Two people meet, go on a few dates and fall in love. How we wish it were that simple. In reality, most of us encounter our fair share of frogs before we finally find the one.
While some first dates do lead to long-term relationships, or even friendships, many flop before the first course can arrive. Maybe he or she spends the whole evening talking about their ex, themselves, or nothing at all. Maybe they order for you without asking, or they’re rude to the waiter. Whatever it is, you say your goodbyes, and keep it moving.
Then there are first dates so bad that you consider deleting all the apps forever. Like the one where his wife rocked up, another where he brought his ex along, and another where she found her 18-year-old self sat across from a man wearing a toupee. We wish we were making these up but they’re true horror stories that have been shared in response to someone asking, “What happened on a first date that made you never talk to them again?“
Bored Panda has put together a compilation of the best worst first date stories that might turn even the softest romantic into a hardened cynic. Close Tinder, sit back and keep scrolling. Don’t forget to upvote your favorites.
#1
He had a toupee. I was 18.
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#2
showed up to pick me up without asking for an address..
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#3
He made me pay and then he kept the change
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#4
He asked me where HIS flowers were
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#5
Told me he liked the shape of my skull…
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#6
His wife showed up.
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#7
He joked abt kidnapping me every 10 mins
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#8
Had Sydney Sweeney as his lock screen
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#9
brought his ex bc he wanted to “compare the dates between me and her ” he sat her at a different table and went back n forth between us 😭😭 i left like ten mins later
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#10
He literally shushed me. Put a finger to my mouth and said shh I’m talking now LMAOO
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#11
Told me I had eyes like Madeleine McCann
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#12
He said we were just going out for drinks. Then he casually ordered chicken with French fries—for himself. He kept asking me if I wanted some, and I kept saying no because I wasn’t hungry. After insisting multiple times, he finally convinced me to take ONE single French fry… so I did. And then he asked me to pay HALF of his meal… for that ONE French fry.
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#13
Genuinely hated when i broke eye contact, he’d clench his fist and make a grr noise or huff whenever i looked away. We were at dinner and this is the first time i met him.
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#14
showed me a capcut edit of himself
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#15
They talked about their ex all the time, even I ended up missing the dude. It was emotional.
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#16
Tried to kiss me at the end (I pulled away as wasn’t feeling it) he laughed ominously and said “you’re kidding yourself if you think you have a choice”… bruh, ran tf away & never looked back
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#17
He mentioned he was living with his ex during the date and kept asking about my living situation… No you’re not moving in. Next!
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#18
He used the fork from the table to scratch his back… literally took the fork and put it inside his shirt to scratch his back. Then used it to eat when the food came.
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#19
He was wearing these shoes
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#20
Told me he was still in love with his ex and I looked like her. I just had to cut my hair.I climbed out the bathroom window because he walked me to the bathroom because he was scared I was going ran out on him.I even faked having my period because he wanted to take my bag.
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#21
Told me that no one would hear me scream from his basement flat 🙃. I married a woman.
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#22
I told him I was in the process of finishing my masters and buying a house.. he said “you need to stop both of those. You’ll be living with me and neither are optional”. As he lived on a falling apart boat…
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#23
he licked my eye makeup off
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#24
Told me his mum still puts his socks on for him sometimes (he was 23)
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#25
He asked me why I still got check up for cancer i used to have and told me that if we went further into the relationship i wouldn’t be allowed to get my routine check ups anymore.
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#26
he was counting my calories for me
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#27
He accidentally spiked his own drink with ghb
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#28
he did the splits after a strike while bowling
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#29
“ill take you out for dinner” ended up in a kebab shop
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#30
We went to a restaurant and I knew the owner well. He claimed to own the restaurant…I called the owner in front of him to ask him if he sold it to the guy. He laughed and said no, he just does kitchen duty.
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#31
I ate oxtails and she had a problem with that.
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#32
Said his dad was on trial for attempting to end his step mom (with an axe) and everyone thinks he’s going to end up like his dad but he knows he’s not because when he got in a fight with his ex he could have reached for a knife but chose not to.
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#33
Told me he had a female cadaver under his bed- he was completely serious.
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#34
“oh so you just babysit kids all day” – I’m a primary school teacher.
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#35
Told me he was tall , i said how tall? He said he was at least 5″10/5″11 he was 5″3 😳 im 5″9
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#36
said he „forgot“ his wallet and would send me the money after (which he never did) and still had the audacity to ask me out on a second date I replied „do I have to pay for this one too“
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#37
she stole my shoes cuz her ex wanted them for his collection
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#38
He ordered the same meal as me and then looked at me and said my mom usually orders for me…
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#39
He brought his mother.
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#40
He picked a Mexican restaurant and ordered chicken nuggets
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#41
Kissed me all over my face but his breath stunk so my face smelt like tonsil stones and I had to drive home for an hour
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#42
During a dinner he said “my job is so intense my hands are ruined. I have no finger prints left….I could get away with pretty much any crime”
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#43
He had a matress protector as a duvet.
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#44
when I went to pull out my chair he thought it was for him and went to sit down.
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#45
Said he has another date with someone else next day and he will let me know.. he picked me and I picked someone else lol
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#46
He was so small that I thought he was a child walking towards me
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#47
Brought his parents along without even telling me. He was 26.
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#48
He said “I know, I stalked your moms Facebook”
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#49
Said jalen hurts is so hot with a smirk on her face
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#50
Burped in my face in a restaurant
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#51
He spoke full volume in the movie theatre, it was embarrassing
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#52
He was in FaceTime with his friend all the time while driving flexing he got girl next too him
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#53
Said “I love you” within 30 minutes dinner date.
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#54
Wore skinny jeans… like very tight skinny jeans
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#55
Complained about my car..that he didn’t even get in. We met at the restaurant and he DOGGED me for driving a jeep grand Cherokee..ig cuz he was a mechanic but like she’s been good to me and I love it
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#56
picked me up and made me pay for gas lol
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#57
Opened my fridge and made comments on everything in there
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#58
He talked about putting hands on women when necessary. I gave him this look and He said “I’m joking “. I KNEW HE WASN’T
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#59
he said “no self respecting adult uses a backpack”. I was sat there with a backpack, a Shaun the sheep backpack 🥲 this was in 2018 and I’m now marrying someone who encourages my fluffy bag collecting
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#60
He wanted me to feed him
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#61
he kept asking why I didn’t want him to pick me up, then he mentioned how he can memorize my license plate and put a tracker on my car… he’s a cop
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#62
he took me to all you can eat wings on a Monday night and proceeded to eat 36 wings
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#63
I ordered a mushroom Swiss burger (With extra mushrooms). When the food came, he SCOOPED all the mushrooms off and ate them and said “ I did that because I didn’t think you liked mushrooms” WHY would I order a mushroom burger than.. 🤐 I left
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#64
He had long nails
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#65
he went through my phone for a good 10 minutes
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#66
Genuinely said I love you then cried when I laughed at him
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#67
He was standing like this
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#68
Asked me to clip his toenails because his mommy did it. He had to go see his mom every single day. We got there and he asked how she slept and she said “aw baby you know I can’t sleep without you”.
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#69
He kept leaving the table to go the bathroom every 15 minutes, turns out he was “skiing”.
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#70
Kept asking random people with dogs if their dog was named josh
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#71
Took me to the zoo but he had one free ticket so said ‘you pay for yours as I’ve got a free ticket’
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#72
He ate oxtails with his fingers and kept smacking his lips
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#73
he asked me if i was bulking
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#74
He whistled and clicked at a waitress for her attention, didn’t speak to her and just pointed. I left and gave her a twenty
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#75
he took me to meet his ex
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#76
Asked to look at their ex on my facebook
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#77
freestyle rapped to me.
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#78
He ordered spicy food while I order the regular one turned to ask the server for a napkin and when I turned back I saw him eating already and TF he ate my order while I had to suffer after eating his. Took me three days to finally recover from stomachache and ghosted him.
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#79
“You can hobby around with your camera I will provide” I was a full time professional photographer and paying my bills with it.
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#80
He took my phone from me and didn’t want to give it back because someone texted me and I decided to answered. This happened after 4hours together and I answered in 30 seconds and locked my phone. Never saw him again.
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#81
He brought up pictures of his ex and told me “you kind of look like her” he walked me to my car after I made an excuse to leave and tried to hug me bye. I literally stopped him to shake his hand and told him it was nice to meet him and thank you for everything but he would never see me again😂 saw him years later out and he asked me “didn’t we go on a date before?” I told him I didn’t know him and went on about my night.
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#82
asked for my salary 5 minutes into the date
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#83
He played the instrumental version of Kanye west and rapped the whole album to me not breaking eye contact
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#84
sang love story by Taylor Swift in a full restaurant. very loudly. he didn’t know how to sing….
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#85
he let me know beforehand that he wont be paying for my food, after we had just ordered, so i got my food takeout and left
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#86
He talked for 45 minutes straight… I fell asleep mid convo😭 woke up and he said “so tomorrow?”
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#87
He said deodorant was an advertising scam
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#88
She had an AI picture of what our babies would look like
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#89
He referred to himself in third person
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#90
we went to an arcade and he wouldn’t let me play any games…he played on his own
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#91
He said out of all the women he is talking to at the moment I’m his favorite right now.
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#92
he talked about me meeting his parents the next day and started discussing kids names for when we would start trying next year…i’d met this man ONCE
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#93
he farted at the table…on out first date
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#94
i went on a first date with a guy and he took me to where i worked to eat so he could use my employee discount
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#95
His ex showed up because they were sharing locations still
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#96
He asked if I could invest in his business idea
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#97
We went to a steakhouse and he asked me to cut his steak in bite size pieces for him.
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#98
He took me to a steakhouse. Mind you I’m vegetarian and had told him
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#99
We ordered food at a restaurant and he ordered A LOT of expensive foods and several drinks. Afterwards he told me that “I don’t have enough money with me, so you’re gonna need to pay…”
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#100
we went to get ice cream , he said he didn’t want one, then pretended to be talking on the phone when it was time to pay , then he ate my ice cream
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#101
Told me he needed to run into the shops to pick something up. Turns out I waited in the car while he had his teeth whitened
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#102
When i ordered a hot chocolate and the barista asked if i wanted whipped cream and he said “no we are saving that for later”.
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#103
He said “next time on you?”
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#104
Told me it was his and his ex’s favorite restaurant and she was our server
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#105
Said he was going to take me out for dinner. We went to McDonalds and I was only allowed to pick something from the €1 board.
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#106
“Wow you look like a younger version of my mom in person, that’s perfect.” Left before the hostess even asked us “how many”
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#107
he asked me to get coffee and we went and got gas station coffee… and he made me pay for my $1.25 coffee….
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#108
He said : « can u please stop talking it’s my turn now »
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#109
Took me to a concert and as we were waiting in the line to be let in a group of 3 girls walked by, he turned to me and goes “if I wasn’t with you right now, non of these girls would be safe in here.”
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#110
He told me he doesn’t like toothpaste,perfumes,soaps etch and only washes himself with water .
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#111
First date lasted a weekend, at the end of it he told me he loved me and I needed to delete all my dating apps and asked to go through my phone before I left his apartment so he knew I was “faithful”
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