat unusual kink, knows you discuss it ahead of time to ensure you know each others’ boundaries and compatibilities! It is definitely not something you just spring on someone! To do otherwise is incredibly rude at best, and possibly assault depending on the kink. This guy could be going on FetLife or other kinky spaces online trying to find people who share this kink. The fact that he just sprang it on her makes me suspect he actually got off on her discomfort. F*****g gross.
If you have a specific link you need fulfilled talk about it first! Don’t just spring it on people. Ffs.
That must have been so disappointing. I remember meeting this absolutely gorgeous bloke and I was considering dating him until he told me he wanted me to use him as a toilet.
Well, nothing wrong with him having a Mommy kink. But, correct me if I'm wrong, aren't people supposed to discuss kinks first instead of just springing them on their partner like that?
On a blind date he said, “I’m surprised you’re so average looking”.
“I’m surprised that foot in your mouth hasn’t given you athletes brain”
I dated a girl who was vegan, didn't drink alcohol Fine with me. I really liked her we didn't live together, she had a daughter 16, but in the future living together was on the cards. About 8 months into the relationship and after a busy BBQ season she started nagging me about the meet and booze. Cool, cutting back isn't a bad idea but she just carried on, getting more a more annoying. Making vomiting sounds if I was eating meet, "that's a dead animal you know". yea a very tasty one. One day she freaked out because she open my fridge a saw a 8kg of rib I'd bought for a friends BBQ I realised it was time to say bye bye. Shame because I liked her, smart and funny. Ribs were delicious!!
I eat vegan.. The animals I eat were vegan, most of the time.
Load More Replies...I'm surprised you're such an average looking guy, however, brainless.
Answer: And I'm surprised you make Forrest Gump look like a rocket scientist.
I found out he was married. Listen, if polyamory or open relationships work for you, that's great. However, lay that out RIGHT AWAY when you're talking to someone. Don't wait until you're actually on a date to be like "by the way, I'm married." Of course the guy just SAID he was polyamorous, idk if he actually was or if he was just trying to cheat on his wife.
not always. there was a time, early on in my poly experience, where i was getting so many instant nopes because of being poly, that i left it off my profile so that i could at least get to talk to people before they rejected me. in the end, did decide that it was kind of crappy and never helped anyway, so went back to being up front. The point is, not every poly person is going to tell you right away.
Load More Replies...As a polyamorous person, yeah, that is openly stated on dating profiles and stated up-front because open honesty is KEY to polyamory.
Had a couple of guys on a dating site put in there that they were polyamorous. I wasn't sure that was something I could deal with, but I was willing to give it a try. Until on the third date with one, his wife showed up in a full-on rage. He may have been poly, but his wife was *not.* To this day, any guy that tells me he is poly, I insist on meeting the wife, so she can tell me to my face that she is aware and ok with it. Only one agreed, and she was perfectly understanding. No chemistry on the dating front, but they are nice people and we are friends to this day.
Some men and women don't get the polyamory needs to be accepted by all parties involved. Otherwise it's called "cheating with a lame excuse".
"Polyamorous"?? Women can develop cervical cancer from the introduction of too much strange bacteria into their bodies from too many different sources.
He said he hopes our kids do not have my nose.
Did you reply “I hope that your kids don’t inherit your callous attitude towards others”
And people like this get to vote, drive and do other dangerous things.
“You are lucky to own such a fine large nose. It will serve you as a rudder and steer you through the troubled waters of life.” Jitterbug Perfume- Tom Robbins
Nah just say you hope he wears a condom EVERY time if he even gets that far LMAO GNARLY CRINGEY
When he started talking about how the moonlanding was fake.
Never met someone like that :P I think I would stay and listen to this person - just out of curiosity :P
If you do, you have to out crazy them. This has been said before but say something like "pfff you believe in the moon?? they got you fooled."
Load More Replies...It was faked, but the director insisted on filming the video on-site. ;)
Okay, I don't genuinely believe it was fake, but I do like reading about why people think it is, and why we have never been back in all this time.
Aw, great. Look what you did to George! Waaaaaaaaa...16c17d.jpg
I had a date where I picked him up and we went to dinner. Talk was nice enough. Sparks weren't flying but nothing bad happened either. As I'm taking him home, he's looking out the car window getting visibly anxious. A few minutes later he's in full on panic mode, climbing all over the seat, then ducking down and trying to hide in the floorboard. He asked me if I saw "it" "It" was a flying saucer. He claimed to have been abducted many times and had medical experiments performed on him. The aliens revisited him once in awhile and he's terrified they're back to take him again. I saw nothing and proceeded to drop him off at home. I never saw him again. He tried calling a few times and I told him I wasn't interested. He took it ok. I still think about that wild night and wonder what ever happened to him.
Buzz Aldrin was one of the astronauts to land on the moon.........
Load More Replies...
She had already put our pictures through one of those "what would your baby look like" apps and started talking about how we would raise them.
Along with a cloud of smoke shaped like you running!
Load More Replies...🎵 ... Run, run, run, run, run, run, run away... Oh, oh, oh, oh, aye-ya-ya-ya-ya... 🎶
Yah, this is more of that "call me mommy" one.. More Jeffery Dahmer, still good though
Load More Replies...this seems like a very nice and stable relationship wouldn’t you say? (sarcasm)
i had a girl like that and when she found out about my female freinds she made a hit list. she was crazy but i only stayed with her because she was the only one that treated me right. ended up breaking up. year after that tried dating again dated a girl that made me feel like s**t
Went on a date with a guy because my friends pestered me to give him a chance because he was “nice”. He negged me the entire date, he insulted my degree and he kept looking at the woman next to our table. I said “nope!” and ghosted him.
He was 'nice' enough to let you know fairly quickly that he was a POS.
Oh, great... A fake nice guy who turns out to be a PUA jerk... again...
If a dude or even a woman needs her friends or family to fix them up, that's red flag #1 they are a loser.
It was an awesome date up til the point I left. We went out to dinner, saw a concert, then went clubbing. We were dancing and having a great time. I went to pee and grab another drink, and this MF saw someone he knew and was looking at her lovingly then kissed her. I saw it go down from the other side of the club. It felt like it was out of a movie for a minute. Luckily I was living in a city and my friends were in that area so I just shifted bars and had a good night.
I would have gone over to them, wished them a good evening, then walked out.
Load More Replies...Just wondering, no description of what type of kiss, could it have been a sister, cousin, long lost friend?
He ordered just a plate of fries. Picked up a fry, took a few bites until he got to the end he was holding, then dropped the end piece on the ground. Every time. For each fry.
I knew someone like that as a kid. It was some kind of weird habit. When I challenged him, he said he can’t stand the crusty end bit. But he couldn’t answer how the first bite is fine but the last not.
I get that people have their things about different foods, that's their business. But that's still not an excuse for littering, and it's food, animals are going to eat that and get sick.
Load More Replies...I knew someone who would not eat "the ends" of anything. Fries, bananas, even the last chips in a bag. She wouldn't throw them on the ground though....that's just rude!
Did you look around and ask "Where's the pet rat you're feeding, I don't see him. Slipped his leash again, did he?"
Sounds like he may have been a bit of a germophobe - bet his mom told him his fingers were dirty & to not put anything in his mouth that he had touched. But dropping the end bits on the floor was rude as hell.
Eat the fries with a fork, weird but not rude/littering.
Load More Replies...INSIDE a restaurant?? Dropped perfectly good food on the floor. Has he never heard of a fork?? What the ever loving hell??
You drop food on a fork? I thought that's what plates were for.
Load More Replies...I was at the mall one summer day hanging out with some friends. I see this guy who looked like a friend of mine, so I walked up to him only to find that he was not that friend. He was cute, we introduced ourselves, exchanged pleasantries. Gave me his beeper number (I'm old) and we planned to go get coffee sometime. I was a hot spooky chick and he was a hot spooky dude. The day arrived. It turns out he worked at a Red Lobster down the road from my house so I walked over there to meet him after his shift ended. We went to go see The Craft in the second run theatre. We held hands, kissed during the movie. We went to go get coffee after and we chat. "What year are you?" "Going to be a junior this fall." "Cool, I didn't go to college." "College?" "Um... Oh God. How old are you?" So that's the story about how two strangers VASTLY over/underestimated each other's ages. I thought he was 17-18, he thought I was around 20. I was 15 and he was 25. He took me right home and we didn't go out again.
At least he realized his mistake and made the smart choice to not continue.
Part of me hopes they waited a few years and got in touch again.
Load More Replies...Considering the situation they got into the ending is really a best case scenario
That's up there with, "Your Mom's name is Linda and your Dad's name is Paul? That's funny; my mother has an estranged sister Linda who married a P --- oh, God."
I had matched with this girl off of Tinder and we messaged a bit, but she was relentless about wanting to know more about my ex and how I felt after the break up. I looked past this and met her for dinner a couple nights later. I walked in the restaurant and my ex is sitting at the table under that girls name. I turned around to walk out and got a tinder notification from the girl I had agreed to meet “you’ll never be able to get away from me."
When she responded to “Hi” on tinder with something like “hey cutie, want to come to my parents house?” We chatted for a bit, and according to her she wasn’t looking for anything serious but she wanted me to pick her up, take her out to dinner, and maybe have sex afterwards. Very transactional, which kinda stung but whatever she was hot. I looked up the address she gave me and was surprised to find a neighborhood I did work in, and that the house was one I knew was for sale. Specifically, the owner died and it was being gutted to be resold by his kids. At this point 100% convinced this was a scam, but somewhat curious, I decided to drive by and see if anyone was there, texting her I was coming, but in a different type of car. Really expensive neighborhood, on a sea-cliff, felt like an adventure. Took my work truck. Drove by and some huge dude comes out of the house, stares at my truck, and goes back in. Could see other people inside. Noped out of there super fast. Pretty convinced it was a phishing scam to mug me, or a prank. Didn’t feel like finding out.
15 minutes into the date he said "you're really pretty, but you'd be prettier if you didn't have tattoos and straightened your hair."
"And you'd be so much more interesting if you didn't have that stick up your @55!"
Your really pretty but you’d be prettier if you were someone else. 🙄
While perusing the menu he asked what I was going to get. I said "um, I'm thinking about" and he cut me off to say "They don't have UM here". I chuckled and continued "So I think I'll have the uh chicken". He responded seriously with a raised voice "They don't have UH CHICKEN here either" and shook his head like I was annoying. I just stared at him for a minute.
That's when you go "Oh, sorry, I didn't realize you were friends with my dad" and leave.
There's a difference between dad jokes and being a PITA.
Load More Replies...She kept talking about how life was supposed to be "enjoyed to the maximum". Basically, how she spent lavishly on expensive Italian, French or Japanese dinners and trips, making her constantly broke and constantly borrowing money from other people to sustain her lifestyle. She considered it "classy". I considered her delusional.
I can picture her being one of those peps that has a sign begging for money to keep up with her travels
Nah, begging on the street isn't classy. She'd be the one who has a GoFundMe set up for it instead.
Load More Replies...Live within your means. I had to end a relationship with someone because they couldn’t seem to grasp that concept.
Being a broke parasite and telling yourself you are fancier than normal people is pathetic, but in a sad way.
She's a liar, a cheat, and still living at home with Mummy and Nana.
After we were already 15 minutes late walking into the movie because he was 45 minutes late picking me up, he proceeded to talk at normal volume the entire film. After about half an hour I got up to use the bathroom and walked right out the door.
A couple of my friends lived 4 blocks from the theater so I just walked over to their place and had them drive me home later.
I still don't understand people allowing strangers to pick them up. ALWAYS meet at the destination you agree upon.
Load More Replies...First Date Protocol: Never have the date pick you up. Take your own car or an emergency contact to leave on your own when the date screws up. I learned that the hard way once.
As much as I hate people speaking during a movie it seems like a douche move to simply walk out on a date with out telling someone you're leaving for that reason.
She talked about her ex-girlfriend of a few months for about half the date, then proceeded to explain to me how she sexually assaulted her ex when her ex didn’t want to have sex with her yet. I kept asking to leave (my things were in her car) but she kept saying that she was having a good time and that she loved that I was such a good listener. I texted my sister to come get me, and when I informed my date of this, she got upset with me, and made me tell my sister to go back home, because she wanted to drive me home instead. She even texted me the next morning and told me she had a great time and wanted to see me again. I’ve never blocked someone so quickly.
He told me he had only one child then after a couple more dates it became clear there’s more than one. He eventually admitted to four by three different women and explained he had told women the truth too early before me and had missed out on the chance to sleep with them so he thought it was better to lie. What a peach.
I married a single dad. It was the first thing he told me on our first date, followed by, "I understand if you want to get up and leave." I didn't want kids. At all. But I was so caught off guard by his honesty, and his acknowledgement that I may not immediately gush over his kid, I stayed. Best decision ever. I'll take honesty over painting a pretty lie any day...well, most days.
Load More Replies...We’d been to lunch a few times but this was the first real romantic date. We met in biology class in college. She was gorgeous and smart and had a smile that could melt diamonds. I was in a group project with her and took her to lunch, and she confessed she had a crush on me. So we kissed before going back to class and made plans for a date and went out that night. And we had a wonderful time. Until about the time she asked me what my “deal-breaker” for dating was. As in, what trait would someone have that would immediately make me break it off. I said something like I wouldn’t date a racist or a puppy-kicker. Someone who had a sociopathic streak, or was mean, stuff like that. She said that she could date all kinds of guys—fat, skinny, black, white, it didn’t matter. The one thing she could not abide, the one kind of guy that she absolutely, positively, would never, ever, like EVER-EVER be with…was a guy with a hairy back. And I’m Iranian.
Well there is this thing they do at beauty salons....but in the end, if you like your hairy back then you deserve someone who can like it too.
This is a two way street - if women shouldn't have to change their appearance for men to like them, neither should a man.
Load More Replies...That is so shallow. I mean, sure everyone has their preferences, but surely that can't be a deal-breaker. If the guy is awesome enough, couldn't she ask him to go get it waxed occasionally?
Its hard enough to scratch your own back, let alone shave it.
Load More Replies...I had more in common with the chaperone she brought to the ice cream shop, and didn’t seem to have anything to say that wasn’t “as a godly person…” Like, fine you brought someone to make sure I wasn’t a creeper, I understand that… But when you make it very clear that it’s your youth pastor acting as the chaperone, and invite him to sit at our table, then say nothing until the pastor felt bad enough to break the silence to talk to ME…maybe don’t cry and ask why I don’t want a second date?
Was that person raised by a cult that demanded absolute exclusion of the outside world
She showed up at the bar already so drunk that she could not walk without my assistance.
1. she drove herself there.
2. it was 2 in the afternoon.
3. she wanted to continue drinking as soon as we met there.
F*****g drunk drivers!!! I get that this woman has an addiction and is probably self medicating. I hope she gets the help she needs before destroying any innocent lives by drinking and driving. Just spoke with a friend who is a therapist. One of his young clients who had a horrible abusive upbringing chose to self medicate by drinking. He got behind the wheel while drunk and wiped out a couple of innocent people. Screwing up his life even more and destroying s family. The aftermath of any traffic accident can be brutal to witness. But knowing someone callously and selfishly got behind the wheel of a vehicle while intoxicated making it a deadly weapon and causing untold damage snd mayhem is a whole nother level of trauma.
He spoke over me the whole time. At the end of the date he said I’d been to awkward because I hadnt spoken much, so he was going to **** me next time he saw me to break the ice. Needless to say, I did not see him again.
The more I see of man, the more I love my dog - Mark Twain.
Load More Replies...
He kissed me and then started growling like a dog.
As a furry thats a legit kink. No shsne! Hell im into that! But gives a heads up first. Or kindly tell them not into it
Some dogs growl when they want to play. Was he wagging his tail, or holding it down and straight?
Was he sporting a license on his collar then? Or was it a Hartz Mountain collar?
You should've asked him, if he can jump on one leg and bark like a dog, then leave. 😂
He talked sh*t about both his children.
I remember this guy I was dating was posted on the east coast (US military) while his children and ex-wife were on the west coast. I felt really bad for him and expressed empathy for the separation. To which he responded, "Eh, it's okay. I don't really miss them or anything. I don't even know what to say or do with them when I am with them." So that was the end of that.
I dated this girl who was a friend of a friend. She used to come into the pub I worked at for $10 steak night with her mum and a guy who we weren't sure if was her boyfriend or brother... turned out it was her brother, but they were weirdly close. Anyway, we went on a date, she seemed quite uncomfortable the whole time. Didn't make much conversation, just obviously wasn't into it, So I dropped her home, and she asked me if I wanted to come in. Against my better judgement I did. They had 2 couches in the living room. I sat on one awkwardly, while she laid on the other couch and spooned with her brother. At this point I realised I should not have shown up...
Spooned? That there is hillbilly talk. Must have been a Hatfield. Either way....sick.
Who besides me is reminded of that brother and sister on FRIENDS episode "the one with the inappropriate sister?"
I was thinking Rebel Wilson and Matt Lucas in Bridesmaids, perhaps to the sound of banjos.
Load More Replies...She told me she believed she was the reincarnation of 17th century pirate Anne Bonny and was completely serious about it.
But I am! I'm the reincarnation of Mr. Joe. First name Average. :p
Load More Replies...Unless you're looking for marriage and compatible religious beliefs are important (which doesn't seem to be the norm around here), what's the big deal? A lot of people believe in reincarnation, and every one of the people I've ever met who identified a past life always talked about someone who was too interesting to be likely.
You should have told her you were related to Blackbeard on your Father's side.
Wouldn’t stop trying to flirty touch me and was thrilled his job was denying 9/11 responders healthcare. He asked for a hug when I left...
Holy s**t. It's one thing to know that 9/11 responders are being f****d over, but it's always presented like just a facet of the f****d up insurance scam that is American "healthcare." The idea that there are actual individuals knowingly and actively doing this is sick. I probably would have stuck around for a few days to get as many details as possible before sharing them with a paper of some sort. How do those people live with themselves?
Is this the tiny insurance salesman from the Incredibles?
Yuck. Touchy feely people absolutely do not understand boundaries. I'm the kind of person who will hurt you if you get too close.
We were hooking up and he says that he doesn't go down on women because he's a "germaphobe."
That's not revolting unless he expects YOU to go down on HIM anyway (which happens way to often).
He said he was actually from an entirely different state, looked completely different from his photos and then asked if he could borrow $400 for Methadone before we even ordered. I left immediately.
Blind date who showed up drunk and on some drugs, though I didn’t realize it until about 30 minutes in. I was a teacher at the time and told him a story that involved dressing up for Halloween at work. He proceeded to berate the profession and said that he always hated his teachers who “tried too hard.”
After asking me if I wanted children and I told him no, he told me I didn’t know what I was talking about. I just got up and left without saying a word.
I met a guy in uni, and chatted with him for a few days, between class, and online. I was thinking "friends" but it became clear one day, he had other ideas, when he was talking to me on IM and asked if I liked kids. I said, "No, I hate kids. Lol. I am looking forward to traveling." I thought it was just general conversation. He. Went. Off. It turns out he thought we were flirting, and he had a two year old daughter, and "how could I hate her?" I had been with my boyfriend for five years, and wasn't hiding it. I blocked him immediately, and avoided him the rest of the quarter.
Good for you, honey. This is exactly what the majority of the other people on this thread should have done/start doing. It's not disrespectful to do so when being disrespected. It would be rude if the person didn't do or say anything wrong. It is disrespectful to YOURSELF to stay after the first blatant insult or abusive/predatory words/actions
I was telling a story about airport security trying to confiscate a brick of cheese that had become quite soft after a few hours out of the fridge and how I just ate the whole brick out of spite. He kept interrupting the story to make jokes comparing the cheese to his flaccid penis. At the end, after he tricked me into hugging him, he looked me dead in the eye and said "next time - vagina".
Aside from being creepy as hell, what's that even supposed to mean? Next time he's going to hug her vagina? Or was he reducing her to her primary sexual organ like a nickname, like in "until next time, Vagina"? Where was he going from there??
Ok but I love how you ate the entire block of cheese - I would have done the same. The vagina part on the other hand is quote weird
He got into a political rant about 15 minutes into sitting down at dinner. And then opened his mouth and goes “Minorities wouldn’t have it so bad if they just worked harder. Opportunities don’t just fall into white people’s lap.” I excused myself to the bathroom, went to the hostess, paid my half of the meal that I didn’t even get to eat, and walked out.
When we got to the good old "what you do for a living" she straight up tried to sell me in on her MLM scheme When I politely noted I wasn't interested but I'm happy to go back to our previous discussions she got argumentative in the good old salesperson losing a client kind of way When it was clear the mood was ruined and we weren't going anywhere from there I stood up, paid for our drinks at the counter, and got out. Bonus points for some of my friends coincidentally sitting at the table behind us (her, I could see them) and giving her weird looks as she was ranting about the "life-changing opportunity", that pretty much solidified my thoughts.
Are you just copy pasting the same message? I’ve seen you say it three times on this thread
Load More Replies...I was 17 (freshman in college) he was an extended senior (I can’t remember his age but it was too old and I didn’t know until I got there). He was a legacy rich kid at a local private Christian university and was absolutely unbearable with his flashiness and arrogance. Kept trying to pressure me to drink and even ordered and entire bottle of wine for the table. I kept refusing. He ended up getting dumb drunk and very loud. He finally said “my friends know I like innocent girls, that’s why they set us up. Have you ever even had a boyfriend before?” With the slimiest smile (and he was right. I came from a conservative family and had never had a boyfriend or even a first kiss before college). I just stared wide eyed at him feeling very uncomfortable. That’s when I decided I had to leave. I wasn’t able to leave right then, but that’s when I shut off until I could.
"I wasn't able to leave right then ....". You feel like that in a public place, flag a wait staff for help, "I'd like to leave but he won't let me go."
Those kinds of guys are seriously so f*****g disgusting.. like some weird sexual power trip..that's some f*****g serial rapist/murder s**t right there...
He was incredibly rude to the waitress, then when I tried to diffuse the situation he told me he had it under control and proceeded to tell the waitress when she came back that he was “Going to tip her despite how terrible she was.” I walked out before we even got our food and called a friend to come get me.
Go to the host / hostess, ask for the food to go, and then give the server a v generous tip.
Not one I left, but definitely one I should’ve. He divulged to me after 10 minutes that he didn’t actually live in the city I lived in, and had been lying about going to make the last train after work, etc. 45 minutes in he said we should be together, and kept groping me and kissing me like a dog with a jar of peanut butter. The cherry on top was that he told me that he loved me and wanted to marry me at the end of the evening.
I’d rather deal with a creeper in Minecraft while in hard mode than deal with this guy!
Load More Replies...They said ‘I’ve never dated a communist before’ …. I was born and raised in America. It was so creepy being fetishized just because I’m Slav.
He started yelling at me during dinner about my political beliefs being wrong. The waiter walked by to check on us and beelined it out of there. It was the only time I’ve used my emergency $20 to leave a date.
It’s sad that so many people can’t respectfully debate and agree to disagree.
I DISAGREE! People CAN disagree respectfully, you [list of bad words]!!! YOU'RE WRONG, and you must be a terrible person for not sharing my personal belief!
Load More Replies...He told me to meet him at a bar, which turned out to be a hole-in-in-the-wall in a strip mall, literally just a bar, no food, just booze (we were supposed to be having dinner). I had put in some effort with a cute outfit, nice makeup, etc. He showed up in ratty old jeans and a paint-splattered hoodie. That was the moment that made me think "ohhhh this is gonna be bad," but he'd already caught me, so we sat down and the bartender immediately put a pint-glass vodka tonic in front of him before even asking what I wanted. Clearly he was a regular. We tried to make small talk but he was just so f-ing weird. He was cutting me off mid-sentence with random nonsense, buddy-punching me on the arm, and kept hurrying me to finish my drink so I could keep up with him (he was slamming these pints of vodka tonic, one after the other, and the bartender kept em coming). I finished my one light beer, paid for my drink (which offended him deeply), and got up to leave. He chugged his last drink, threw a $100 bill on the bar, and followed me into the parking lot. I tried to get away politely and he interrupted with "come back to my place, I f**k like a freight train." I stumbled over my "ah, no thank you" and before I'd finished the sentence he got into his car, started the engine, and screeched out of the parking lot, almost getting it onto two wheels on the turn.
That would have sent me into tears of laughter. What women wants a guy who f***s like a freight train? Mu cervix certainly does t want that.
So I am wondering what little thing did you find interesting enough to meet him at the bar in the first place?
Hopefully, he realized where he was heading and stopped himself. It's attempted assault, at minimum. You should report it.
When she was speeding in the rain, driving in the opposite direction of the restaurant, telling me how her parents had her admitted to a psych ward, but she didn’t take any meds because there was nothing wrong with her.
I live through mental illness. This is very sad. My grandmother is like her and were like no your not crazy your anxious. She would be well off on something very mild but instead she rather fall apart.
Load More Replies...Once again, BP does not post the original edits from reddit: "I convinced her to stop at a Chinese restaurant instead of coffee shop because an immediate dinner would have been a shorter evening than a coffee shop on the other side of town. Afterwards, I told her to take me back to my car because my mother was in town. In the parking lot, she insists that I should not see my mother because I have seen her my whole life, but she and I we’re just getting to know one another, so I should prioritize my time with her. When I ignored her future calls, she persisted to stalk me for months, followed me around town, spied on me running errands, showed up at my house unannounced, knocked on my bedroom window at all hours of the night, left food at my door, left love notes on my windshield, etc. I was very close to filing a restraining order, but after I physically removed her from my place and my roommate told her I would get a restraining order, she only stalked me on campus."
Girl's phone vibrated. She went, "oh, that's my ex. We text all the time."
She proceeded to read me said text, wherein the ex professed jealousy that she was on a date.
While it's never wrong to still be friends with an ex I feel this goes a bit beyond that.
Also she could have just said "friend." This seems set up to cause strife
Load More Replies...I’m still friends with several ex-GFs, but would never do something like this, and don’t text/chat with them regularly. This is disrespectful. Wouldn’t shock me if these two weren’t still sleeping together.
Sounds like an ego thing to me. Makes her feel wanted. Smh. At least you found out right away before the actual games began!
I don’t think you can be friends with an ex. Best just to go your separate ways.
Eh, it can happen occasionally. Like if a straight couple both realize they aren't straight.
Load More Replies...When the guy that showed up was easily 30 years older than what he looked like in the picture he had sent me.
Back in the 70's, I was looking for a job at the local aerospace company my b*****d father worked for. He informed me that a supervisor he knew needed a secretary and set up the meet. This old fart was in his late 60's and thought I was going to blow him for a job. After I reported him to HR, the b*****d father backhanded me for making it all up. I'm sure glad he's dead.
I was out to dinner with a friend. Meanwhile, my best friend was meeting an internet date for the first time, and coincidentally had chosen the restaurant we were currently at. So we chatted and then she sat at the table opposite me and waited for her date. The guy who showed up was about 30 years older than the picture. Completely grey and using a walking cane. My bestie had to sit through the date staring into my face having absolute hysterics at her.
I invited him to a live performance of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, my treat. He showed up in sweatpants and a hoodie with holes in it. I pretended that I got sick from my drink, bailed on the date for then circled back to the theatre a few minutes later and watched the play by myself. 10/10 would do again.
I know that Americans are way more relaxed about a dress code but surely you don't show up with obvious holes in your clothes (apart from jeans). Over in most of Europe, showing up like that on a date in a theatre is hugely respectless. (Notice, how she wrote theatre, not theater)
She was appalled by his dress because we would all be appalled by his dress. He is not a representation of American standards or culture. He is just a bum.
Load More Replies...Unless you're working out in a gym, don't ever wears sweats out . It's beyond tacky.
On the other hand when a guy who lives in sweatpants and a hoodie is willing to sit through an entire live performance of Shakespeare it tells me that he was willing to suffer in order to be with you. His ignorance of the dress code confirmed that he was way out of his element yet he was willing to leave his comfort zone to be with you. In the end it probably worked out right for both parties.
Shakespeare's Twelfth Night , a bottle of wine and thou doth maketh an evening complete. His loss.
Hmm. If you didn't tell him the dress code I think you are very shallow
Hey, hoodie in holes is fashion, ask Yeezy hau.. you're the problem here
Looking like a homeless, generally is not a great turn on.
Load More Replies...Not everybody is fond of men of no pretension....
Load More Replies...When she told me my English accent was dumb, and then repeatedly shouted out that everyone else in the bar had a dumb English accent... It was a bar in England.
I am assuming this was someone not fond of England... but someone not familiar with the concept that English folks have an english accent. I was going to go with Irish because they have reason to despise the english, but given that they didn't know that people living in england have an english accent, which means they don't know anything at all, not even the connection between "english" and "england", I am assuming an american girl?
Could’ve just been from any country and just wildly drunk. “Yeeer accent is schtupid, all you stupids talka like dummy headsh! Haha you shound funny!”
Load More Replies...When we met up and he insisted within the hour we go to his house, then raised up his pant leg to show me his ankle monitor.
When he said "wow you even walk like a guy!" As soon as he got out of my car. Whatever that means. He then proceeded to be racist, sexist, and homophobic during this "date", which was more of a monologue from his part, and even implied I'm fat and that he had no interest in me before trying to kiss me.
Sounds like my male sibling. A real racist homophobic POS💩 now married to a former s*x worker.
It was more of a weirdness overload that morphed into one giant red flag: He said our future kids (wtf?!) were probably going to need glasses, since we both wore them. He told me that he knew some really great tricks for mummification, because he'd read up about the subject. Asked me if I'd ever thought about it. He said his mum was his best friend...and I could kinda see why.
This just sounds like undiagnosed autism. No brain to mouth filter. Sharing special interests in an attempt to strike up a conversation. Not having many friends because you're just too weird for the average masses but not "disabled enough" for people to treat you friendly for the brownie points.
Mother's are Evil! Especially if they birthed sons. It's an obsession they have developed where the Sun shines out of their son's a*s. Psycho b*****s have ruined many guys.
I thought the kids thing might have been a bit of a joke but when this got to the mummification, it really creeped me out.
When he didn't let me look at the menu, ordered for me (a water and a kids chicken tender meal - I'm 24), ate half my meal, and was talking so much about himself he spit pieces of chicken on me.
Girl, you owe it to yourself to speak up and be assertive. I would have walked right out. Kids meal means he's broke.
He shouted at a kid on the table right next to ours. The blind rage I felt right that moment helped me leave the table after saying my piece, without looking back.
At the end of the date she told me that she wanted to be f****d by her dog so bad but the dog wasn't interested.
I THINK she was trying to say she wanted sex very, very, very, very, very badly without trying to say she was in love? Run.
He said, "you're not pretty enough for me, but maybe you're freaky to make up for it."
"Well, I may not be pretty, but I am pretty sure you're insane if you think you're getting laid tonight."
Geez some of these creepy people I halfway feel bad for. Like, they might be legit mentally challenged. Why else would you say something like that? On a first date?? What were they thinking???
They think they're God's gift to the world, apparently.. lol
Load More Replies...She brought her ex-boyfriend to see if he approved. After he said that, they asked for a three-way.
Her ex boyfriend said that and she was silent? This is a bit confusing.
was once in a planetarium of all places and this skeevy older swinger couple tried to pick me up. wife was sitting next to me flipping through pics on her phone to show her husband next to her, phone well within my view, loudly saying things like "oops, probably shouldn't be looking at _that one_ in public" (i looked, there were boobs), and "i wonder if any of these university boys is up for some fun". took me totally by surprise, and totally grossed me out.
Load More Replies...He read me poetry he wrote about his ex and showed me his Viagra stash.
I see whatcha did there..lolololololol *buh-dum SHH* (crappy attempt at comedy drums)
Load More Replies...I was the bad date: Got super drunk before I got there, talked A LOT about my cat. Invited him in, basically talked him into it. I really wasn't planning on bringing him, get undressed and I'm wearing cat underwear which I know added to my crazy cat lady allure because he commented on them. After finishing some lousy sex he goes to get dressed and finds my cat sitting next to his cat pee soaked clothes.
Hard. It to laugh at this one… yes, downvoted by feline
Load More Replies...At least this person was honest and self-aware, even if it was after the fact....lololololol for once I'm sensing some accountability
He had been negging me for a few minutes after I finally agreed to stay for another drink. It was as of he thought since I agreed to another drink I was sold. Then the insult/compliments started to fly. He left to go get us a drink, while I sat there asking myself why I felt insulted. It took a food 5 minutes before it became clear as crystal and I walked out. Thank God the bar was super crowded. He was probably still in line by the time I caught my ride home. No thanks Wallstreet bro. Your money can't buy you manners.
Negging; purporsly trying to damage someone’s self-esteem in an effort to manipulate them. It’s no one specific insult, per se.
Load More Replies...She pulled out her Ipad and starts trying to sell me insurance.
*ahem* we've been trying to reach you regarding your car's extended warranty.
He left me at the restaurant with the bill when I was in the bathroom... Last blind date I went on.
My mum set me up with a "nice boy". I found out 30 minutes into the date he was not long out of prison for armed robbery, assault with a dangerous weapon and house breaking...turns out she didn't know him that well at all.
Rule number one when it comes to dating : your parents are always wrong.
She brought her 3 kids with her to a date, where she specifically requested Denny's. Asked if it was ok if they eat with us, i said "sure, as long as I'm not paying", then began to berate me in that polite-rudeness about how there's no more real men in the world.
soooo she wanted to be financially rescued by a "real man"? Is that the red flag here?
She shouldn't have brought her kids with her without his knowledge in the first place, let alone expect him to pay for their food.
Load More Replies...Oh, boy. There’s that “Real men” thing that gets thrown out there by entitled women when a man doesn’t just roll over and give them what they want no matter what.
Who TF brings kids to a date except entitled b*****s who plan on making you pay for the kids who haven't eaten in two days because Mama has been ho-ing.
It was a blind date. She brought her boyfriend. When I said absolutely the f**k not, she said “It’s ok, he’s cool with it.”
He’s invited his friends and wouldn't speak to me but stared at me intensely the whole time. His friends were nice enough but I was so weirded out.
If you're too shy to go on a date without your friends helping you, then you aren't ready to be dating..simple as that!
I met a girl at work who decided to invite me over to her house to hang out. Everything was cool until I went to the bathroom. The bathroom was an absolute wreck, hadn't been cleaned in maybe years, there was scum and hair everywhere. I could have dealt with all that but when I raised the lid to take a piss I saw a turd floating in some water and pee with a piece of toilet paper over it. She had just been in there a bit before myself. I flushed, peed and then called it a night.
weird girl i was chatting with and rapidly realizing wasn't going to be someone i wanted to get to know better kept insisting on sending me pics. Not sexy pics, just like pics of her standing in different places. One was in the bathroom, her sitting on the edge of the tub (clothed), and i could see the floor behind the toilet and it was filthy. like not just dirt on it, it looked like a pile of dirt behind the toilet. Hoping it was a pile of dirt.
What in the actual f**k...........if it's brown flush it down, dude. Lol
He boasted about driving drunk and crashing his car.
I was having an intimate dinner with a friend from school and we were deep in conversation about feminism and gender stereotypes. Mid conversation, he said "I want to date a feminist just to gauge how different it is from other women" Shortly after, I downed my wine and met the nearest exit.
He literally said something sexist and gender stereotypical in the middle of a conversation about feminism and gender stereotypes....clearly didn't see what was wrong with that which is part of the problem lol
Had one date where the girl kept talking about her ex who apparently came out while they were dating, and she said something to the effect of "I should have seen it coming, he works at Express. Only gay guys like Express" Meanwhile, I'm across the table wearing mostly Express clothes.
I picked her up and she said, “let’s hurry up and go. My husband will be back soon. Don’t worry we’re getting divorced but he won’t want to see me on a date.”
Been there, done that - only found out after the 'date' and the deed had been done. She was a bit nuts but bloody good in bed - the fling lasted about a month which was about right.
When I went on this date with this dude, and he had 0 interests. When I tell you 0 I mean it. He didn’t watch movies, series, did not listen to music, did not watch tv, didn’t have any hobbies, did not have any siblings, any friends, any work, just university studies. He didn’t like to cook or clean or even go on walks. It was the most awkward date I have ever been with someone.
A young straight guy once looked at me when I asked if he had any interests, and said with perfect seriousness "What else is there, besides girls and TV?".
I dated a guy a bit like that. When we broke up, he said that we had no interests in common. I had LOTS of interests. He had only three interests himself... 1. Medicine (he was a doctor).2. Music, not just any music... '60s music; but not just any '60s music... only Mop Top '60s music. 3. Sports, no, just baseball; but only playing baseball, not watching it; and really not playing it, just batting. Also, he didn't like BJs.
Yeah... And? So what? Is it not the same for most normal people? Having interests or relationships would be so... weird!
What a weird question... Are you? Because this guy seems totally normal.
Load More Replies...When he said, "I firmly believe that a woman's vagina is never the same again after childbirth, and you can't change my mind." And I'm a mom.
Saying that on the first date guarantees all future dates will be first dates. Never a second in sight.
Vaginas shouldn't be discussed on a first date, no matter what the opinion!
I dunno. I’ve been with a woman who had given birth. Felt damn good 😂 Is he trying to say childbirth makes it inferior to what it was before?
I love me some mommy vagina. it is best! and better than most non mom vaginas, thank you.
Is different by default bad? Just wondering, no matter if he was true or not, his sentence doesn’t make sense to begin with.
It's only bad if you happen to be a guy with some sort of virgin complex.
Load More Replies...HE said “I firmly believe” this about OP’s vagina. Even if he were a gynecologist (doubt he was) that’s super weird first date convo
Load More Replies...
When he took my hand and stroked it whilst calling me his "little strawberry."
I told her I had been in the military. She told me she had been engaged to 3 different guys in the military.
Had a great time at dinner, and went for a walk through a park afterwards. We're walking along and talking and she mentions to me that she is still "technically" engaged to a guy, but she was only marrying him because he had gotten her pregnant. But she had a miscarriage a few days ago (had not told him yet), and now that there was no baby and she had met me she was going to tell him and break up with him.
What do you call a woman who does not tell her fiancé that their child just die so he forces himself to stay with her until she dumps him for the guy she had been cheating on him with while eventually disclosing his child's death without funerals ? Oh, right... the filthiest b***h ever.
Another date I went to was this guy who wouldn't let me walk peacefully in the park. I was walking one time and he shouted at me "STOP" I freaked out when he slowly went down to the ground with his face almost touching the ground and apologized to the ants because we were interrupting the ants and I was about to step in their way.
lol, i nearly did something like this on my first date ever. in high school, my friends had this running gag that the traffic construction warning things with the blinking lights on them were aliens secretly monitoring us, so if we ever saw one fallen over, we would run over and put it on its "feet" again, so as to ingratiate ourselves with the future alien overlords. Well, i'm walking this girl home after having a really nice talk and walk around, when i see a traffic alien laying on the ground. my feet started running towards it before my brain knew about it. Luckily, she laughed it off.
We went for a 1 hour walk and during that time he let me say about a total of 10 words and spent the rest of the time talking to me about his money or answering his own questions.
Blind date. Fine minutes in she says she may or may not have chlamydia. It gets worse. Our third wheel who set us up gets trashed and starts crying about how he liked her.
Bro, calm down...her and her possible chlamydia are all yours...
I suggested a Tinder date meet me at the Hirshhorn museum in DC. He showed up, said "I hate art" and then touched every single piece of it until a guard saw.
It's the "I hate art" part. Why show up for a date at an art museum if you hate art? Otherwise, I could forgive the touching the art at the Hirschorn if it were born out of fascination that exceeded self-censorship (The Hirschorn is often largely sculptures.), but if he "hates" art, the touching instead comes from disrespectful. That's a HUGE red flag.
She was on her phone 60% of the date. Met with her for drinks. Following a greeting/smile/hug, her head went back down to her phone. Asked if she wanted to grab something from the bar, and didn't lift her head when she told me what she wanted, nor did she come to the bar with me. Okay. Sh*tty. Whatever. I was definitely in a state of mind at the time that I just wanted to try things out, gain experience, roll with the punches. The other 40% of the time was basically her talking about herself. That I can bear with. Not great, but bearable. It happens. That's part of the idea, get to know the other person. But most of that was about her sh*tty ex and how terrible their break up was. Sadly no back and fourth or basic conversation edicate. Definitely got out of there politely and soon, never looked back.
Matched with a guy on Tinder in 2014 while I was in grad school and new to the city I was living in. He seemed cool enough and lived in a small town about 45 minutes outside my city. He offered to take me out for dinner, and I agreed and said I would meet him at dinner (in regard to my own safety). He insisted on picking me up and showed up with a liter of Fireball and sat down on my couch and started pouring shots of it for me and my roommate. He seemed like a genuinely nice guy, just oddly misguided in that I was not interested in binge drinking Fireball before dinner. He ended up drinking nearly all of it and tried to hook up with me. When I rejected him he wanted to drive home despite being completely wasted. I forced him to sleep on my couch and locked the door to my room. We never spoke again, but he did try to add me on Snapchat about 4 years later.
That time when I walked into the restaurant where I was meeting that “Dr.” I met online, and he was there wearing a white lab coat… to dinner… our first (and last) date.
When I was a med-student, sometime I would see 1st year med students walking arount the mall on the weekends while wearing their lab coats. I mean, I know a person can be proud of entering med school but damn.
Maybe it’s just a costume? A front if you ask me, drs would leave their lab coats at work
He took me on a surprise date... to watch him skateboard. Watched him eat sh*t for 2 hours, then he pouted dropping me off because he didn't "nail the move."
Avril Lavigne? Is that you? In fairness, he couldn't've been worse than that guy from Nickelback.
Load More Replies...The "eat s**t" part is not... like... literal, right? I'm not a native english speaker.
Not literal. It means falling/hitting the ground typically, in a super hard way. Jump off of something and don't land on your feet and you've eaten s**t
Load More Replies...He said he didn’t like hair in a bun or choker necklaces. I happened to have my hair in a bun and was wearing a choker at the time.
He drank 11 Sierra Mists and 2 beers in one hour.
Maybe, he's really nervous? Idk. It seems weird.
Load More Replies...Must have had cups filled with ice in order to down that many sierra mists lol
It started out with her inviting several family members shortly after we were seated for dinner. They were young like us and nice, so I went with it. But they quickly got WASTED and she went on a rant about how there are no good women anymore and they sort of boxed me out of the conversation. We hadn’t even ordered our food yet. It was so awkward I excused myself to the bathroom and walked out the back door. She didn’t notice for a while I guess but then she blew me up and started freaking out. I’m super glad I left. About a year ago I saw her and her wife and child. She seems like a great person, but I feel like I dodged a bullet.
When he told me he had been married and divorced, a sniper, and a trucking company owner. Not a single thing was true, which was good? Bad? I ran.
Her boyfriend that I knew nothing about showed up.
In high school, went on a date with a girl I met through a friend. We had been texting a while and seemed to really hit it off. She brought a (girl) friend because we’d been talking, but I’m still a relatively unknown guy, I get it. Guy crashes the date, chatting casually with everyone, and offhandedly refers to the girl I’m there to see as his girlfriend. I was too awkward, shocked, and hurt to say anything, and left soon after. We texted later and when I asked about it, she said, “He probably just said good friend.” That quote has stuck with me. Maybe something else was going on and it was someone she had tried to get rid of, and my autistic a*s missed some cues, but at the time, it felt like a really bad cover.
Nope. If she wanted to make that correction, she would've made it in the moment.
If it's to the point where you aren't sure if she/he was gaslighting you or you were gaslighting yourself....run, just in case.
Maybe she was trying to fix you up with her female friend. In any case, it's a bad scene.
He kept excusing himself to the bathroom the entire night which I thought maybe he just had a small bladder or nerves. Then later on in the evening he offered me a baggie of cocaine. I was out of there pretty fast.
Showed me his giant back tattoo of a demonic jack in the box while in a bookstore, a date location he picked and I foolishly thought we might have interesting discussion on reading. Turns out, he rarely read and it was just the only place in my city he was familiar with.
Sounds like a cool tattoo but if the book shop has a nice café then I don't really see the problem in him not wanting to talk about books on a date taking place in a bookshop.
You're conveniently ignoring that he unprompted took his shirt off in the middle of a book store.
Load More Replies...So, you made n assumption and didn't like it when you were wrong?
10 minutes in and he was checking out the two women at the table next to us. Like hard-core staring around the booth-wall until they looked at him uncomfortably.
Gross. Keep your eyes on your own date. I've been on the receiving end of this. Half the time the dude was married.
She called me by her dad's name... Twice.
He took my sandals off in a public restaurant and sniffed them under the table. I went to the bathroom and waited for a chance to leave.
i mean, there are women who would totally be into that, but you need to find out beforehand.
He has a confrontation/exhibitionism fetish. The sandal thing was an avenue. Fetish/kinks are cool, with consent in an appropriate environment. This dude was just an a*****e creep.
When she asked if we could stop at her mom's house first so she could "grab something." After 10 minutes of waiting in the car she came running out of the door carrying a baby and a woman was chasing her screaming. She jumped in the car and started yelling, "Drive drive drive!"
so, a kidnapping getaway driver? nice. Hope you waited for clarification before driving.
OP commented that it was her baby but she had lost custody to her mom because she was an addict. He refused to drive and the cops showed up and thankfully believed him, but he ended up on the police station for interrogation.
Load More Replies...When his parents and grandparents also showed up, acting like we were getting married.
When he told me he was drinking across town in another bar doing shots and would be where I was ASAP... He was driving himself.
He showed up drunk for a walk in the park. He went behind a bush mid-walk to pee… Then tried to hold my hand.
She wanted me to join her MLM. Said the only way she could get platinum is if she marries someone who is in the MLM and they combine their sales.
Just say no to MLM’s. I have unfriended people on Facebook because of it.
You must have a macro set up for this comment!🤣
Load More Replies...He invited me to smoke a joint with him at his house. Turned out he lived with him mom (that’s okay) so we smoked in the garage with giant cockroaches running around (that’s not okay).
While drinking my coffee she explained how she communicated with the “spirits of the deceased”. It wasn’t a joke or an ice-breaker.
Even if if she could actually do that, why would someone want spirits in their life/house??
He lived with his "ex."
My favorite is when they live with their wife and kids but tell you they're "separated". It's usually news to the wife.
I got caught by a guy like this. They'd just moved and were "only living together for financial reasons until we can find our own places." She was f*****g someone else, so it seemed legit. Spoiler Alert: it was not. SHE was "poly,' but he wasn't allowed to do the same. So he used me to make her jealous and break things off with the other guy, spun me all sorts of stories about how he was afraid of her because he mental health was rocky and she was abusive. He deliberately and knowingly exploited my own history of abuse and mental illness to cover his ass and explain away the inconsistencies in his story. F**k you Dan. I hope you die alone.
Wow,what a piece of s**t...I feel for you, love. You deserve so much better than that shady ass s**t!!! Nobody should be used for the benefit of someone else. Completely f****d up. Hope you are doing well these days, honey!! 💞
Load More Replies...When she took 30 minutes to get to my car from her house then fell asleep almost immediately upon sitting down.
You need to explain... Was she drunk? Having a medical emergency? Exhausted? Narcoleptic?
I went on a date w a guy that ended up telling me the wrong time things closed and I got my car locked in a parking lot until the next morning. That's when he got really weird. He kept trying to get me in his car to go home w him to bring me back the next morning. It felt like he did it on purpose. The place was on a harbor in Maine.There was nothing opened it was getting very quiet. This was mid 90s no cell phone. A few guys walked by and could hear me upset so they told me they'd help me out. They were w green peace and they were docked for the night. I got to stay on an old huge navy ship w the best group of guys ever. They were older except for one was my age. He was the sweetest. We're still friends to this day. They were my guardian angels that night.
For a woman a bad date is he tried to kidnap/drug/rape/kill me, for a guy a bad date is she talked about the future to fast and she didn't look like her picture.
Load More Replies...I've shared this one before, but short version for those who haven't read it before: went on a date with a guy who at some point tells me his kids are still bearing a grudge against him. Because when he left out some important papers and the puppy chewed them, he took the puppy out back and beat it to death with a metal pipe. I literally froze in horror. Kept trying to slink off but he followed me everywhere I went, trying to make out with me (in the bar). I did eventually escape and RAN several blocks back to my car. Still makes me shudder just thinking about it.
Wasn't a date really but I frequented a comic book chatroom for a while and most of got along and were good friends. Well the new spidey game for ps4 comes out and I really wanna play but I don't have a ps4 nor the money for one at the time. Turns out one of the guys lives only about and hour and a half away and invites me to play. He shows me videos of him and his family he lives with and even says I can bring my brother if I feel unsafe. So we go to private chat to make arrangements and turns out this guy has a fart fetish. He asks me after making our plans that if we were, hypothetically, playing and I felt "gassy," would I hold it in or just "let loose." Needless to say I did not go hang out with him, that just weirded me out way too much.
Was having a really nice date with a woman, good conversation, everything looked positive, then over dessert she started talking about how the government covered up what really happened on Sept 11th, jet fuel not melting steel, "buildings just don't fall that way", all of that stuff. i kept thinking "everything else is so great! is it possible to be great and as smart as she seems and still think that? can i deal with this?" nope. that one really bummed me out.
My best bad date story. I was working at a gas station and this guy came in and bought alcohol. Didn't realize he was already drunk until he started asking for my number. I didn't give him mine, but let him write his down on a post it. Made the mistake of texting him and he kept trying to convince me to go to his place after work(I didn't). A few days later he comes to my work and asks to hang out for a bit. Proceeds to tell me all about the custody battle over a toddler with his crazy ex wife. And this was before even asking me on a proper date.
Had a 1st and only date years ago that after a movie we were going back to "his house" which turned out to be his parents house. Awkward when the father stays in the room with us. Even more awkward when the date goes to the kitchen and the father puts his hand on my thigh. So glad I have my husband...never a bad date.
I've read a lot of these where I thought the person posting was very judgmental. NOT THIS ONE! Almost all of them were, "GET ME OUT OF HERE, NOW!" material. Except a couple that I noted. And THAT'S only because as a guy, crazy isn't as threatening. (OK, I don't know if Anne Bonnie SHOULD scare me.)
I agree, SOME are just judgmental; but I'm glad you understand that a lot of these situations can be very scary for women.
Load More Replies...Had a guy pick me up for a coffee date right after it got dark. On the way, i see one of the planets that were visible at the time and pointed it out to my date. Then he says, yeah i have a planet fly over my house every morning. Confused by the wording, im like, so you can SEE a planet? Or maybe its, like, the space station? Cuz that goes across the sky fairly quickly... He says, no, its a planet. Its red and has a tail. I ask, So... a comet maybe?? (none were visible at the time, among other things) Nope, he assures me its a planet, with a tail, and it flies close enough that he could throw a beer bottle at it and hit it. While im still trying to process the level of stupidity vs probable drug usage, he launches into several wild conspiracy theories (military dropping nanobots that are waiting for a code word to kill us). Never even made it to the cafe before that was a nope.
I had a date where the guy forced me to watch Rocky 3. I hadn't seen the 1st 2. It's funny now but wow do I dislike dating in general.
I went on a date w a guy that ended up telling me the wrong time things closed and I got my car locked in a parking lot until the next morning. That's when he got really weird. He kept trying to get me in his car to go home w him to bring me back the next morning. It felt like he did it on purpose. The place was on a harbor in Maine.There was nothing opened it was getting very quiet. This was mid 90s no cell phone. A few guys walked by and could hear me upset so they told me they'd help me out. They were w green peace and they were docked for the night. I got to stay on an old huge navy ship w the best group of guys ever. They were older except for one was my age. He was the sweetest. We're still friends to this day. They were my guardian angels that night.
For a woman a bad date is he tried to kidnap/drug/rape/kill me, for a guy a bad date is she talked about the future to fast and she didn't look like her picture.
Load More Replies...I've shared this one before, but short version for those who haven't read it before: went on a date with a guy who at some point tells me his kids are still bearing a grudge against him. Because when he left out some important papers and the puppy chewed them, he took the puppy out back and beat it to death with a metal pipe. I literally froze in horror. Kept trying to slink off but he followed me everywhere I went, trying to make out with me (in the bar). I did eventually escape and RAN several blocks back to my car. Still makes me shudder just thinking about it.
Wasn't a date really but I frequented a comic book chatroom for a while and most of got along and were good friends. Well the new spidey game for ps4 comes out and I really wanna play but I don't have a ps4 nor the money for one at the time. Turns out one of the guys lives only about and hour and a half away and invites me to play. He shows me videos of him and his family he lives with and even says I can bring my brother if I feel unsafe. So we go to private chat to make arrangements and turns out this guy has a fart fetish. He asks me after making our plans that if we were, hypothetically, playing and I felt "gassy," would I hold it in or just "let loose." Needless to say I did not go hang out with him, that just weirded me out way too much.
Was having a really nice date with a woman, good conversation, everything looked positive, then over dessert she started talking about how the government covered up what really happened on Sept 11th, jet fuel not melting steel, "buildings just don't fall that way", all of that stuff. i kept thinking "everything else is so great! is it possible to be great and as smart as she seems and still think that? can i deal with this?" nope. that one really bummed me out.
My best bad date story. I was working at a gas station and this guy came in and bought alcohol. Didn't realize he was already drunk until he started asking for my number. I didn't give him mine, but let him write his down on a post it. Made the mistake of texting him and he kept trying to convince me to go to his place after work(I didn't). A few days later he comes to my work and asks to hang out for a bit. Proceeds to tell me all about the custody battle over a toddler with his crazy ex wife. And this was before even asking me on a proper date.
Had a 1st and only date years ago that after a movie we were going back to "his house" which turned out to be his parents house. Awkward when the father stays in the room with us. Even more awkward when the date goes to the kitchen and the father puts his hand on my thigh. So glad I have my husband...never a bad date.
I've read a lot of these where I thought the person posting was very judgmental. NOT THIS ONE! Almost all of them were, "GET ME OUT OF HERE, NOW!" material. Except a couple that I noted. And THAT'S only because as a guy, crazy isn't as threatening. (OK, I don't know if Anne Bonnie SHOULD scare me.)
I agree, SOME are just judgmental; but I'm glad you understand that a lot of these situations can be very scary for women.
Load More Replies...Had a guy pick me up for a coffee date right after it got dark. On the way, i see one of the planets that were visible at the time and pointed it out to my date. Then he says, yeah i have a planet fly over my house every morning. Confused by the wording, im like, so you can SEE a planet? Or maybe its, like, the space station? Cuz that goes across the sky fairly quickly... He says, no, its a planet. Its red and has a tail. I ask, So... a comet maybe?? (none were visible at the time, among other things) Nope, he assures me its a planet, with a tail, and it flies close enough that he could throw a beer bottle at it and hit it. While im still trying to process the level of stupidity vs probable drug usage, he launches into several wild conspiracy theories (military dropping nanobots that are waiting for a code word to kill us). Never even made it to the cafe before that was a nope.
I had a date where the guy forced me to watch Rocky 3. I hadn't seen the 1st 2. It's funny now but wow do I dislike dating in general.
