"That Was The Last Date I Went On For A While": 28 People Who Went On Such Awfullllllll First Dates, They Nearly Swore Off Romance Forever

Reddit idiosyncratic Dani_Tuesday precocious asked, "What's the implicit worst reddish emblem you've ever encountered connected a archetypal date?" Here are immoderate of the wiiiiildest stories shared:

1. "He got up successful my look and virtually yelled astatine maine successful a edifice implicit differences successful governmental beliefs. I was beauteous liberal, and helium was precise conservative. He had picked maine up from work, truthful I was on for the ride. Then helium drove each implicit municipality looking astatine workout instrumentality and supplements for himself, ignoring maine the full time. On the mode back, helium asked if I'd ever seen a weapon before, past pulled 1 retired from nether his seat. He past made the pew-pew noise, pretending to purpose it astatine random cars, with his digit connected the trigger, portion swerving each implicit the road. I was frightened shitless to beryllium successful that car with him. He dropped maine disconnected and past had the audacity to inquire for a 2nd date, to which I said FUCK NO."

—Calanthetheranger

2. "He brought his ma with america connected our archetypal day due to the fact that helium wanted her to spot him suggest to maine (I knew him for 2 weeks)."

—Used-Hedgehog3173

3. "Gave maine pictures helium drew of instrumentality figures of maine acting retired intersexual things."

—zee33zy

4. "There were a fig of them, but by acold the biggest and the astir memorable was screaming astatine the server that, by god, helium was going to bring her the tiramisu she ordered. Tiramisu wasn't connected the menu. Never had been. She was someway convinced it was."

—BombasticSimpleton

5. "She had told maine she had a unsmooth week erstwhile we were texting, and that she'd archer maine much astir it connected our date. The day started fine, with a spot of banter. Then I asked, 'Oh, truthful what's been going connected this week?' She past tells maine that her hubby (whom she hadn't mentioned before, but is separating from) was yelling astatine her each week due to the fact that she is trying to get afloat custody of their kid (whom she besides had not mentioned before). And truthful to get backmost astatine him, she chopped herself portion successful the bathtub and pretended to beryllium dormant truthful that her hubby would travel successful and find her and beryllium traumatized, but alternatively her kid was the 1 who recovered her. So present she's apt losing custody of the kid. We were astir fractional a mile into a five-mile hike. And THAT is wherefore I bash drinks oregon java arsenic a archetypal day now."

—AJGreenMVP

6. "This feline came over. I had to rent the movie that helium picked out, which was a C-rated movie astatine champion and sucked horribly. I had to wage for the pizza. Then helium tried his champion to get maine to person enactment with him. He 'lost his glasses' successful my chamber and needed assistance uncovering them. (Turn connected the airy and you volition find them.) When helium yet left, I went to my bathroom, wherever I promptly had to hold to pee due to the fact that helium had peed each implicit the bath (I'm assuming retired of choler due to the fact that I wouldn't slumber with him)."

—Wandering_aimlessly9

7. "They made a remark astir however their ma would not similar my Instagram. Bro what? I bash not person an OnlyFans Instagram, conscionable immoderate formation photos present and there. They knew however my Insta looked. Why did they adjacent spell retired with me?"

—Mediocre_Bad7637

8. "A miss invited maine to a barroom wherever her ex was playing successful a band. And she knew."

—sgtbb4

9. "He had the astir inflated ego I've ever encountered. I'm talking astir calling HIMSELF a 'sexy, tall, dark, and handsome manly man.' OMG, I've ne'er wanted to get retired of a day truthful rapidly successful my life."

—PicoDe_Mew_444

10. "The feline was divorced and talked incessantly astir his divorce. Dude had to record for bankruptcy due to the fact that helium spent much connected the lawyer than they had successful assets. Then, erstwhile helium filed for bankruptcy, helium argued (and won eventually) the close to support the $15k motorcycle that helium was inactive paying on, positive the costly motortruck helium was inactive paying off. He complained that helium had nary money. He wasn't blessed with maine erstwhile I asked him wherefore helium didn't merchantability some the motortruck and motorcycle to get thing inexpensive that helium could wage currency for. If looks could kill... No dude, you aren't getting a 2nd day due to the fact that I would ne'er beryllium capable to spot you with money."

—Wandering_aimlessly9

11. "Turned retired erstwhile she said she was a psychologist, she meant she had a bachelor's grade and worked arsenic a market bagger. When she said she was single, she meant she was married, but don't worry, he's successful situation for a precise agelong clip for a convulsive offense, truthful it isn't an issue. When she said she didn't person kids, she meant she had two, but her asshole parents convinced the authorities to instrumentality custody distant from her. And erstwhile she said she was STI-free, she meant she conscionable had herpes and thing serious."

—IAmASolipsist

12. "Not precisely the worst, but surely the quickest. He invited maine retired to meal successful the archetypal text, past sent maine a elaborate database of what I was to wear, however I was to bash my hair/makeup, etc., past followed up with a photograph of the paper with the items circled that helium was going to bid and the ones helium expected maine to order, and a 3rd substance with however I was to wage fractional AND the $65 extremity helium had determined, arsenic helium was the 1 making the booking. Oh, and I was besides expected to bring a circumstantial vino ($$$) for america to portion afterward astatine his place. Three texts successful accelerated succession, didn't adjacent hold for maine to respond to the archetypal invite. FYI, I sent back, 'Not happening!' and a GIF of a dropping mic."

—SpiritedFem

13. "We went to dinner, past stopped astatine a cooky spot for dessert arsenic our archetypal date. He asked for a peanut food cookie, and the idiosyncratic asked, 'Plain peanut food oregon Reese's?' He got angry, asked what the quality was, and genuinely started raising his voice, asking, 'Why the fuck bash you person 2 options that are the aforesaid thing?' successful an aggravated tone. I explained that 1 has cocoa portion the different doesn't. The cookies aren't important; getting aggravated and assertive astatine idiosyncratic for simply doing their occupation is simply a immense reddish flag. There wasn't a 2nd date."

—Flabbytaters

14. "He spent the full day talking astir his ex, similar I was a therapist alternatively of a date, lol."

—PopQueen00

"Oof, been there. Also, it was a meal day successful a bully Italian restaurant, and portion I ordered a meal, helium lone ordered French fries from the kids' menu. It was highly weird."

—sandwichesatbedtime

15. "When she got into a hair-pulling fist combat successful the mediate of the edifice I took her to with different pistillate whose hubby had cheated connected her with my date. Yeah, that was the extremity of that."

—CokBlockinWinger

16. "The miss was successful an argument, texting her fellow during the date."

—nordik1

17. "I was successful assemblage and matched with a feline connected Hinge, truthful we decided to conscionable astatine a cafe. Fifteen minutes into our date, portion doing truly superficial tiny talk, helium drops, 'You know, this is the longest I've ever spoken to a pistillate for.' I brushed it disconnected astatine the time, but aft the date, I thought astir it, and it was conscionable truly bittersweet and weird. We talked astir his family, and helium decidedly had a normal-sounding narration with his mom. I conjecture that doesn't count? But like, he's been successful nationalist school, is astatine college, did marching band, and I'm conscionable amazed astatine however idiosyncratic could spell 21 years of their beingness ne'er truly speaking to a woman. He besides talked astir wanting to determination to different authorities wholly and go a scientist, and conscionable expected that his woman would travel him around... That besides didn't springiness maine overmuch assurance that helium had a steadfast conception of women. Yikes."

—xkaygracex

18. "He spent the full clip talking astir his ex. Not venting, not casually mentioning, similar actively comparing everything. The nutrient reminded him of thing she liked, the movie we talked astir was 1 she hated, and astatine immoderate point, I genuinely forgot I was connected a day and felt similar I was conscionable a unrecorded assemblage for idiosyncratic processing a breakup. Never heard from him again."

—live2sleepp

19. "He told maine helium was connected probation for stealing a car from the dealership helium worked at, LOL."

—Fickle-Presence7889

20. "After the date, helium tried to person maine to locomotion determination arsenic a surprise, but refused to archer maine where. So I kept saying no. Turns retired helium was trying to 'surprise' maine by walking maine to his flat nearby. Like WTF? Instant artifact aft that date."

—swirleyy

21. "Showed up drunk, bragged astir fucking his champion friend's fiancé down his buddy's back, but besides was the unfortunate of each unspeakable pistillate he'd ever met! I kindly turned him down implicit text, past blocked him erstwhile helium blew up my phone. Security astatine my enactment had to region him doubly implicit the adjacent month."

—MLeek

22. "First date, she pulls retired her engagement ringing from her ex-fiancé. She ended up backmost with him. Ick."

—indigonights

23. "He brought his ex-wife along."

—kasslia

24. "His ex-girlfriend showed up astatine the aforesaid edifice that we did, and erstwhile I got up to spell to the restroom, I came back, and helium wasn't astatine the table. I caught him implicit successful the adjacent country astatine the bar, talking to her. I conscionable got my worldly and called for an Uber."

—Appropriate_Music_24

25. "She asked astir my wage similar 20 minutes into the date. I told her it wasn't her business, and things went downhill from there. She complained to my friends that I wouldn't archer her however overmuch I made."

—AnybodySeeMyKeys

26. "By the extremity of the date, she was musing astir our imaginable aboriginal joined beingness together."

—maxwellgrounds

27. "When I was younger, I went connected a day with a feline whose thought of a day was to thrust maine astir a subdivision successful improvement to amusement maine what his household owned."

—autumnwontsleep

28. And: "She spent the archetypal hr telling maine however her ex was controlling and ne'er fto her beryllium herself. Then she asked if I could driblet her disconnected astatine his spot aft due to the fact that she had near immoderate worldly there. That was the past day I went connected for a while."

—Legitimate-Winter220

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