Single life is great. But the ritual of actively seeking partnership known as ~dating~ is a wild ride. A wild ride that often crashes and burns. It’s not easy taking a chance on new people, because people are notoriously weird.
Sure, dating can be fun! And seeking a romantic relationship is great if that’s what you want. But we can all admit that the truth is dating also means meeting a lot of randos and having some bizarre-to-straight-up-unpleasant experiences.
So let’s commiserate in the reality of dating low-points, via the real life stories of terrible first dates from Reddit. Don’t stress – these stories are not of the violently confronting type (of which there are unfortunately too many, especially for women).
These are just first date stories that are wild, cruel, confounding, and relatable for anyone who has been on the dating scene. It’s enough to make you glad to take a break and enjoy single life.
Let’s kick off with this tale that is an actual nightmare come true. Pray you never meet up with someone from a dating app who is heartless enough to pretend they’re not your date as soon as they see you. Or at least pray they are a better liar than this chick.
Then again, things could be worse. They could pretend to only speak another language the entire time(???) When they clearly speak your language (???)
Sometimes you go on a date only to be sprung by fun surprises like a married couple looking for a threesome. With no warning! Fun!
How cute is it when your date tells you they would kill their dog for drugs <3 Just dating things.
That’s still not as bad as when they talk about killing their enemy’s with a harpoon. Not exactly what anyone wants to hear, and especially not a woman on a date considering men are the #1 threat to women’s safety.
Maybe this person not showing up because they “didn’t feel like going” actually has the right idea.
Also can’t tell if I’m repulsed or impressed with this person springing that she’s straight up looking for a sugar daddy relationship. I mean, at least she’s being honest about what she wants.
This is a truly WILD story and I don’t expect many of us will ever experience something quite like it.
Somehow, listening to Westlife in silence sounds like the best part of this date.
Someone shutting the door in your face is never a great start.
At least if the reality of dating makes you so nervous you vomit, there’s apparently an avenue for that. Reddit has the answers.
Happy dating, stay safe, and may you have good mates you can unload your bad date stories onto to get you through.