Men Share Their Worst First Date They Have Never Been

This was my first date with a friend of a friend, the summer after junior year of high school. 

She suggested we go to a cute coffee house, I thought it’d be perfect since we both love coffee. Plus, me being brand new to dating, I jumped at the chance to plan a whole day together doing “mini-dates” since we hit it off and had a ton of chemistry, it seemed like before I even asked her out.

The coffee house she suggested was one where a former fling worked. She acted all embarrassed like she didn’t pick the location. I, being gullible, thought it was an honest blunder and wanted to continue with the way we had planned. 

  She was on her phone for a good chunk, but I chose to ignore it.

I guess I realized it was a red flag, but I was so stoked to be on my first date that I didn’t know that I should expect better.    

The next thing I remember, she asked me if I wanted anything else, and I said no, I was just finishing my coffee and figured she was using that as an outlet to make a phone call or whatever, her being on her phone a lot and all.

Then I look up and she’s talking with her former fling, and then they walk out together.

I thought they were arguing or something else, so I gave her a few minutes. Texted her something like “Get lost on the way?”.... no response. Then a few minutes later I texted “You ok?”... no response.

I paid for our coffees and left. Never heard from her again.

Cocoabutteramuari

I went on a date with a guy who was friends with a guy I worked with. I guess he came through my line but I couldn't remember him, so I looked him up on Facebook. In all the group photos, I couldn't tell which one was him but agreed to go on a date with him. 

Our date was walking around Walmart. He got some stuff he needed for a camping trip. He talked about himself a lot and I wasn't attracted at all but I thought I would give it a chance.  

He also bragged to everyone about being in the Navy but he was medically discharged before he made it to basic training.

A few days later he came to my work and wanted me to kiss him in public. He got upset when I told him that it made me feel uncomfortable, and he was really argumentative for someone I had just met. 

I cut him loose after that. The real kicker was that a year later he got caught in a sting operation for sex predators. It was wild.

Crashbanecool

I had a coffee date with a guy who showed up straight from the gym, smelly and all. Nonstop talked about his bouncer stories and acted out with loud yelling and swearing and gestures about how he would beat people up.

 He then topped it off by telling me about how he hates drunk hysteric girls and wished he could punch their teeth in.

Needless to say, I excused myself early, and when he messaged me the next day with ‘thought I scared you off’, I blocked him.

Nuggety

I went on a date with someone I met on a dating app. I  drove about an hour to meet her at her place. She looked nothing like her pictures. We went out to get drinks at a popular bar and during my first drink, after her second she was already sloppy and a mess.

 I knew then I was going to stop drinking so I could drive home. I just chugged water all night while she kept the drinks going despite my advice to slow down. In the end, I got her back to her place and I mentioned that I was going to use the restroom before I drove home. 

While I was relieving myself, she hid my car keys. I walked out of the bathroom and she explained that she was wasted, so I must be wasted too. 

She wouldn't let me drive home.

 After some discussions, I knew there was no way I was going to get rough on her. She told me I had two options: It was either I sleep with her in her bed or sleep on her couch. I opted for the couch... 

I lay there from 2 a.m. to 5 a.m. and then woke her up and demanded my keys. I tore her apartment apart looking for the keys and they were in her pockets the whole time...  I left and blocked her right away. I haven't been on dating apps since.

12thcentuaryrobot

I worked at a fast food restaurant at 24 and a guy came in with his mom. Later he came in and asked me out for ice cream. I got all dressed up and looked cute. He showed up in sweatpants. 

He told me he wasn't gonna ask me out because it didn't look like I was going anywhere in life but his mom told him to(he was 24 as well). He then went on with this board game he created in the style of League of Legends. 

He didn't ask me any questions, did not engage with me but just kept talking about his board game. Then out of the blue, he tells me he has a girlfriend (excuse me?) but that she was so ugly and he needed to fake orgasms when they slept together.

He explained that she was a 3 on a scale of 0-10 but I was 5 which meant  I was an upgrade! I had no idea that I was that low on his rating scale at this point, I didn't realize that people even rated others out loud at their age…

He then goes on to talk about how his girlfriend was a  starfish in bed and didn't have a job. Her parents gave her money because they were rich. I was way too nice to walk out on this date so I gave him dating advice...on our date. 

Then at the end, he said he needed to go because he'd like to play video games with friends. He paid for the ice cream on the date and he said "Don't pay me back, I make a lot of money." Then I left. That one freaked me up…

Thriftybabygurl

We met at his apartment, we left our cars and took the train downtown. When I arrived outside his house, he said I should come up since he was almost ready. He mentioned that the door was unlocked.

As I opened the door, what I saw made me cover my face immediately. He had just gotten out of the shower without a towel or any clothes. His apartment was dirty (like it had never been vacuumed), but you could tell he tried to tidy up. 

 In our prior conversations, he focused on the fact he had gone to a prestigious high school and college. We were mutual friends, so I didn't think he would be dangerous, etc... 

I'm kind of unimpressed that he was "accidentally" undressed.

He half-heartedly apologizes in gym shorts and a shirt...To me, he was not going with such clothes. He came out and said he was hungry and asked if I wanted to order a pizza before we went out. I said for sure. We chatted a bit and he put on a sports game show program. 

Pizza got in, we ate.. then he looked at me and leaned back on the couch. He said, "So, do you want to suck it now?" And takes his shorts off. 

I was pretty appalled and told him hell no and I told him to put his clothes back on. He grabbed his shorts without his undies and pulled them back on, leaving his boxer briefs on the floor. 

As I get up to leave I notice large poop stains in his underwear. Wow.

Bellasuperstring

I’ve got a great one. I Met a guy at a bar. I almost canceled the date because I thought he was too young for me (I was in my early 20s, and it made more of a difference).

Guy insists he’s my age and so we went out. He picked me up in his nice car for dinner. My friends guessed that maybe he was a drug dealer to have such a nice car at that age or rich parents. Dinner was fine, although he’s a bit boring. 

He’s definitely a little younger than me. We went to see a movie and he got distracted with his phone and left the theater. He came back crying but pretended he was not crying. I told him it was okay to leave if something happened and he said he had to go. 

I thought his grandparents had died. It was all well. The movie started. And he left again. 

He’s out in the lobby talking on the phone, and I watched the majority of the movie myself. When the movie ended, I went out and found him. 

He’s still on the phone. I told him to wrap up the call.   finally did, although very upset. I asked for an explanation. It turned out that he was arguing with one of his buddies... and was trying to convince his friend not to sleep with his ex-girlfriend. I was so surprised. I asked - what? He began to cry. 

His ex-girlfriend was on the phone too, and all of them were arguing. I was like okay... I asked why they broke up.  He admitted to having had to go to rehab because his ex “posted some bad things about him on the internet”. I am lost. He dropped me off at home, and thus I  concluded the weirdest date of my life lol.

 At least, the movie was good.

Star0001

I went on a date with a guy I had been messaging for about a week or so. 

We met at a nice little restaurant, had a pleasant dinner, and then went to a Wine Bar and that’s when it went downhill. 

It was super loud to the point that I couldn’t hear anything he was saying. The whole time, I was standing against a wall because of a lack of seating,

He proceeded to stand in front of me and kiss me and it wasn’t good kisses, they were sloppy and cringy. After about 5-10 minutes of that, I excused myself and said I was really tired and needed to go home.

I didn’t hear from him for a while and forgot about the whole ordeal. 

He messaged me back a few months later, telling me he was not interested and that we were not compatible. (As if I care) 

He proceeded to tell me that his daughter who is of adult age can sleep with anyone she wants and started discussing her sleeping life. 

I was stunned and completely grossed out that he’d talk about his daughter's personal life in that way. 

Old pervert who prides himself on discussing his daughter's private life.

basicgirl-

I went on a date with a girl who was 100 lbs over, she posted pictures on the dating site I met her on (not even talking about angles pics, she straight up used old pictures when she was much thinner on her profile).

Despite the obvious deception, I made the effort to go on a date with her even though I was not attracted to her. She had deceived me with pics, but I thought I’d at least have a conversation with her. Bad idea.

In the first 30 min of our conversation, I found out that she hadn’t told me before that she was married, her husband was in prison, she was 12 days clean from heroin, and she had three kids, possessed by the legal system. 

I didn’t feel bad when I said I needed to leave and I just gave $20 to the bartender to cover my tab but didn’t pay for the drink she took. 

Pro tip: don’t lie about who you are, it would never work out.

Kwazuiiman

In high school, a guy asked me out. It started great, he showed up with flowers and opened my car door for me. On our way to dinner, every time he would hit a red light, he would lean over, and stick his whole tongue in my mouth (I was too young to feel comfortable saying wtf lol).

We got to the restaurant and I told him that I was deathly allergic to shellfish and peanuts lol. He proceeded to order shrimp skewers and if I wanted some (aw considerate! Lol). 

He then spent the entire time watching the football game behind my head and not listening to what I was saying at all. When it was time for dessert he grabbed the menu and said “I got this, I knew the best thing here!” I reminded him I am allergic to nuts and he said “Oh yeah... well you better pick that” he was going to choose a peanut butter sundae.

Did I mention the restaurant he took me to was the place he worked? He honestly spent more time talking/listening to our waitress than me.

Belugasareneat

The worst date I’ve ever been on was the one where I kissed this guy at a party and I swear to god, when I rocked up to see him again (wasn’t super keen, he seemed a bit weird but he insisted on catching up for lunch a week after because he didn’t like the idea of “kissing someone once”), he was a different guy. I was so confused. 

He looked completely different, and I hadn’t been drinking at the party. I remember specifically the guy I kissed had a gap between his front teeth which I thought was cute, and this guy didn’t.

Different hair color, a different voice, everything, he was even shorter than the guy I had kissed. I tried hard to not make out that I was confused when he went to the toilet.

 I Facebooked him and saw Facebook right? When I confronted him, he just bailed. He got up and ran. 

I saw the guy I kissed about a year later, and he admitted to me he’d given my number to this other guy because he complained that he’d “cut his lunch” and they both thought I had been drinking and wouldn’t have noticed it was this other guy.

zeropercentbattery 

I was a bit late to the party, but I started talking to this girl from pof. We made plans to go see a movie, but we were going to decide which one when we got there. I pulled up to the theater and saw her standing just outside, I immediately recognized her, but wait, who’s that woman with her? 

Her mom I found out. The three of us went inside and picked a movie, which started in like 40 minutes.

 The two of us sat at a table together, and her mother sat at the table beside us, pressing her phone, and keeping to herself.

We were talking and she seemed nice but every few minutes her mother would lean over and show her daughter a meme or something on her phone. The mother stayed out at the table during the movie, but it was still so awkward. We were both 18, too. Not kids or anything.

Danianne420

I've been a horrible first date a few times. At that time, it wasn't someone I wanted to date. 

I'd show up at a bar already half in the bag. Get up and go to the bathroom to do drugs every half hour or so without even offering to share.  

I'd ramble on about my boring job and how I hated the city and lived in the suburbs with my brother and 3 cats.  

I wasn't really over my ex and I thought part of me didn't even want to be dating. It got creepier than going for an awkward kiss or hug at the end of the night. 

Once I started taking better care of myself and stopped drinking and drugging, dating became much better for me.

Oflimiteduse

Not me, but my housemate. A few weeks ago she had a date planned with a guy for dinner and he kept pushing back all the time because he was “busy” (idk the exact details).

 Well, it was close to Midnight and he messaged her saying that he still wanted to go on a date with her and then proceeded to pick her up.

Since it was midnight, nothing was open... except for gas stations and he was thirsty. They proceeded to drive to a gas station where he went in and got himself a drink while my housemate stayed in the car. 

He did offer to get her something although she didn’t want anything. Afterward, he brought her home.

Itbreadmakingweather

We ended up in a bar where I proceeded to fall asleep on the table. The doorman woke me up, I gave him the thumbs up then the projectile vomited all over the tabletop. Obviously, I was made to leave.

Date helped me get to a taxi and for some reason decided to take me back to hers. She set me up on her couch - where I managed to throw up on the carpet at least once and blamed her cat.

In the morning she made bacon rolls which neither of us could eat.  

I called myself a cab and my parting words to her were "I'd kiss you goodbye but I'd probably taste vomit" so hugged her instead.

Dunno what kind of charisma roll I did, because I was in an absolute state and a twat of epic proportions, but a year on and we're still going stronger.

Eventually, I had to apologize to the cat. We're also besties now. I also haven't thrown up on a table since.

pilzetosis 

That was my first date ever. My friend (I will call her S) set me up with one of her friends ( and her M) and the three of us met at a bar.

M wanted us to join random people's tables and play party games with them. I didn't like the idea so I said that I don't want to sit with strangers and play party games with them. After that we sat and tried talking, (the conversation was not very interesting, I tried to show interest in her and make some jokes but it failed miserably.)

Btw, the whole "date" M wanted to go dancing (I don't like dancing) and so I kept saying no (at least 15 times). Later, she wanted to go to a dance bar and I agreed (I felt guilty for being very boring and not wanting to do anything except sit and talk). 

At the entrance to the dance bar I had to pay a 5 dollar Entrance fee (but S wanted to split the between the 3 of us the cash and I agreed, I am not sure if it was the correct thing to do) we stayed there for 1.5 hours (i just texted with my friends and did not dance).

While S and M were dancing M said to S behind my back that I am a boring person, cheap, and a nerd. After that, she asked me while being upset at me for a ride home so she could stay and dance longer (guys hit on her while dancing and she just played with them in addition to knowing I was bored) and I declined of course.

She was upset and went home. Since then she has hated me (sometimes texting S and talking to her for a bit and still talking trash behind my back) (it was almost a year ago)

Ohad24897

Well...I've had some less than thrilling dates but this may take the cake for me.

I was new to the world of online dating. We messaged each other quite a bit and texted. We were hitting it off and he told me about the band he was in. I got excited and I agreed to meet up with him to go bowling. 

He wasn't my type at all but I liked him for who he was. We got in line to play with a couple of my friends (who he said could come since bowling was typically more fun in a group). He sat down next to me and his first action was wanting to kiss me. 

I turned my cheek to him and he didn't act offended but actually, he pulled me closer. He bowled after me and would constantly smack my butt. It was really warm inside so I went out to get some air.

We went outside and he was smoking(something he never really mentioned) and he said that he liked me and I owed him a kiss. He puts out his cigarette and gets the mints ready. 

I allowed him to kiss me (shockingly he wasn't a bad kisser) and said "I thought for sure you wouldn't agree to hang out with me." I was really confused and he said  "I thought my crossdressing would make you not want to be around me (Which again was never previously mentioned) and hugged me closer. 

He whispered in my ear as well "I'll send you some when I get home." Eventually, we stopped talking because I was "too weird for him." 

Shinedownonme 

Heard this from a friend. She had met a guy online and they went to those open-air restaurants and were sitting near the edge of the restaurant.

Throughout the whole meal, the guy was impolite and kept cutting her off during conversations.

At the end of the meal, the guy said “Let’s leave and go over to mine” And she was like “But we haven’t paid yet”. 

The guy wanted to run and not pay for the meal together with my friend. My friend just paid for her share and got the freak out of there.

Blimpnuts 

I went out for coffee with a guy I matched with on a dating site. Not only was he 30 minutes late with zero communication (I was playing on my phone and enjoying my coffee so I didn’t notice how late he was), he sat down, didn’t order anything, didn’t introduce himself, and just started talking. 

30 min in I was casually texting my safe calls to call me and tell me my kiddo needed me home.  Of course, nobody was available so I ended up stuck in a 3 hour conversation where I said nothing. 60 minutes in he was telling me how much I would like his mom.

  I couldn’t think of a polite way to get myself out of there and was sort of frozen when an employee came up to tell us they were closing soon. I jumped up and said all the nice platitudes and wanted to leave because he had come in through a different door so we weren’t parked close. 

 Nope. He insisted on being a “gentleman” and escorting me to my car, despite my protestations that it wasn’t necessary.

 We were at the dimly lit parking lot which looked empty, and this dude didn't understand social cues…. I tried to just get in my car, but he held the door and asked for a hug. I tried to give him one quickly and get back in but he kissed me. 

I had to push him off me because he wouldn’t let go. He was frowning and said “Is that it? Seriously?” And I left, I blocked him. Since then, I have not gone on a first date. It made me realize that despite my extracurricular activities, I managed to forget that vanilla meetings can be dangerous too.

Okdladyturtle

I was 16 at the time. I went with a friend and two lovely girls to an amusement park. We had a lot of fun at the attractions and got hungry, so we decided to go and eat. Everything was going smoothly. 

While my friend and his date were making out, we were having a fantastic time and talking about stupid teenage stuff that felt super important and deep at the time. Immediately after eating we went out to get more attractions.

Bad, BAD idea.

We got into an attraction called the Hammers. They are giant pendulums made for two people, one behind the other. 

The attraction started and began going faster and faster. 

My date was silent. Suddenly, when we were upside down and started going down she couldn't hold it any longer and she puked. I don't have to tell you who got splashed right in the face, right? We got down and I ran as fast as I could to the bathroom. It was gross. I cleaned as much as I could and got back. 

She apologized profusely and I felt bad for her. I said there was no problem and I took her home. During the commute, she was constantly trying to kiss me. She didn't wash her mouth. It was an... interesting experience.

Deminslayer1982

This guy demanded to pick me up from my house, I got him to agree to pick me up at a Starbucks and he reluctantly agreed. We went to a ramen shop—I didn’t know how to order ramen and he thought it was hilarious that I didn't know how. 

He whipped out his Switch and we played Smash Bro for an hour while eating. 

I took some insulin and he started telling me about his grandpa who died of T2 diabetes for most of the night.

We drove to a light show (it’s December and around Christmas), while waiting to get into the lights show he whipped out a ukulele and started singing Paramore—trying very hard to get me to sing along (I have major anxiety about singing and he wouldn’t stop trying to make me sing). 

On the ride home he asks if I’m a communist and says “It’s okay if you are—I kinda am too”. He also drove us deep into an idea-end road in the middle of the night and kept making kidnapping jokes, though we were seriously in the desert where that felt very possible.

I also threw up in a guy’s car after getting food poisoning and then slept for 15 hours in his bed because he was scared to take me home (family was out of town atm and I would’ve been all alone

7burns

I met up with a girl online. She looked very cute in pictures, had the same taste in music, she was even an awarded R&B singer in my town! We were both pretty excited for the date and she wanted to meet up for bowling with some friends and make it a casual thing. So I go to meet her and the red flags start coming in.

First of all, she is heavier than her pictures. Not that this is normally a problem for me but the pictures were very misleading. Second, worst of all, she smoked. All of her friends smoked. I have never so much as taken a puff of anything in my life because I hate the habit.

 There was nothing in her profile or pictures that indicated she smoked either which usually people are clear about. For me, it's a hard no. However, being way too polite at that point in my life, I figured we could just hang out and not make much of it. 

So while we're bowling they're okay to hang out with but her friends are a super couple and my date and I just met so it's already a weird vibe. Also, it's weird when everyone pauses to take a draw on their cigarettes and I just stare at them.  But the date is progressing and we finish up bowling and my date and her friends all tell me about their moms/aunts afterbar just down the road that was SOOO much fun. I, being still way too polite, decided to go with them.

So we arrived at this horrible local bar in Virginia Beach (for those who have been there, most places in VB are horrible. This one took the cake.) and everyone inside was smoking. We order some drinks and my date decides to sing for us (everyone there loves her and always wants her to sing) on the karaoke machine.

However, instead of some R&B song, or some light jazz standard, she decides to sing I Will Always Love You by Dolly Parton. Looking straight at me. The whole time. So not only was I already visibly uncomfortable with the setting, and becoming ill from being bathed in second-hand smoke for the last two hours, but this, whatever the hell was happening now, was happening. The singing was pretty good though!

Next, because this is still going on, we all grab a table with our drinks and I see this old woman at the pool table with a bright pink cue. I tell my group we should all play and we all do a little round of pool. At this point in my life I had started picking up the game more and the old lady, I found out her name was Sandy, noticed I was using English/good form with the cue.

 So Sandy comes in after our game and we start to play some pool together and discuss angles, English, etc. We play a few rounds of pool and at that point,t I look at my date and they're all sitting around smoking and drinking, as per usual. 

After a while longer, the bar closes and we all leave. My date asks me to walk her to her car, so I do, and she's kind of hinting at kissing me. All I can think about is the smell of whiskey and cigarettes on her breath. At this point, I was ready to puke from secondhand smoke, and kissing that would have been a disaster. 

So I nope the freak out of that with, "Thanks for tonight!" and go straight to my car and leave. I stood in my shower, shampooed my hair at least twice, and immediately threw all of my clothes in the laundry. 

Lean_ribs

This was with a friend of a friend whom I talked to a bit, and she invited me on a date (yuppie!). Note that it was a *date*, absolutely no doubt about that. When we arrived at the place, she told me the date thing was just an excuse and she wanted me to help her get with a mutual friend. 

I was too young and stupid to get up and leave. When we finished, she just said: I have no money, you have to pay. Again, too young stupid etc and I paid.

She was outraged that I blocked her on everything and refused to ever talk to her.

Ohmyitscoldtoday 

We met up on campus just to see if we liked each other. This girl was a gorgeous Spanish girl with jet-black hair. I thought I matched with a bot first time matching her

We planned our first date to go to the state fair. It was awful. I mean it started okay, held hands, and played some games. I won her a stuffed animal and she said she didn’t want it (this is where things get awkward)

But overall the state fair was expensive. And it was way too crowded. I suggested we ride the Ferris wheel in an attempt for a romantic view. 

It took us about an hour and a half to get on, and when we finally got our carriage, this father and daughter decided to join us without asking so it kinda ruined the whole mood.

But as we were walking and talking we realized we didn’t have any interests in common at all and the whole date was a fluke. I went to the bar later that night alone.

It was a learning experience though. It kinda helped me prepare and look out for bad date ideas in the future, and now I have my current girlfriend after having a good first date.

imaginaryAI 

After my divorce, I  dated a few guys online, not looking for anything serious. I drove up to the nearest city (about 1.5 hours) to meet a guy I had been chatting and swapping pics with for a week or two. I had tickets to see one of my favorite musicians play and invited him to join me. 

In person, he’s hot but turns out he’s a smoker (cigarettes) which as an ex-smoker I hate and which he hadn’t mentioned (gross!). We hung out at his house, drank, and slept together. 

When we went to get an Uber to the concert, it turned out he was banned from Uber -hmmm, red flag. We stopped by a liquor store and he peed in the parking lot, bought a bottle, and drank it all in the car. When we got to the show he freaked out about not being able to smoke in the venue and refused to go in.

 I called another Uber to get us back to his place to avoid him making a scene, and we missed the show. My car, my clothes etc were at his house so I don’t feel like I can just ditch him or send him home alone. 

We went back to his house, he drank and smoked all night and it was fine, but I was bummed as I had paid for those concert tickets and it was my only chance to see that band that year. Not to mention paying for two pointless Uber rides across the city. 

He had to get up early to go to work so I got up and left.. He texted as I was driving home to say he had screwed up and didn’t have to work. He begged me to come over and spend the day together. I politely backed off, blocked him, and considered it a lesson learned!

Hereforthenow 

Once I went to a bar with a girl from an online date. We could not find anything in common to talk about, super awkward. Coincidentally, 2 of her friends and 2 of my friends happened to come to the same bar. We said hi to our friends but continued our date at our table away from them.

Fast forward to an hour or two, we both said we had to get up early so we should go to bed. We both said goodbye and went to tell our friends goodbye too. Funnily,  we both ended up hanging out in the same bar, with our group of friends for the next 3 hours.

 We called off our date and then stayed in the same bar separately. Super awkward.

Laceymusic317

I took a girl out to a Minor League baseball game (it's July in the American Southwest, so it's goddamn hot.)

She did nothing but complain for 2 innings because it was hot. I bought ice cream, soda, and anything refreshing. $95 later, she says "I can't take this anymore. Take me home!" You better believe I did. Luckily, I used to work at the park and one of the managers let me back in, so I enjoyed the 4th inning.

She called me 3 days later, absolutely trashed, and said that she was "Trying to get me to sleep with her" and I "Was playing too hard to get for her liking." Last I knew of her, she had a kid with some dude that she hates because she, shocker, got drunk and got pregnant. 

Dude's a drug dealer as far as I can tell.

Phenom1nal

My first date was from a dating site. Luckily I lived with my brother, sister, and brother’s now ex-girl because this guy decided that coming to my house was a great first date. I disliked him because he lied on his profile. He was 1.5 feet shorter than his profile said. 

He did not look like his pics at all. He insisted that, even though he was hella shorter than me, he needed to have his arm around my shoulders essentially forcing me to crunch my shoulders and chest down to accommodate the arm. 

It gave me a major migraine and I had to excuse myself to hide in my bathroom because I had tried to ask him to leave before I got out of there and he brushed off each attempt. I was annoyingly shy back then so I wasn’t about to go into a rage mode, my bro’s ex took over making him leave. 

He only left when she wouldn’t let him come into the bathroom and “hold my hair” while I was taking a bath to ease the migraine. Like Ew dude, no. More importantly, you just met me (it had been about an hour since he got there at this point) wtf.

Toriisawesome 

We met online and the first time we met in person he picked me up to go for breakfast. There were no hugs and no contact at all. We were talking happily and it was more like friends but it didn't feel awkward to me, just maybe it wasn't going to turn into a 2nd date.

 We got into the car, headed to the movies and he's silent. I asked if he was okay and he was just like "I'm taking you home I don't feel well". Like okay, bye. Hours later, he blocked me on all platforms, cowardly. 

Finally, he texted me to tell me that he thought we were moving too fast and I just wanted to sleep with him...remember that we had zero physical contact and the one time he had slept with someone, he got a nosebleed halfway through. 

He said that he thought the blood was hers and that he was killing her. Now he never wants to have sex again.

Then he asked me on a second date!!!! to which I said no thanks lol

Viviaana 

I matched with a guy, chatted a bit, and then said yes to grabbing a beer together. We agreed to meet near a metro station and walk together to the bar. He was 20 minutes late. The pictures he had on his profile were well overdue, in reality, he had a greasy pot haircut and a dad bod.

 When we were crossing the street he ran through the red light and yelled at me to join him in breaking the law but I stayed back waiting for the green light and he started dorky on the other side of the street. 

When we got to the bar he spotted a guy on one wheel, told me that he could ride it, and was going to borrow it from the guy and show me how good he was on it. I was like: please don't. 

 We started talking and he was making fun of people from my uni for being so full of themselves while being conceited himself. He was a Bitcoin entrepreneur.

The guy with one wheel sat near us again. Despite promising not to, my date asked him if he could take one wheel wheel for a spin. Onewheel guy said ok, my date went to the street to ride it. He was gone in 30 mins. During this time I started talking with the one-wheel guy and clicked.

My online date came back and asked if I could buy him beer because he ran out of money (mind that I was paying for myself the whole night). Then I exchanged contacts with the onewheel guy (we still are great buds) and my online date was really mad that I didn't want to kiss him goodnight.

Oliwekk 

I went on a date with this girl. I tried to take her to this comedy club that I looked up that was not that far from her house. It was before GPS so I had to print map quest directions. 

It eventually led us to a building that didn’t exist, then I decided to go get dinner. While at the restaurant the waiter kept coming back to the table just to hit on her. ( I  didn’t think the girl liked me anyway so I didn't care just wanted the night to be over) 

Afterward, dinner she wanted to show me this new structure that the city had installed so we walked over to it. 

There was a lady who looked like she was a mom in her 40s leaning against a wall while she was letting a kid that looked 15 whip her on her back.

All this happened while his friends were cheering him on. She let me sleep at her house because I lived an hour away I was so confused about the situation that I slept there got up first thing in the morning left and never talked to her again

Jdwilliam80

I met a guy for coffee, and after an hour of small talk, a woman walked up to our table and tearfully introduced herself as hIs wIfe! Turned out he was a big liar, he was a divorcée. Mortified.

I will never forget what she said to me. She stuck her hand out and said, “ Hello dear. I’m his wife”. 

I was in so much shock I could only shake her hand and say ‘Hello’. The dude immediately stood up and rushed her out of the Starbucks. 

He said nothing to me at that moment but did try to text me the next week.

Oncompanytime2018

I took a girl I met online to see Infinity War. We had been talking for a few days already, and I had a really good feeling about how it was going. After we sat down she said, “I hope you don’t mind, but I talk during movies.” I was a little surprised, but I thought at least she was honest, and maybe it wouldn’t be too much. 

I was wrong. She talked through the whole movie. Not a whisper, but a conversation-level talk about the movie itself or theories or god knows what. Everyone around us heard her and did stuff like shift in their seat and turn around to look when it got too loud. 

I was mortified. I mostly just nodded or shook my head at stuff she would say. After the movie, I told her I didn’t think it would work out. She seemed surprisingly cool with it, so I’m assuming she either picked up on the vibe that it bothered me or this has happened to her before. 

I saw Infinity War again two days later, this time by myself. It was nice.

seanvettel-31 

I went on a date with a girl, I was meeting her at a bar downtown. She got there before me and said "Hey I'm sitting in the wood". I had no idea what "the wood" was and felt like the world's dumbest when I asked and she replied "Like bar....." We were not off to a great start. 

We had no chemistry and nothing in common, it was physically painful.

She kept watching the hockey game that was being played, so I asked if she liked hockey, and she replied: "No, not really into sports."   

I replied "Same and that was all that was said for the next 15 minutes.

eastcoasthan 

I'm writing this down now because I needed some time to process it. So I (25) matched with this girl (25) on a site over a week ago. We connected fast and had a whole lot in common. I thought she was out of my league but whatever. 

We talked for over a week and she was really cute to me, something I never had experienced. She was always happy when I did an audio message. "I love your voice", she said every time.

We planned a date for last Thursday and we both were looking forward to it, we also were very nervous about meeting. Actually, we wanted to meet up way earlier but I was on vacation and she had to work, so our schedules didn't fit each other.

I had taken advice from girlfriends on how they met their respective partners and what I could take into account. One thing was a friend got a flower (no rose) on her first date and maybe I could convince her to like me even more, I thought. So I bought a flower (I don't remember what kind) plus I bought a new perfume for our meetup.

So then there is Thursday, we messaged all the time in the morning like we did the whole week. We both agreed on playing black light minigolf. It was something active to do but not too stuffy going out and drinking a coffee or something. She lives an hour's drive away and arrived half an hour early.

 I live 10 minutes away from the place. When she told me that she was already there, I got into a polo shirt and put on my extra-bought perfume. I put the flower into the inside pocket of my jacket and drove to the minigolf course. It took some time to find a parking place but I finally found one so I walked to the address. And there she was.

She looked even more beautiful than in the pictures she shared with me. We hugged for like 5 seconds and it was intimate.   

So I gave her the flower. She liked the gesture but was not super excited. We brought the flower to her car and then went on to go playing. 

We both paid and she went to the restroom. I waited outside for like 5 minutes, and then she got out and said to me she was going to the car to get a blistering plaster. This was the last time I saw her and heard from her.

I waited and waited and waited... nothing. I looked at WhatsApp - no profile picture nor online status was visible to me. Went on Facebook and Instagram - not visible to me. Snapchat - deleted. She blocked me on every single social media account. Why? WHY??? I just didn't get it. I couldn’t find a reason. Did I have a crooked nose? Did the gifted flower seem creepy? Was it too much? What was the reason? She just drove and ghosted me right away.

I told the cashier about it. She was nice and understanding. She offered me to go get friends and play. I called my roommate and explained it. I drove home, threw my bag in the corner, and immediately hugged one girl roommate (I know it doesn't matter) and began to cry in her arms. I just couldn't get over it. 

What did I do wrong? I started trusting her and kinda felt some vibes coming between us. The thing also is that I opened up to this girl the day before about what I feel about my plans, additionally, we talked about intimate things like how people sleep with each other and stuff. Something I never had talked about to anybody because I'm like a late rookie regarding that topic.

Anyway, we helped one new room member, who was just moving in, unload the car and we as a group of four decided to play black light minigolf at the end of the day so that I was distracted from what happened to me.

I talked about this with my friends but I just wanted to get rid of it. One piece of advice: please guys do not ghost it seriously can heck somebody up heavily like it did to me. If only she texted me when she was in the car and didn't want to spend time. It would have been hard but okay. The darkness in me still haunts me four days after the incident. It is hard for me to get the pictures out of my head.

Moderator94

I went on a date with a chap who kept 'jokingly' telling me that he was more of a writer than I was because he had a Master's in it and I didn't, and then he told me about a play he wrote for his Master's which sought to tell stories about human feelings. 

It started with a woman at a bar, getting drunk, with tables of single men all around her. Then the play went into the lives of each of the men, showing something bad that had happened to each of them - a divorce, being passed over for a promotion, or a wrecked sister. 

At the end of the play, the woman stumbled off stage, drunk, and the men all made eye contact with one another and followed her. 

He told me it was supposed to show that men could be harmful to women, but it seemed like he was indirectly addressing me. I left immediately.

Hilariously, a friend of a friend dated him for a few months after that without knowing my history with him and dumped him when he told her about the role. 

Unfortunately, he's now pretty big in my city's arts review scene so I see him all over Twitter. Not the best.

Teashoeandhair

I started talking to a guy off of a dating website. We chatted for a good week before we were able to meet (he was divorced, has young kids, etc.) Anywho, we decided to meet at a bar/restaurant on a Wednesday evening. Keep in mind that, are both mid-late 30's, worked full-time, etc.

So, he's late, like almost 30 minutes late. When he arrives, he apologizes and proceeds to order a beer and a shot of fireball. He asks if I would like one. I hesitate but say, "Sure, I'll have one with you." So we're chatting, having a good time but darn it, he's talking a mile a minute, 

He is constantly interrupting me and complimenting me (thank you but, let me tell my story). Long story short, he proceeds to order at least 5 more beers, I think 3 shots.

 I had 2 beers and the one he had offered me. I suggest we order food so we order a couple of burgers. After this, he orders ANOTHER shot of Fireball and a beer and by now it's about 9:30, I want to get home and get ready for bed. 

We go to leave and our waitress comes running out, worried about him driving. He claims he is just fine, has a high tolerance, didn't drink that much, etc. I tell him maybe he should order a Lyft/uber and again he claims he is fine but he wants to come home with me. I politely decline and state I have to work early the next morning. 

He gets all weepy, tries to kiss me and I excuse myself and tell him maybe next time. Never heard from him again!

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I went on a  date with a guy when I was like 18 and he was living at home. We met at his house where he had to sneak me in because his parents didn’t know I was coming. 

We also left to go to a bar and on the way while still in the driveway, he goes oh no I have to pee. 

  He then proceeded to drop his pants directly in front of me and pee in a bush in his driveway instead of going inside.  

…I still got intimate with this dude later that night

Hell0-human

I met with a woman at a small local brewery. The date lasted about an hour and she just could not keep the conversation going.  

I remember attempting to talk about any subject that came to mind.  She wouldn't respond with more than 5 words with responses like "Yeah that's cool" or "I like that as well."  About 45 minutes into the date, I basically gave up. I thought, this just wasn't clicking. 

When we finished our drinks, we headed our separate ways. About a week later, she texted me and wanted a second chance. I was flattered that she asked, so I gave it another date.  

Fast forward 3 years, we are happily engaged and our wedding is next December!

Chummymarlian 

I went on one spectacularly awful date. One of the things he told me at first was that he couldn’t remember the last time he showered (yes, pal, I noticed). He also told me multiple stories of police mistaking him for a homeless person and showed me a tattoo on his upper inner thigh (he had easy access to this, thanks to the jorts he was wearing) of a hot dog. 

  The best part of the tattoo was that he got it because a restaurant offered free hot dogs to anyone who did so. Then, the place closed down. He said it was like a punch line, I lost it laughing, he did not understand why it sounded funny to me  

He ended the night telling me he kind of had a girlfriend. There were no hard feelings over that fact.

Electricgoatss

I took my date to the hurricane and ordered for us both. I got myself ribs with chips and her ribs with salad. We were having a wonderful conversation about something interesting.

Anyways, the food came in, and I tore away the ribs while she pushed away the ribs and just started eating salad.

 Halfway through my ribs, I noticed that she hadn't eaten the ribs after she had finished the salad. I asked her if all was well with the ribs and she said that it seemed fine.

I proceeded to ask her why she didn't eat the ribs. Here's the kicker, she's vegan.....

The server overheard and had the same facial expression as me.

Deadly_R

My date asked me where I wanted to go to eat, so I responded with, "Anywhere cheap is cool." He picked sushi and said his friend worked there and could give a discount. 

We arrived in separate cars and ordered our food. I got water, and a plate of beef and broccoli (I don't eat sushi rice). I didn't order much because it was expected of me to pay for my meals, and I felt that going on a date could be expensive. 

He went on to order multiple beers, an appetizer that only he ate, multiple side dishes, a main dish, and dessert. 

At the end of the meal, his waiter friend handed him the black leather book with the bill inside. 

This dude took a glance and handed it to me. I figured out my dinner price and pulled out like $15, mind you the total was in the $90s. He looked  at what I pulled out and said, "$15 won't cover the meal." I responded with, "Excuse me?" 

He proceeded to tell me that the bill was $90 and $15 wasn't enough.  I've never been so annoyed in my life. I told him, "I was having a great time until now, this is for my meal. Bye." And walked out of the restaurant. 

Vskakashi

I met this lady off, about a year ago. We met at my favorite restaurant (my first mistake.) Do you know how you can tell right off the bat that the person is not into it? Yeah, I had one of those greetings. The whole time I just saw this sneer look on her face, like bracing for impact or some mess. Talking low and guarded, or just not talking to anything.

Now, I've had my fair share of bad dates, so I resolve to just go with the flow, enjoy my meal, and play video games the rest of the night.

Not to mention I  had a huge 'frat bro' table behind us being extra loud. So fast forward, I said my goodbye and chalked it up to another rough one.  

When I got home, I saw lots of texts about how 'difficult it was to read me,' how messy dating was, and how I cut the date short like an Idiot. 0/10 wait for a Steam sale, everyone.

Back_fire

I met a girl who invited me for dinner. That's rare for me and I readily agreed. She chose the time, restaurant, etc.

We got there, she looked amazing. We went in and sat. Throughout the meal, she kept making comments about how much of a snitch her ex was. We came to the end of the meal and I discovered, thankfully through our waiter speaking to me slyly while she was in the toilet that he was her ex.

She had intentionally invited me to dinner at the restaurant knowing that her ex would be our waiter so she could talk shit about him the whole evening. 

Neither of us tried to contact each other after that date.

Genfire 

My ex-boyfriend and I were on rocky terms and I had agreed to let him sort out his issues and stuff but we had bought tickets to this Christmas light thing and it was expensive so we went on a nostalgic last date or whatever.

I was so heartbroken but happy and I cried on and off the whole time. I even brought sunglasses to hide my tears even though it was night. I had a weird sense of humor,  so I suggested we stand under the huge engagement ring.

 We stood there for 15 minutes in line until I broke down, told him I couldn't stand there knowing fully well that we would never be married, and walked away. 

He told me we could still be friends. Less than 2 weeks later he had a "new relationship" and took me off all of his social media. I wasted a year of my life and the new girl was ugly which I found insulting.

 I mean if you wanna cheat she better be Angelina Jolie.

waywardvetere