Dating is an interesting journey. The process of getting to know someone or meeting them for the first time brings butterflies. Most people dream about a perfect, fairytale-like date, but that’s not always the case these days.
Imagine yourself preparing well, taking a shower, putting on the best smile, dressing well, etc. But your date became a total disaster. It would be very frustrating, right?
These people from the Reddit Community shared their “worst” first dates that they wished they saw coming. Check these out!
1. Might Be A Twin
Met a girl at a friend’s party. We were both in our mid-20s. Ended up spending three hours talking, and she was so funny, charming, gorgeous, and carefree. I asked her out and got a wonderful “I would love to!” from her.
I showed up about four days later at the restaurant she picked, one within walking distance of her place.
She arrived about five minutes later.
Me: Nice place. Since it’s so close, do you eat here often?
Her: [scowls] You know, you ask too many f****** questions.
I was floored. Everything continued downhill from there. Within about 20 minutes, she just got up and left. I felt as if she had failed to tell me the other night that she had an evil twin, and that’s who showed up this evening.
Later, when I ran into my buddy, I asked what the heck was up.
“Oh yeah,” he said, “she’s a piece of work until she gets a few drinks in her.
Then she’s adorable.”
Thanks. Thanks a lot, buddy.
Ragnarok62
2. Turning Of Events
Went to dinner with a girl whom I'd been crushing on for quite some time. It seemed to be going well, and we ended up back at her place, watching a movie or something.
Out of nowhere, her boyfriend (of whom I was not aware) came back from out of town and stopped in unexpectedly. He and I had a super awkward conversation for a few minutes, and then the two of them disappeared into another room for a minute or two.
She came back and said something to the effect of "I don't have a place for you. I'm sorry."
I just kind of got in my car and drove home with one of the strangest feelings that I'd ever felt. At some point, a few minutes into the journey, I couldn't contain myself and busted out laughing.
Richard_Thickens
3. Unhealthy Habit
Really nice guy. We hit it off.
Talked on the phone for hours, had similar values, and decided to meet for dinner at a pretty nice Italian place. He’s pretty massively overweight (400+). I am fat, too (mid-200s), so I didn’t really care.
He also tells me at some point during our phone calls that he’s a diabetic, which I’m leery of for my late 20s, but we were getting along so well I thought it could be something I could be okay with.
We sit down to dinner, where he proceeds to order 3 cans of coke for himself and the largest plate of food with extra sides. This was shocking to me because I’m actually really healthy for my weight, and it can be mostly attributed to childhood poverty and autoimmune disease.
Like I’m fat, but I’m trying my best to be healthy.
I have perfect blood work, go to the doctor regularly, work out a couple times a week, cook most of my meals at home from fresh ingredients, etc. My concerns with him stemmed from the lack of care for himself and the possibility of needing to care for him long-term if I continued to see him.
I wanted a partner, not someone who wasn’t making the changes after such a serious diagnosis as Type 2 diabetes.
I told him after that I wasn’t feeling a connection and honestly felt like I was betraying the fat community by rejecting him (my therapist heard a bunch about this), but I wasn’t attracted to his lack of care for himself.
Periwinklemadness
4. Dodged A Bullet
Nothing obvious or overt, but from the minute we sat down to eat, the hair on the back of my neck stood up, and I felt unsafe. He was polite, listened, and very polished, but could not shake that feeling.
I drove to the restaurant to meet, so he did not know where I lived. After dinner, he asked for another date, and I just said no, I don’t think we are a good match. Gave him money to pay for my half and said goodbye. When I got to the door, I turned around, and he was staring at me with an expression I never hope to see again.
I ran to my car, moved it to another spot, and waited until he left before I left so he could not follow. The restaurant was on an isolated road, so that was safer than having him catch up to me.
Found out that about a year later, he was sent to prison for the assault and taking advantage of 2 different women.
It happened on the first date. Never used a dating site again.
Holiday_Horse3100
5. Fast-pacing Guy
It was my first date. I was 17, working as an office assistant's helper. The guy (20) also worked there. I don't remember what his job title was.
He asked me to go to the drive-in movies. He came to the house and met my mom. Did the whole song and dance to her about taking good care of me, get me home on time, bla bla bla, all that crap. I was still nervous though, so I arranged with 2 friends to go to the same movie in their car. My date didn't know.
They parked 3 cars down from us. After we parked, the guy told me to relax; he just wanted company for the movie, and he respected me. So I'm thinking, cool. The movie started. I don't think the opening credits had finished, and he was all over me. It was like he grew 4 extra arms in seconds! I push him off me and say WTF!?
He apologized and said he was sorry. He thought I'd like it, and he couldn't help himself because I was so cute (whatever). I told him I didn't like it and to keep his hands to himself. I get maybe 2 drinks of my soda down, and he tries again. Now I'm pissed! I get out of the car, throw my drink at him, and walk off.
I go to my friend's car and get in. The guy didn't see where I went because he was dealing with dripping soda on him and his car. My friends and I left.
The following Monday at work was awkward, and he avoided me like the plague.
This is why, to this day, I've never again dated anyone I've worked with.
OriansSun
6. Poor Guy
So many stories but I’ll say the one where the guy was kind and polite but wanted to move way too fast (not sex).
Grabbed my chin and tried to turn my head for a kiss while we were watching a movie (Surrogates, with Bruce Willis, if you’re wondering). He didn’t try again after I pulled away, though.
Also mentioned he should get to know the state where I grew up and my family lived since he’d be meeting them soon.
He had also catfished with a pic of his older brother, which was sad to me since he was really cute himself.
He insisted on walking me to my car (I had parked near the attendant in a garage, glad I made that decision), and while I was getting in, he asked if he could tell his mom he had a girlfriend (we were both in our early 20s).
Poor guy.
Since he was just over-enthusiastic and not an outright creep or jerk, I did email him telling him why there wouldn’t be a second date, saying he came on too strong, but wished him well.
I hope he found someone.
I also kind of wondered if there was a cultural thing I wasn’t aware of (he was Indian), but I can’t say either way.
Wikeni
7. Kind Of Scammer
While we were having lunch, we ran into a friend of hers I didn't know, and he stopped to say hi. Their brief conversation somehow brought up that she owed the guy a meal because he'd paid for their last lunch together. She offered to pay for his lunch to square it away, and he agreed.
He ordered something to go, and they told the waitress she'd pay for it. They both said their goodbyes, and the guy left us alone to wait for his lunch at another table.
So far, so good. Though their conversation was a bit strange, it did seem like it came up organically; it didn't needlessly drag on, and the guy was nice at all times and also polite enough to make himself scarce as soon as possible instead of inserting himself into our lunch date with the excuse that he was waiting for his food.
So we continued our conversation, and everything seemed fine until sometime later after the friend had already left. It was time to settle our check. I realized this girl obviously expected me to pay for the whole thing, including the lunch she offered to pay for her friend as a way to pay him back for the favor he did her.
Now, even if the friend hadn't ordered a pretty pricey meal that cost more than the rest of our check put together (and he had done exactly that), it didn't sit well with me how she had shamelessly decided to pay him back with my money in what seemed like a deliberate scam.
So I paid for the whole thing to avoid making a scene, but later brought it up and told her it wasn't cool. She made it clear that she saw nothing wrong with it and said I was being cheap and childish, so I thanked her for her honesty and told her we were done and I wouldn't be calling her again.
She tried to argue that I was overreacting. Still, I held firm and blocked her a couple of days later because she insisted on texting me to convince me that I was wrong and that we should go out again.
Some people really live in an alternate dimension.
Ough_Stretch
8. Girl Crush
My very first date was when I was super young. I don’t even know why she said yes, but I had a crush on this girl for the longest time, and everyone knew.
Well, we picked a date and time, and the plan was to hit up the local pizza place and then watch a movie. I wish I remembered the movie because it would remind me exactly when this was, but I digress. So my lanky, stinky middle school self gets all dolled up and ready.
My mom drove me to her place, and I awkwardly waited around for her to get ready. It’s then revealed to me that she’s bringing a friend. We get into the car and make our way to the movies, and the entire trip is super silent and awkward. My mom was the one trying to make small talk with everyone, and it was certainly not helping.
She dropped us off at the pizza place, which was directly across the street from the theater. I ordered 2 pizzas. 2 large pizzas. Idk how much these ladies can eat, ok? My brain hadn’t (and feels like it still hasn’t) developed, alright…
So we got these 2 large pizzas, and I was sitting across from 2 girls who were also very nervous and not the most social people. You’d think the 3rd person would make it easier to have a conversation, but absolutely not for many teenagers.
They each have 1 slice of pizza, and I tried to make up for the difference and ate like 4. We had to throw out some slices, and I wound up giving a whole pizza to these random people in the restaurant on our way out. IDK what I would have done with a whole ass pizza before going into a movie theater.
We went and watched the movie and still hadn’t really spoken a whole lot at this point. When we got out, we waited around for my mom to pick us up.
SO WHAT DOES THE TEENAGE BRAIN THINK IS THE NATURAL NEXT STEP OF OUR DATE???
The kiss, of course!!!
I hadn’t asked my dad about this specific situation, but the conversation had come up a while before. I don’t remember how it came up, but basically, I remembered my dad saying I should ask if I could kiss a girl before doing it…
So, back to our date… we were waiting around, and I had to find a way to make my move where it’s just the two of us. At least I had the foresight to not do this in public.
Anyway, we walked over to the town’s covered bridge, and I asked her if she was enjoying herself. She said yes (of course), and I leaned in and asked if I could kiss her. She was obviously super nervous, and she just went,
“No, thank you.”
So, I had to reverse the lean-in technique to make it look like I was just trying to reposition myself. I said ok, and we made our way back to the parking lot of the movie theater. The car ride home was exactly as awkward and silent as the ride there.
We still acknowledged each other’s existence at school, but whatever I thought I had for her in my lil emo heart was completely replaced with, ‘Well damn, son, I think I’ll hold off on the dating thing for the rest of my life.’
It’d be funny to hear her perspective now that we’re older, but I left the whole thing thinking that dates weren’t really my thing. It wasn’t until I was 17 when a girl was into me and made it obvious that I even thought about being in a relationship.
That one lasted 5 years, so I don’t even know what the moral of my story is. Just laugh at my suffering, please.
NfernityExpert
9. Shoulder Twitch
I went on a date with a man who I'd previously met on a night out. He seemed nice so I was looking forward to the evening. We went for a meal first, and as we were talking, I kept noticing he kept doing this weird shoulder twitch.
I don't know if he was even aware he was doing it, but it quickly started to be annoying as I couldn't keep my eyes off his shoulder. He then started telling me a story of how he used to be in the army and his wife, who was also in the army, had been murdered.
They had a child together, and he had brought her up on his own. This was a horrific story, and I sat in stunned silence as I just didn't know what to say other than I was sorry that had happened.
After the meal, we went to have a drink in a pub across from the restaurant.
He immediately picked out a bloke in a red top. He started saying he shouldn't be around here because it wasn't his territory. He then pulled a knuckle duster out of his pocket and put it on his hand, all while staring at this bloke who was just having fun with his friends and hadn't once looked over.
The red flags were smacking me in the face, so I made excuses and left.
I only dared tell him by text that I didn't want another date.
Born_Contest_4631
10. Total Bummer
Back in college, a guy, my jerk sister’s rat fink boyfriend, set me up and took me to the public library. I’m a good sport who likes to read, so that wasn’t a deal breaker.
What was the worst was fighting him off when he tried to get a grope in the YA section, listening to him brag about frisbee golf, and then making me WALK a mile from said library for Chinese.
He ordered $60 worth of food I didn’t want and had the gall to pretend to search for his wallet when he had a square wallet-shaped lump in the back pocket of his jeans. After admitting he wouldn’t pay for the food he ordered, he talked about all the “activities” we could do together in his dorm room.
I didn’t say anything.
I just paid for the food and let him walk me to his dorm. When we arrived, I said goodnight and left with the entire Santa sack of food. Had a good cry on the walk home once I was out of earshot of his swearing.
My sister and her boyfriend chewed me out for being a witch until I showed them my fridge full of egg rolls and explained that I hoped they liked Chinese because my monthly food budget they mooched off of was spent.
In defense of the Chinese place, they made excellent orange chicken, but that was by far the worst date I’ve ever had.
I hope his frisbees melted in the sun.
Bridge-etti
11. Boring People
Within five minutes of sitting down to meet me, he decided to comment that I have “huge boobs” and mostly talked at my chest while I tried to finish my food and get the hell out of there (I really liked the food!).
Right after the date, he sent me an unsolicited pick of him naked, cupping his junk, then demanded I return the favor because he sent one.
Blocked.
Another guy and I met at a bar for food and drinks.
Eventually, it got incredibly rowdy, so we decided to talk in his car for a bit since it was still daylight. At least, that’s what I assumed since it was too hard to hear much in the bar for a while. He lunged himself across the center console almost immediately to kiss and grope me. That was a quick exit and block.
Most of the rest were just standard, with no connection or attraction in person after meeting online.
It's nothing crazy, just super boring people.
MIndLikeAMindfield
12. What A Mom
We went on a lunch date. I wanted to keep it casual and low-stakes. Just a meet and chat.
She asked me to go back to her house after lunch. It was, like, 2:30ish? I thought, "What the heck? Have a Coke, get a feel for who she is, and chat a bit more. Sure. Innocent enough."
Turns out, she wanted to enjoy conjugal relations with me. In her bedroom. With her 8-year-old kid, who had just gotten home from school, watching TV in the living room.
I declined the opportunity and left pretty abruptly. And that was that.
ShexyBaish6351
13. Weird Standard
I was forced by my mother to go on a date with a "childhood friend." It was more like it was somebody I grew up with; I didn't really talk too much but was the son of my mother's friend
My mom wanted me to try to date him because he is a doctor and a good Christian man, according to her. What you didn't tell me was his man was pretty much insane.
One of the first things he tells me is that the reason that women have period cramps is because of their boobs, and the bigger their boobs are, the more painful period cramps are. So, he wanted a girl with small boobs so that he wouldn't have to deal with her whining. I am very much a curvy woman.
I wanted to leave so soon. Luckily, I was not forced on another date with this man because he said some other weird stuff that made me question how this man was a doctor.
Lunachappell
14. Whole Different Guy
I met who I thought was a really great guy online, and after texting each other for two weeks we finally met in person. He picked me up, had an awesome time with him, and we decided to go back to his place.
This is where the fun starts.
As we’re nearing his place, there’s almost no one else on the road when all of a sudden, this other car comes out of nowhere and cuts us off. Apparently, everyone knew each other and had some kind of major beef with each other. He throws his car in park and breaks out the tire iron from his back seat. Three guys are trying to get at the guy I’m with.
Fists are flying, people are bleeding, and I still have no idea WTF is going on.
We went back to his house, and he immediately woke up his parents (???), who came out. It’s like 3 in the morning now. This is still our first “date,” so now I’m also meeting his whole family.
Cops show up.
They don’t arrest him but tell him he needs to come down to the station with his parents. There’s a discussion amongst all of them. His dad agrees that he will personally drive him to the police station after they swing through (my date) methadone clinic first as soon as it opens, and then he drops my date off at the police department and drives me home.
It was a very awkward car ride back with my date’s father, whom I just met.
A good time was had by all.
Majestic_Jazz_Hands
15. Failed To Dodge
My profile was very upfront that I am not interested in smokers or drug use (I have strong allergies to smoke, and I'm in a field where I am drug tested frequently)
Matched with a girl.
Met her. She posed/shopped all of her photos to look tall and lean, but she's no taller than 5"2 and built. No big deal. I like all types, but that put me off.
We went to a restaurant where she explained that she was late because she recently totaled her car. Find out at the end that it was a DUI because "she was a bartender," as though that's sound logic.
She tells bartender stories such as almost getting arrested for carrying a hunting knife while working, but that "it was only for resin," and how she once crashed into a fire hydrant when driving home. Tells me upfront that she lives with her "crazy" ex and that they share a bedroom.
Then, while in the middle of a restaurant, she pulls out a hunting knife and just silently sits it on the table before pulling out one of those weed pens and going to town on it. She said she hoped I made exceptions and blew a smoke ring into my face in a way she thought was sexy asf.
At the end of the date, she puts me in a headlock position to force a kiss on me. Probably the only way she could reach me. Then she walked off into the sunset after only letting me say about twelve words to her, lit cigarette in her hand.
I have not made any of this up. I stalked her on Instagram a few years ago, and she's transitioned and is in a poly group (relationship? Idk how to describe it) of two other people.
Pinkgobi
16. Red Flag
A waiter came over asking for our drink order. I said I’ll need just a moment- he responded, “DO YOU SEE WHAT I DEAL WITH,” and made hand motions at me way too aggressively for anyone, including myself, to think he was kidding.
Then, about 15 minutes later, after we’d gotten drinks, the waiter came around and asked if we needed anything. I politely declined, and my date mumbled something under his breath.
“I said I’m sorry, what?” He said, “Oh, just guy talk, something the waiter would’ve laughed at if he heard” … What the heck? Who are you trying to impress, bruh? Also, ordered food while I was in the bathroom, texting friends about an escape plan. I had never indicated a desire to stay and eat.
The whole thing was weird and off-putting, and he asked me to go camping the following weekend with him, no thx.
monte_pulciano
17. Not That Single
Had a girl who kept talking about her ex. She was still talking about the ex when dinner came out, and I finally put my hand up to say, 'That's enough.'
Told her she was a pretty girl, and I was looking forward to our date, but the point of the date was to get to know her, not her ex-bf, so we either needed to change the topic of conversation or I'd take my leave because it was becoming increasingly clear she was hungry-single, not single-single because she was still very much about her ex.
Ok-Bus1716
18. Never Saw It Coming
Not on the date, but on the Monday after.
One Friday at work, when a bunch of us were in a meeting, someone asked about weekend plans, and I mentioned I was going windsurfing on Saturday.
One of the women responded, “That sounds like fun!” so I asked if she wanted to go along, and she did, and so we did.
Had a great time - or so I thought. She was easy to talk to. We laughed, did some windsurfing, taught her a bit, etc. Great first date, I thought. Took her home, thanked her for spending the day together, and told her I really enjoyed her company. Figured I’d talk to her at work on Monday and see if she was up for another date.
So, on Monday, I got to work, settled in, and the guy I shared a cubicle with asked how the date went. “Real good”, I said. “We had a real nice time”.
And then the crap hit the fan. My date’s best friend had the cube diagonally behind mine.
She was apparently just waiting for me to say something because she came flying around the corner and yelled, “You’re an idiot! You blew it big time! Do you hear what I’m saying? YOU COMPLETELY BLEW IT!!!”
Called me a few more things and then stomped back to her cubicle. I’m stunned.
My cube-mate is looking at me like I’m some kind of offender, and I’m now feeling like dirt. I just mumbled something like, “Well, I guess that didn’t go as well as I thought,” and buried myself in my terminal.
So yeah - no second date - and 34 years later, I still have no idea what I did wrong.
OldBob10
19. Too Many Girls
This chick wanted to meet up at a bar that turned into a club for the first date. She showed up with like 5 girlfriends without any forewarning.
It was super freaking awkward, I couldn’t even get a word in with the chick. She conned me into buying a round of drinks, though. When I finished mine, I paid the bill and left without another word while she was chatting with her friends.
She texted me later asking where I went, saying she thought I was cute and she wanted to hang out. I thought she was pretty, and our two weeks of texting leading up to that made me think she would be worth dating in the long run, but no, that pissed me off.
Theproblemofevil666
20. Family Reunion
Met this Mexican girl at a local Dunkin Donuts for our first date, ordered, and sat down.
We didn't even start talking before her whole family walked in and got in line to order while looking over and giggling.
After about one minute, she got up, walked over, said something, and then all her older male family members walked over to the table and introduced themselves to me.
They weren't rude or threatening, but it was weird.
When I say whole family, I mean mother, father, 2 aunts, an uncle, both grandparents and maybe 4 little kids...
I never spoke to her again.
Rembut
21. Always Gets The Worst
A few of my favorite ones, from most recent to oldest.
"I don't really connect with animals. I don't want any pets, ever." Well, my profile has my two cats and a dog on it, so this isn't gonna work out. Not sure why she swiped right on me. Or didn't notice when she asked what I was doing, and I told her I was out walking the dog, and we do an hour-long loop of the neighborhood every day.
There was the one that had a profile of a physically fit, attractive woman my age, but the person that arrived was 15 years older and 150+ pounds heavier. I decided to stay and not say anything about it because the texting conversation went well.
But 5 minutes into the date, she hit me with a series of slurs and racist opinions, and I only waited until she was done talking because the crap she said was so unhinged and not based in reality that I needed to hear the end of the rant before I left. (The only reason I stayed to the end of the rant was so that I could share with my friends later and laugh at her. We had some good times out of quoting her and laughing at how dumb she was.)
And finally, I asked one about what she does at her job because it sounds interesting. When the date was over, I hadn't said much of anything else. But I heard about her job, how she got into her job, her friends, her college experience, her high school experience, her family, her ex, her other ex, that car accident she got in when she was a teen, her three trips to Disney World, etc.
Interestingly enough, she was upset I didn't talk more, and I thought, "When? You didn't take a single breath for 45 minutes straight. When was I supposed to squeeze in a word or two?"
There was the one where she spent more time talking about Taylor Swift than anything else and found a way to jam her into conversations where it didn't make sense. I figured she didn't want to date me. She wanted to date Taylor Swift and get out of there.
At this time, I had heard of exactly one Taylor Swift song and had basically no idea that the girl who put out Shake It Off was anything more than a one-hit-wonder.
ImNotReallyThatSmart
22. Church Guy
I met an older guy at church. He kept asking me out, and eventually, I said yes. Big Mistake. We went to dinner, and everything went well.
Then we went to see a movie. He grabbed my hand and held it. I thought that it was innocent enough. Then he moves my hand to his hard-on. I quickly pulled my hand away and moved over 2 seats.
Unfortunately, I couldn't really leave because he picked me up, and I had no way home from there. Totally ruined the movie and my night.
Never went back to that church again, either.
ZippyZoo412
23. Dodged Most Attractive Bullet
I was in my early 20s and somehow hitting way above my weight class. I was home from college for the summer and working at the Starbucks downtown that I had worked at whenever I was back home. She was a regular and worked at the hair salon across the street.
She was categorically gorgeous. A lot of guys of all ages would hit on her, and I’d watch them crash and burn. My heart had just been broken, and I decided to ask her out after some playful banter over a couple of weeks. She lived about 30 minutes south of me, and I drove to pick her up for our outing.
That’s where the mistake began. I hadn’t had much conversation of any true substance with her, but when we were in a car together for so long, she got pretty open with her opinions. This was when I learned about the hot/crazy scale. Turns out it’s 100% accurate.
Not only was she way too hot for me, she was way too crazy for me. She proceeded to go on a racist tirade about the Hispanic house cleaners and African Americans - especially Obama - and she threw in more than a few Asian tropes since we were driving for quite a bit that night.
At some point during the date, she made it abundantly clear that she did not believe in using protection, and that was a deal breaker for her.
I’ve never had so many warning bells going off all at once. It’s one of the few times where the little head didn’t win the battle. She is still, hands down to this day, the craziest person I’ve ever met who wasn’t on drugs.
In all, we probably spent about 4 hours together, at least an hour of which was in the car where she managed to spew out offensive comments in rapid-fire succession, each worse than the last. She still came into Starbucks routinely and would chat with me after, but when she realized a follow-up call wasn’t coming, the mean girl came out.
She will forever be the most attractive bullet I’ve ever dodged.
christek88
24. Crazy Weird Woman
I was at a club, and my friend mentioned that he had two girls on the way to meet up with us. They arrive, and I'm attracted to one of them because she has the face and body of a p*rnstar. She is a little rundown looking for being in her early 20s but still very pretty. 5'11 in heels, big fake boobs, lips, etc....(I was young and was just looking for a good time).
At one point, we are at the bar ordering drinks, and she takes the lollipop she’s having and sets it down on the bar. Not even on a napkin.
Disgusting behavior, I dismissed it. It's dark and crowded, and I assume she's just drunk and not in her right mind. We exchange numbers and make plans to go for food and drinks the next week. I picked her up, and we went to a nice Chinese restaurant down the street. During the meal, she excuses herself to use the restroom.
When she returns, I notice she is wearing a different shirt. Like the lollipop situation, I just dismissed it. Figured maybe she just changed because she was uncomfortable or whatever. I didn't even mention it. By now, I've gathered that this girl is off.
During the meal, she is acting a bit obnoxious, being loud and very touchy. We're both ordering booze, but I can tell she's on something. I was no angel back then, and living in LA, I was kind of wrapped up in the party scene myself, so it was easy for me to disregard her wild behavior.
She barely eats anything, so there was a lot of unfinished food that we took to go. We go back to my place and hang out on the couch, getting somewhat intimate. Then I noticed her body odor. It was a combination of poor hygiene, but I could tell that some of the odor was coming from her crotch.
I'm grossed out, so I back off but subtly. She excuses herself to use the restroom. I was living alone in a 2 bedroom apartment that had 1.5 baths. She is using the guest bathroom out in the living room where we are. About 20 minutes go by, and I'm sitting on the couch, thinking about how I'm going to get out of this mess.
She returns from the bathroom. I told her that we needed to wrap the evening up, and this immediately threw her into a rage. She starts screaming and getting somewhat physical with me. So, to diffuse the situation (I was already on the list in my building with the landlord for noise complaints), I started baby-talking her and saying, "Let's just take the party somewhere else. I'll call us a cab."
Fortunately, she calms down and agrees.
The moment we got to my building’s exit, I concocted my escape plan. We walked to the cab, I opened the door for her, and she went in. I handed the driver $20 (more than enough for the ride and tip) and told him she lived just down the street, please take her home, and I closed the door.
She goes into rage mode again, and as she is trying to exit the cab to follow me, I make a dash for the side service entrance to my building, unlock it, and I'm secure.
Crisis averted, or so I thought.
For the next 30 minutes, I could hear her outside my building screaming, almost howling at the top of her lungs, profanities, and whatnot. I went into my apartment, shut off all the lights, and literally hid in bed under the covers, just waiting for it to end. Eventually, it stops.
The next day, I got home from work, and my building manager approached me in the lobby about the girl who was screaming in front of the building the night prior. I pretended I had no idea what she was talking about.
Later that night, I felt hungry, and it hit me.
Whatever happened to the leftover Chinese food? It was a wild evening. I was in a fog myself, so I was again dismissive about the missing food and went on with life.
About a week later, I noticed a foul odor coming from the guest bathroom. It was just a powder room. I barely used it. I didn't put two and two together. It wasn't until a few days later that I went in there to investigate.
Under the sink, in the cabinet, was the leftover food. Containers, bags, everything.
All rotting.
One container was open and had the content of orange chicken dumped out that was seeping into the wood because of the glaze they used on it. Also, under the sink is a red solo cup with what was regurgitated Chinese food in it.
Turned out this girl was a bulimic Adderall junkie who had gone through some major trauma in recent years. I never found out exactly what because I didn't communicate with her again, even though she texted several times to hang out as if nothing had happened.
I saw her a couple of months later at the same club, walked past her, and thank god she was so zoned out that she didn't even recognize me.
Pigeon_puke_
25. The Show
Met some guy at a variety show I'd played. Didn't know him at all, really, but he seemed interesting. He invited me on a date to see his friend's comedy show. The whole time he was acting weirdly possessive of me, in a sort of gross flexing way like, "Hey guy friends, this is my date. Brought a pretty person who I have here to be on a date with. Check out my date."
It was as if his friends wouldn't believe him if he wasn't weirdly obvious about it. He was putting his hand on my knee and keeping it there for a weirdly long time, and putting his arm around my waist, etc... It was generally not the right vibe for the atmosphere, nor was my body language indicating that I was enjoying any of it.
Then, during intermission he literally grabbed me, pulled me around the corner, and started groping me and making out super forcefully.
I just went with it cause I was scared as heck and didn't want to cause a scene. I couldn't pay attention to anything in the second act because I was too busy processing the fact that I was just assaulted in the hallway.
After the show, we went to the bar next door with his friends, and I immediately texted a friend who I knew lived nearby. Asked her to walk up as if she ran into me by coincidence but needed me to come with her to help with something.
Can't even remember what excuse we managed to cobble together but it worked enough to politely get the fudge out of there and never see him again.
Dzzi
26. Full of Himself
I spent a few weeks talking to this guy on a dating app and texting. Eventually, we got to meet up due to work and families getting in the way.
Everything was great, we had a great connection, and it felt really genuine. We met at a coffee house and planned to maybe just take a walk around town and see where things go.
I got there, and idk what filters he used or what, but he didn’t look a lot like his profile. He wasn’t crazy off, not a catfish or anything, but he used the best of the best photos, and it was very apparent he used filters.
That’s not a deal breaker per se, so I stayed. We got coffee, sat down, and started talking.
This guy does not stop talking at all, and when I say he doesn’t stop talking, I mean he doesn’t stop bragging about himself and talking himself up. I could not get a word in. It was like he didn’t breathe.
To make things worse, the entire time he was talking, he would keep checking his phone, every once in a while, pick it up, reply to something, or open a notification, and then go back to talking.
I get being weird and having nerves, but this guy gave me all the wrong vibes. The moral of the story is to make sure you breathe and pay attention to your date.
Maybe turn your phone off haha.
MammaAllieMae
27. Who’s That Girl
She showed up wearing a leather skirt, combat boots, a mesh top, a large Sunday hat, and sunglasses at 8 pm on a Tuesday in the middle of August. This was in South Florida, so I can't imagine how she was able to breathe with that on, given we could only sit outside.
She asked me what I do for a living (the only question she asked me that night). I mentioned I was a designer, and she pointed out that she was one, too. She pulled out her phone and showed me the work she's done in a mode podge type of app and said she was trying to sell her artwork online.
She then mentioned she was also a writer working on a book.
She is hoping to use it as an instruction manual for servers in the food industry because that's her day job, and nobody has done it yet.
She continues to explain the banality of TV and how she only watches specific films that require a higher degree of insight. How Kanye West is a genius... yeah. And then commented on the people hanging out as if they were inferior.
The night progressed with her buying tacos and, after finishing, saying she needed to find her dealer. To which I replied, "I get it, priorities," and left, basically wondering who tf had I just met.
Mumblellama
28. Lies damned lies
I was 25 at the time. He looked around my age and said he was 3 years older than me. He told me he was the vice president of a famous fashion brand. He was shorter than me (I’m 5’0”) and walked with a limp, claiming he had gotten a football scholarship University of Washington but then got in a car accident and permanently injured his leg, which ended his career.
He said he was Jewish and gave me a Jewish-sounding last name. I’m sure there were other lies I’ve now forgotten 12 years later.
But the 3 truths he did tell me were his first name, his home address where he had me drop him off, and the high school he graduated from.
The same high school my cousin went to. So a few days later, I was hanging out with my cousin, and we went sleuthing in his yearbooks. We first looked in the freshman yearbook to see if he was a senior - no dice.
Then, looked in the senior yearbook and found him under his real very Irish-sounding last name as a freshman. So he was 6 years younger than he told me he was. 22 and not 28. Took a photo and texted him a picture. He acted like he didn’t know what I was talking about.
I told him I knew he lied about practically everything, and he just doubled down. I basically told him to find a therapist and blocked him.
ProfMcGonaGirl
29. No Plans
A guy from work asked me out. He had always been nice and was really cute, so I said yes. He said he would pick me up at 6. So he picks me up and then asks me what I want to do. I was thinking he already would have some sort of idea, so I was like, “I’m not very picky, whatever you planned. “
Then he said he hadn’t planned anything, so I suggested dinner, to which he said he wasn’t hungry. This whole time, he’s just driving us around, too, nowhere in particular. I was really hungry because it was 6:30 now, and I hadn’t eaten since 12. But I didn’t want to eat while he just watched me, so I told him that we could do something else.
Again, he had no ideas. Continued driving. Very awkward.
Finally, I suggested we go hang out with some of my friends who were having a casual birthday party. He agreed to that, so we went over to my friend’s house, and he acted like they were lame and he was too good for them.
After about an hour, he said he was ready to go, so we got in his car and left, and then again, he was like, “So what do you want to do now?” I was so annoyed at this point by his lack of planning and ideas that I said I wanted to go home.
He looked at me, all shocked and hurt, and said maybe we could get some dinner. It was 9:30 by this point, and I was so done. Told him to take me home. The next week, he asked me out again! This time, to come watch him play baseball.
It was a hard no.
Topofsundae
30. Not For Me
Met this really pretty girl and decided on a dinner and a movie date. Get to the restaurant, and when she shows up, she looks so beautiful. I ordered an old fashioned and she said she couldn’t decide on a drink and asked the waiter to come back.
We started talking, and everything was fine. I was sipping my drink, and she still hadn’t ordered. No problem, I guess she doesn’t actually want a drink. She apologizes and tells me she’s higher than a giraffe.
I asked her if she got the munchies because I was ready to order food. Sure, she says, go ahead and order, I’ll find something. I ordered, and she sent the waiter away again. When my food arrives, she finally orders a Cobb Salad. It took almost an hour, but at least she finally ordered something.
So we’re talking over food, and she started talking about how she was talking to her psychic, and apparently, there’s a curse on her, and she’s spent over $10,000 trying to get the curse lifted, but nothing is working.
Finally, we finished our meal, and it was time to go to the movie theater, but she asked if I wanted to go back to her place and smoke with her before the movie. At this point, I’m sure she’s the perfect girl for someone, just not for me.
I ended up walking her home just to make sure she could find the place and go to the movies alone, never to ask her out again.
Phdpeabody
31. Couldn’t Take ‘No’
I had a gym class with this guy. On the last week of this class, we threw a party and celebrated people who lost the most bmi, most push-ups, fastest mile, that kind of stuff. It’s tradition to stop by the bar after for a few drinks-we had a few, and everyone was having a great time.
When it was time to leave, he said he lived close and to stop by for water to sober up since I lived a bit further away. Dude even assured me he wasn’t going to try and pull a move. Sure enough, when we get there, I get my water on the opposite end of the couch so he doesn’t get the wrong impression.
I was trying to find the right time to leave without interrupting the conversation or just straight walking out halfway through a card game, he kept trying to make out with me.
I kept saying, no, you know friends don’t kiss each other. I finally got up to leave, and he walked me out & as I was walking into my car, he smacked my ass.
I told him he was extremely disrespectful and out of pocket, and he apologized and backed off. We still talked for a few weeks, but when I sat down and really thought about it, it blew me how much he crossed boundaries in the little time, and I realized I couldn’t be attracted to someone with such little respect and understanding.
The new season of my class is starting, and I don’t even feel like signing up because I know he’ll be there, lol.
Mylifeasjasz
32. Motorcycle Girl
I was a teenager working at a motorcycle shop. I met this guy at a massive bar the size of a giant warehouse. I thought he was cool because I was young. He picked me up at my parents' house, took a handful of Kibbles and Bits and Bits, and left in a plastic Benihana bowl on the counter because assembly our dog was getting chubby.
We first went to Farm Basket even though I told him I don't eat meat. I ordered a biscuit. As we rolled through the drive-thru in his peach lowered - sorry, "slammed" - VW bug, he said, "I like the way your boobs shake. The drive-thru was a fake replica of an old bridge.
We went to the movies, and he said, "One adult, one child." It gets worse...much worse. After the movie, we went back to his place because I was a dummy. On the way, we stopped at 7/11 to get Bud Light's long necks, and he bought me a very classy fake rose.
We also stopped at Carl's Jr, and I got a salad.
I was starving, but then he asked if I would finish, so I just gave it to him. Now for the best part.
He asked if I wanted to see his house (I should have said no), and when we got to the bedroom, he took off his shirt and jeans in the most lady-stripper way possible! Only to reveal...a turquoise banana hammock! He wore it all night! I told him there was absolutely no way I was going to make out with him, but I also didn't want him to take advantage of me.
He lay on the bed and jerked off, while I sat on the furthest corner so as not to allow him to give chase. It was bizarre. He then spent the next few weeks calling the bike shop I worked at and kept asking for me, only he couldn't remember my name. Close, but no cigar.
He kept asking for the girl who rides the motorcycle. My work was cool and said nobody like that works here.
Obviously, no second date with that one!
DirtAndSurf
33. Fetish Guy
I was 18, tall, blonde, well dressed, and wore super high stiletto heels all the time.
I met a drummer at a show, a famous band on tour, and an older guy who seemed really taken with me and asked me out. I said yes. He didn’t have a car, obviously, so I picked him up.
The moment he got in the car, he grabbed my ankle (I was wearing strapped stiletto heels), and he started licking my toes while they were in my shoes, unbuckled my shoe, began to rub my foot on his crotch, and told me all these fantasies he’d had about my feet since he’d seen me at the concert.
It was physically awkward and, as I was barely 18, just weird to me. I threw him out of the car and have avoided that band ever since.
Not kink-shaming, but damn, dude.
RareBeautyEtsy
34. Mouth Guy
I went on a date where the dude had to explain everything I said to him in his own words/own way. I guess people would call it mansplaining, except it was weird things like banking in his country and how it was better than banking in mine for [obscure reason].
And I'd be like, oh cool, how interesting, I know a lot about this field because I work in xy-- and he'd cut me off to sort of reiterate his prior point. It was wild. Probably, he was nervous, and I was empathetic about that, but I even pointed out like an hour in that, "Hey, we haven't really talked about our hobbies or anything that we might have in common."
He was like, "Oh yeah, we just got so distracted by [thing he was in about for the last twenty minutes]. But you know, I really think...." And he was off about it again!
I was literally laughing for the remainder of the date. He seemed confused but pleased; I seemed happy. He picked up the tab and asked to see me again.
I gave him a hug and said I didn't think we were right for each other, and we parted ways amicably.
Saruhhhh
35. Not This Man
I went to dinner with a man who was almost done with nursing school. He made sure to wear scrubs since he knew I was coming straight from work to meet him. I got a free table in the bar area and waited 20 minutes for him to arrive, complained about seating, and went to ask the host about seats.
I had already put my name down, but he felt like seating himself, so he insisted on going to an area that was obviously empty for a reason and called the waitress over!
Thankfully, they were nice enough to come serve us regardless.
He put in his drink order and while we were waiting for it, said, “You’re so gorgeous. You’re lucky you’ve caught my eye because if you weren’t so pretty, I’d try and take you to my place right now.”
I winced and said, “Thanks for hanging out.” Before getting up to walk out.
WinEffective2482
36. Dramatic Ending
It wasn’t even really a date - a friend (also a girl) said she was hanging out at this girl's house and I should come over. Ok nothing out of the ordinary - so I showed up, and the 3 of us chill for a while - good conversation, cool.
After a while, they both have dating apps up on their phones, talking about how there are no good/hot guys around here. Ok, whatever, girl talk. A few minutes later, my friend says she’s gotta go - ok, fine, so me and a girl I don’t know talk for a bit - just normal conversation.
Thinking I’ve outstayed my welcome since my friend left, I get up to leave - tell the hostess thanks for letting me chill, and ask if I could use the bathroom before I leave. I took a piss, walked out, and she was on the couch in front of me - naked except for her undies which she had her hand down, “warming herself up.”
Ok, freaking sweet, let’s do this — so she stands up, we start making out, and things are about to go down. She pulled away and said, “Wait, I’ll be right back.” Ok, no worries, I’ll wait as long as you need (I think to myself). She came out of the bedroom - now fully naked - eyes locked, walking toward me.
I'm lying on the couch now, and she’s taking off my clothes (I’m all about it at this point, btw) - she started saying how we have to hurry up because her husband just got off work and would be home in an hour or so. What. The. Fudge. So I said, look, you’re super hot, and I would, but I can’t.
Fast forward to about 6 months later — I haven’t talked to her since (because I didn’t know her, never exchanged numbers or anything). I’m at a bar with a friend, and she taps my shoulder.
She said, “The offer is still on the table,” I just nervously laughed and went back to talking to my friend. Later that night, a guy I don’t know confronts me that “he knows what I did.” I diffused the situation, telling him that she tried, but I left (not a snitch, but come on, man).
Fast forward 6 MORE months - I ran into HIM at another bar. I don’t really remember him, but he remembered me - said they broke up because she cheated, asked if seriously nothing happened, and I told him everything. This is a huge dude I was honestly scared of, and he started crying and told me she did this dozens of times, and he finally found out. I was, apparently, one of few (that he knew about, at least) that didn’t just go through with it.
Felt super freaking bad for the guy, but honestly, had she not said something about him, I absolutely would have done it. I suspect all the other dudes (or some anyway?) didn’t know either.
She was just a crap person she was all around.
Savageronald
37. That Woman
I was introduced to K at a huge bar where I worked at. I had a day job in IT, but being broke, I worked nights as a bouncer. K went to college with one of the bartenders. She was visiting Philly as she was about to move here in a few weeks for a teaching job.
She was a farm town pageant girl and, by far, one of the most attractive people I've ever met. We immediately clicked, and she kept me company at the door and talked about city life.
We texted and talked a ridiculous amount over the next few weeks. Everything was great, with no red flags. The late-night chats were getting flirty. She was funny, smoking hot, single, and interested. Life is good.
The group of college friends from the bar and I helped her move in and get settled. The vibe with K was great all day, and we all made plans to go to the pub down the street. We didn't drink much and enjoyed the dance floor vibes as we were both getting very handsy.
As we're dancing, she's whispering to return to her place. Life is very good. The dance floor was packed, and it included G, who is a local 30M and disabled. He's with his younger brother. I know them. We're at a bro-nod level of acknowledgment.
G was having a great time and doing his thing.
As she's walking by, K gets in front of G and starts clearly mocking him by doing the Elaine dance from Seinfeld. It was outrageous, and she was just laughing. G's brother is upset and makes a beeline to them. I move over to her while giving him a wide-eyed "I don't know WTF is happening" head shake.
I prompt K to the bar to close our tab and ask what are you doing? You can't do that.
She replied that it was just fun. He was probably going to go home and pleasure himself off that dance to her. I distinctly recall a moment when I considered the Barney Stinson Hot-Crazy scale from How I Met Your Mother.
But this wasn't crazy. This was just a jerk. I went over and apologized to G and his brother. I urged K that we should probably leave now. There wasn't much talking the rest of the night. It didn't come up until the next morning.
I mentioned that she might want to apologize to G and his brother. They are local; you will see them around, which will be weird. She did not see anything wrong with it. There was some back and forth on how that was offensive or not, and the vibe was gone.
We didn't date after that, but K was very much a part of my life for a while.
When she couldn't live on the teacher's salary, her friends got her a job at the bar. She was an awful, condescending human being. We were all hustling our way through our 20s, and she made it clear this work was beneath her and just sucked at every task.
She quit after a year when she married a finance guy. They divorced a year later, and she moved back to her farm town.
This was 15 years ago. A quick FB stalk reveals she's right where you'd expect her to be in life.
Decent-Shift-Chuck
38. Caked Plaque
I had been talking to this guy online for several weeks. He seemed very nice, well-spoken, empathetic, polite, etc.
He said he was a lawyer.
When we finally met up, though, I was shocked by how filthy his teeth were.
A plaque was CAKED all over them, between them, and along his gumline as if he hadn't brushed his teeth in a week or longer.
It was disgusting, and I kept thinking about how gross it would be to kiss him. I told him later that I wasn't interested. I didn't tell him why, though I've sometimes wondered if I should have.
Suspicious_Plantain4
39. Two Weirdos
Two stories:
First, the guy was a lot older than I was led to believe, and at least 30, I was 18. He took me to Wingers, where there was a piece of old chewed gum at the bottom of the popcorn basket they brought as an appetizer.
That should have been my first warning. Then we went to his apartment, where straight in front of the door was a wall of knives he’d collected and some he’d carved. I mean - cool, everyone needs a hobby, but then he wanted to show me his machete or samurai sword. I don’t recall, just that it was a big sword weapon thing.
He then told me about how he larps in those demonstration medieval competition things, and I was like, yeah, I have a curfew. He was a perpetual student for a reason.
Second story: my coworker asked me out and said we’d go to this nice place in a steak house in a national park. He said he had reservations, but the place was closed when we got there. So he’s like, hey, I have some glow sticks. Let’s go in the tunnels and throw them at the walls. I’m like, no, I’m good, but we drive through the park anyway, and no one is around this time of week or day, so it’s a bit eerie.
We get through the tunnel section and park, and he's like, “I know this hike.” And I have to premise this that he has told me how he’d been adopted then kidnapped as a kid and some weird ass story about his childhood trauma, and I’m Like, ok, man, way to open up on a first date.
I’m still going along, and we go to get out of the car, and the cop lights are in the rearview. The sheriff came up and asked me if I was okay and said he needed to check the driver's ID. He asks me to stand to the side and runs my date’s info and plates.
He pulls me to the side and says usually, when cars have no airbags, they are stolen. And his plates are ok, but would you like a ride home? This guy you’re with has no valid license to drive. You can drive him home, or I can.
I’m like trying to keep my cool because it dawns on naive 18-year-old me. I have zero clue who this coworker is. And he’s probably like 25ish at the time. So stupid me, I drove him to his place and had my parents pick me up there. I left his broken car and his bizarre stories there.
He never showed up at work again. I got zero questions, except his buddy said he skipped town.
SusSpinkerinktum
40. Out of Nowhere
It wasn't really a date.
He had been asking me out, but we're both business owners and single parents, and we just never could get our schedules to jive.
One evening, I asked if he wanted to grab a drink at a spot that was close to both of our places. He said his ex had needed to switch weekends, so his kids were home, but did I want to come over for a drink at the man cave he'd built in his garage?
The idea of meeting him on his turf made me uncomfortable, so I texted a friend the address, dropped her a pin when I got there, and had her on standby just in case things got weird.
Boy, did they!
Things started out ok. He had a really cool setup, actually, with a bar he'd built, a beer cooler stocked with GOOD beers, etc.
He grabbed me a beer, and we started chit-chatting- you know, like a reasonable human does when they're getting to know someone they're meeting for the first time.
He asked me a question about my kids. In the middle of the answer, the dude started making this weird, high-pitched giggling sound right before he propelled himself forward and forced his tongue into my mouth in what had to be the most awkward attempt at a kiss ever. His hands were all over the place, and he was whimpering oddly and trying to press against me.
I staggered back and said, "Well. That came out of nowhere." To which he responded with that odd, whining giggle and tried to come at me again.
If anyone here has seen Who Framed Roger Rabbit: Remember Christopher Lloyd's character? You know- when he's telling the detective how he was the one who'd dropped the piano on his brother? That super-screechy, nails on a chalkboard laugh?
Yep. Just like that.
I ended up excusing myself to the bathroom. I texted my friend, who called back in 5 minutes with a desperate emergency I just HAD to help her with.
I left and never called him back.
SunNecessary3222
41. The Picnic
This is kinda long.
I met Grey while he was doing landscaping work for my parents. He asked me out, and I said yes. Saturday came, and he picked me up in a lifted jeep. I was wearing a jean skirt because I had no idea what we would do. He said, “It’s a surprise.” He was wearing his work clothes. His shirt said Grey Landscaping.
We started our date by picking up pizza (his friend worked there). We took pizza to the park and had a pizza picnic. After we finished with our picnic, he said he wanted to take me somewhere else. As we are getting into the jeep, I’m struggling because my skirt won’t allow me to climb in by myself.
Instead of helping me, he sees me trying to get in, starts laughing, and says in a sing-song voice, “No more pizza for Pam.”
Our next stop was my favorite coffee shop. Grey decided he wanted to play chess with some of the old dudes at the coffee place, so I just sat there.
One of the old guys asked if I wanted to play, and Grey told him he doubted I knew how. He then proceeded to tease me and tell me that he would bet me $100 that I couldn’t beat him.
So I am sitting in a coffee shop $100 richer, and my date tells me it’s time to go. As we are driving, I think we are going to my house, but Grey informs me that he needs to stop by his house first. As dangerous as it was, I agreed, and we went to his house, which was decorated in chili peppers, from the lights to the nick-nacks.
In the hour that we were at his house he played Purple Rain on repeat cuz it was his favorite. Finally, I told him I needed to go.
The disappointment was written all over his face. As soon as we got to my house, I fell out of the jeep as fast as I could. Grey opened his door, but I quickly told him goodbye, thanked him for the date, and walked in.
I never saw or spoke to him again.
RumorHasItYouABitch
42. Bet Gone Right
This is totally going to get buried, but here we go. I had a first “date” (more like hanging out) with this girl and her coworkers at her house one Saturday night. We had been talking online for a couple of weeks, and she seemed cool, and it seemed like a nice way to break the ice in an informal setting.
Once I got there, everyone was welcoming, and I felt comfortable. The drinks were flowing, and slowly, the coworkers started opening up more and giving this girl a hard time about her terrible love life.
Shortly thereafter, they all started making bets that there wouldn’t be a second date between her and me. They went on and on about how no girl ever calls her back; she constantly gets ghosted and can’t figure out why. Obviously, that was a massive red flag and left me wanting more information.
What was more concerning is that all of these people were social workers, and the more drunk they got, the more they were discussing their clients’ lives and cases in such vivid detail that it became one massive HIPAA violation after another.
The girl I was talking to was taking calls from her clients well past midnight (and while drunk), and the whole night just unraveled into an absolute ethical crapshow. I figured the coworkers did me a solid, and I ended up making my way home, never to return.
The complete lack of ethics and boundaries was a hard pass for me. We’re somehow still friends on Instagram, and 4 years later, legend has it that she is still single.
Go figure.
Muffykins
43. Push then Pull
Went on a beach date with a guy I matched with. The first thing he tells me is that he used a fake name and told me his real name. I thought, sure, whatever, maybe just a private person.
We decided to go for a swim first and then after we sit on the beach and chat. We get into the water, and he grabs me by my butt cheeks and picks me up. He put his face into mine, I turned away, and when a wave hit us, I pushed him off. He claimed he was trying to "help me" swim in the ocean.
Mind you, we were maybe knee-deep, and I can swim just fine. This is all within maybe 5-10 minutes of meeting.
I'm uncomfortable at this point and already trying to figure out an exit plan. He then wraps a towel around me, trying to pull me in to hug/kiss me.
I again pull away and just call him out, saying, "Hey, I barely know you. Let's just chat and get to know each other first."
We sit down and chat, and he continues to try and get me to sit closer to him. Touching my arms and legs, I am not reciprocating. Compliments me head to toe, but it felt forced and not genuine. Jesus, it seemed like he wanted to make out on the beach right then and there... at 4 pm with families around!
He would not let up despite me saying no. Anyway, I said I had to go. The whole date lasted less than an hour. He messaged me saying he'd love to take me out for drinks next time (bloody bet he would!).
I said, "Thanks, nice meeting you, but our time will end here." Then I blocked him.
Kelwynne
44. Got Vaccinated
Had a date with a girl, and it was going pretty well. Got talking about going back to hers when she asked if I've had the COVID-19 vaccine, to which I responded of course.
She then goes into a massive rant about how I'm stupid for letting the government control me and how she couldn't risk sleeping with me because the vaccine can be transferred through sperm.
I couldn't stop laughing, walked out as she was screaming at me for mocking her, and never saw her crazy ass again.
IvarTheBloody
45. Dead Broke
Went on a date about 10 years ago. We had been talking for a while beforehand, and I had mentioned that I was in between jobs and didn't have much money.
I believe in transparency; that's where I was at in life. We meet at a coffee place that also serves booze.
I get a coffee, and she gets a mixed drink and another, and another.... a 70-dollar tab before I knew it. She ordered all the expensive crap. I paid and shortly afterward blocked her.
She knew I was nearly dead broke.
Had that occurred today, I would never have tolerated that. I'm tougher but also more jaded these days.
Jaynite80
46. Her mind was somewhere else
One was the time I took this girl to dinner and she could not stop staring at our waiter. I'll grant her one thing - I'm a guy and can admit this guy was probably totally hot for anyone who prefers men. Square-jawed and muscled college athlete type. I get it.
But I didn't appreciate that she craned her neck every time the kitchen door swung open to see if he was walking out. Eventually, I gave her enough cash to pay for my part of the meal, told her I'd noticed (as though I couldn't have), suggested to her that she could get his contact info when she paid the bill and left.
GreedyNovel
47. She wanted to use me
I picked her up and she asked me if we could stop by her mom’s house so she could "run in and grab something." I said sure. Made the stop. She went inside, 5 minutes later she came out hustling towards the car with a car seat and her mom chasing after her yelling. She opens the car door, throws the car seat (which I now see has a baby in it), and starts yelling at me to drive. I freaked and just turned my car off and took the keys out of the ignition.
Her mom called the cops and they came and questioned all of us for a good while. Turns out she had lost custody due to drug use and was trying to use me as a way to get her kid back. We never made it to dinner and I just went home after the cops left.
Awkward_Ad8740
48. Tinder date disaster
I met up with a Tinder date for some Netflix and chill. When I show up she throws a large backpack over the fence and then hops over into the front yard. She gets in the car and I ask what’s the bag for. She had sprung herself from her sober living home and once you do that you’re banned from returning.
She then asked if we could stop at a liquor store to grab some vodka which I refused for obvious moral reasons. I dropped her off at the nearest fast food joint. She refused to leave my car and begged to stay at my parent's house. I just threw her bag out of my car and when she went after it I closed the door and sped off.
Iamtommynoble
49. Player sisters
I met a girl on a dating app way back in the day and we ended up playing pool with her sister. About an hour in my date starts chatting up a guy at the pool hall that she apparently knew. They disappear for a bit and the sister comes up to me and sticks her tongue in my mouth.
I leave and go to tell my date this isn’t going to work and she is outside making out with the dude she was talking to. To this day I don’t know if her sister trying to make out with me was to cover for her.
Mytorontosaurus
50. Wild imagination
A guy I met once after talking for so long on a dating app. He was drunk and just finished hanging out with his friends. We went for another drink. He was a jerk the whole time. Then he reached down my stocking and touched me. I wanted to get out of there as quickly as possible but I froze.
Luckily my roommate worked in that bar and saw me and said hi, then asked if I was ok. I said yeah. I went home after. The next day I sent him a long text saying he needed to apologize to me for what he did. He said he didn’t remember doing anything and asked me to describe it and told me I imagined it.
Cupcake179
51. He thought I could do anything for him
We weren’t even really on a date, we were still just hanging out and talking but I had a major crush on him. So one night we made plans to hang out with some friends of ours who were also a couple.
I picked him up and then drove to our friends’ house and while we were waiting in the car for them to come out, I looked over at him and he had this big cheesy smile on his face. I gave an awkward smile back and happened to glance down and THERE IT WAS! In all its glory.
I was so shocked all I could mumble was, “N-n-n-noo. Nooo. Nooo. Nope. No no no.” Still feel so stupid when I think about it but I was blindsided..what DO you say in those situations? Anyway, I just told him,” I’m taking you home.” And that's what I did.
He must’ve known how much I liked him and thought I was willing to do whatever it took to get him. That’s the only thing I can think of for his behavior. Or he was just a massive creep. Either way, never talked to him again.
Whimsy_xo
52. What a weird girl
We got back to her place after dinner and were getting slightly freaky on the couch. As things started escalating, she pulled out a giant glass jar (like the ones with the finger loop thing that pirates put rum in) half full of a clear liquid. My dumb self asked her if it was moonshine or vodka or something.
She then proceeded to explain to me that it’s pure GHB and that she has a fetish about getting drugged off of it before sleeping with anyone, and she said that with a completely serious face. She then went to the restroom and I noped out of there so fast that I practically levitated off the couch. Never spoke to her again.
Turnbob73
53. Bloggers
The first date seemed to be going well, but he was on his phone constantly. He apologized and said work was busy and he was just having to do some important things, he was in a band so I naively assumed he was trying to organize a deal or a show. It was a little irritating but I let it slide.
When I got home I realized he'd be tweeting our entire date, updating his followers with a play-by-play of what went on. Luckily he was quite nice to me but I still decided never to see him again.
ThePenguinTheory
54. Twitter girl
I had a girl blogging about our date on Twitter. I came to find they were cute compliments later on, but it was annoying to deal with. Like, we'd be talking, and then she'd spend a minute or so texting. I'd stop talking and wait. Eventually, I asked what she was doing, and she admitted it.
An hour or so later I said it was nice, but no second date; sorry. She proceeded to complain not understanding why we weren't going to go out again, assuming it was some other quirk I disliked.
SardonicSamurai
55. Every woman is a witch
He referred to every woman as a witch and we aren’t in a country where that is common and harmless. His ex was a witch, his aunt was a witch, some random author he was telling me about for some reason was a witch, etc.
Witch doesn’t really bother me but the way he said it was very aggressive and angry. After that, he decided to argue with me about sports and politics and berate me for my choices in those areas. No need for a second date after that!
Yayareaaa510
56. Criminal
I was newly out, and I had had a crush on her for ages, so when she asked me out I was so excited. she was pretty, smart, very laid back, and had a great sense of humor, so things were going great initially.
The end of the date comes around, and she very casually drops the bomb on me that she’s involved in an open investigation for vehicular manslaughter. She even hinted that it was purposeful and did not seem regretful. That was the end of that.
Usual-Reason-7748
57. Food Bank
I went on a date with a woman from the office. Thought we had good chemistry and got along well.
She couldn't find her phone so I tried calling it and someone from the restaurant answered. I went back in for her to get it and the waiter showed me I was saved in her contacts under "Free Food." All I was to her was a food bank, that was the last time I spoke to her.
Sol-Blackguy
58. Silent man
He said nothing. I get he was nervous but I was engaging, I asked questions that should have led to at least a few sentences of conversation, but no, one-word answers.
It was dinner and a movie so our only opportunity to talk was dinner. It was like pulling teeth. No thanks, next! There will not be any need for a second date.
Redditreader_aitafan
59. Safety first
I'm a guy and had a similar date early last year, except I didn't listen to my gut, I thought it was just nerves/anxiety.
After getting me drunk (she knew I had eaten all day, and I'd joked about being a lightweight) we left the bar, and I started talking about how I like to see how things go when dating and take it easy, she kept interrupting me by saying: "So you just want to come back to my place?" After the third time I asked where the train station was, she said; "Why? You've got to make sure I get home first, just come back to mine." And in my drunk state, I felt like I had to go.
It was an awful experience, to say the least, fortunately, the alcohol, and a mild panic attack meant I couldn't "perform", but I still felt trapped and like I couldn't leave.
After I left the next morning it took me a few days to process what happened, and I messaged her to say I didn't think a second date was on the cards. The response was a solid block of text that stretched for two pages, filled with vitriol, hate, and gaslighting.
Nowhere near as serious as dodging a serial rapist, but still traumatic, people should always follow their instincts when on a date.
IamCaptainHandsome
60. Her little creation
I went on a coffee date with this girl. She wouldn't stop going on and on about how much she wanted a baby.
She called it "her little creation" and how she wanted multiple. She tried to convince me to come back to her place for some fun, I dropped her off and dipped right away. She texted me every now and then after trying to meet up again, but hell nah.
canonson
61. Wicked Witch of the West
We went to her place to watch movies and we chose Kung Fu Panda 2. From the moment it began, she proceeded to cackle at every single joke. Anything that could even be perceived as mildly funny set her off like the Wicked Witch of the West.
I know some people have interesting laughs and that wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't constant from beginning to end.
After that, she put on Iron Man and the same thing, witch cackling the entire movie. There's a point in the movie where a character's phone goes off and the ringtone is an old Iron Man theme which made me chuckle, at which she turns to me and says: "You laugh at all the weirdest parts!" The second the movie was over I got out of there and did not see her again.
J-Dizzle42
62. High school beef
I took her to dinner and then took her to a late-night car meet. Upon arriving at the meet, she started drama with several other girls she had beef with in high school. And hasn’t talked to them since high school.
We were well into our 20s. She was even older than me. I don’t get how some people make high school beef their entire personality for years. This was very weird for me and I decided that this kinda drama was not for me.
TheThrowawayMouse
63. No match
The date felt more like a job interview to fill a position, rather than an actual date. He gave off a vibe of someone who wasn't into getting to know me as a person, but just listed his wants and needs. So at the end of the date, he asked how I thought it went and I said I didn't feel a click/match. And he said, yeah, he was missing the 'wow factor'.
So I laughed it off (slightly offended) in the car home, Gosh, no idea I was auditioning for a contest. I was happy we only went for drinks, but even that felt a bit too long.
Selfish_Kitty
64. Too many questions
She rattled off the questions like a nurse filling out a patient intake form, except for social stuff. Ever done A, B, C? Meyers Brigges? Love Language? Favorite Book?
No reciprocation mind you, just firing question after question. Gotta admit it was wildly amusing at the time and she wanted another date because "I passed", but after like 45 minutes I didn't know any more about her at all.
Flyingbuttpliers
65. Date interview
I went on a date with a guy who just finished pretty much HR-courses at Uni.
The whole thing felt like a job interview. He wanted to know if I could “imagine myself relocating because he was interested in moving to a bigger city” and “where do I see myself in five/ten years”? I was so stunned that I just went with it but it’s the least romantic date I have ever been on.
Flaggingpolly