I mean 18 is the age of consent in a lot of states, so...

Not a first date (which was fine, fun and uneventful), but a second date (and I think it counts because...you’ll see why): We went to a bar and he saw a woman he knew, paled visibly, and said her name. I thought “oh, ex-girlfriend...or current girlfriend maybe?” The woman turned, saw him and immediately angrily said,…

I went on a date with a chap off Tinder who spent the majority of the whopping 40 minutes spent with him talking about horrible conspiracy theories (everything is fake news, Donald Trump is made of mole-rats, #MeToo is a feminist agenda against well deserving men). He was on a random music series a few years ago and…

This isn’t mine, but my mom’s—She’s back home from college during break and meets a local university guy at her summer job. He’s handsome, from Germany, and is interested in theater. All is great. He goes to pick my mom up on their first official date. The time (mid 1960's) dictated that the guy would be invited to my…

My girlfriend’s older sister was widowed and finally decided to put herself out there. Many hilarious first (and last) dates ensued. One guy took her to an acceptable restaurant and then asked her if it was ok if he just took out his dentures and put them in his water glass while they dined. She emphatically told him…

Well, she lied about her age, so that’s kind of the main problem. Needless to say, I didn’t feel comfortable dating a 17 year old at 22, especially one without much experience in dating, and who also lied about her age.

Late to this party but chiming in anyway: In high school, I was thrilled to be asked to the homecoming dance by one of the star football players. The plan was to meet up after the game, then head to the gym for the dance. When I got to our designated meeting place, I was surprised to see that his entire family—mom,…

Out of a shitty relationship where the sex was near non existent... this is my excuse for overlooking 8 million red flags that older me would have left him years before... but this is about the crappy dates with randos that followed!

Oh nobody will read this, but it brought back fond (in retrospect) memories from my early 20s. I had gone out to a club with and ended up dancing all night with a military guy (there were a lot of bases in this town) who was tall and good-looking and a really good dancer. He gave me his number, and though I wasn’t…

I had broken up with my boyfriend of about 2 years 6 months prior. It was one of those ugly breakups that sticks with you for a while. I decided it was time to get out there and work on moving on. Guy asks me out, I was actually pretty excited. We grab a few drinks, etc. and then as we’re just a bit tipsy at the bar,…

I had been single for about a year when I first turned to online dating, signed up for one month of Match (all my worst dates came from Match...)

When we were out having dinner he asked me to tell him a story that would make him cry. I didn't know what to say and he said that was ok. Because the reason he liked me was that I didn't talk all the time and wasn't full of opinions like most English girls. He met me when i was working in a library, which gave him a…

So, I had this friend with strong asshole tendencies (the sort who would have your back for emergencies but spend the rest of their time laughing at your clothes, music, opinions, etc... I’m not really friends with him anymore), and one day out of the blue he asks me if I’d be interested in dating women. Well, uh, I ha…

Picture it, DC 2011. I meet a guy on OKCupid. He demands we go to Zola. The initial contact is friendly though he is scanning my body.He knows I work at a non-profit museum and proceeds to ask me “who do you know in the non-profit world?” I respond with “eh which non-profit world?” He then tells me he’s going to start…

This guy who’s younger sister I liked made a bet with me over something stupid and the prize was winner pay for tickets to the movie theatre, I lost so I had to pay for tickets, I was already upset about losing and then he picked a sequel to a movie I had never seen. After we went to the food court to get something to…

Ok, not sure if this counts, as I was not actually on the date. But I was the matchmaker- well in collaboration with my dad.

After my divorce I worked as a manager in a small store with 3 women working for me. We had a female customer who seemed to hit it off with me, and eventually we agreed we would go out. She knew I had given up the car in the divorce and hadn’t replaced it, so she agreed to pick me up. We went to a local pool hall,…

I was 28 and just out of a long term relationship . I hadn’t been on a first date in 6 years. One day after work, my colleagues and I went to an after-work spot. I met a woman there and danced all night with her. No talking just dancing. Exchanged numbers and left.

 No date stories, but when is the scary stories contest? I told a bit of my story in another account I lost the password to, but...I’ve never discussed it all. Honestly it was quite awful.

I was a waitress at a local diner that worked late nights. Every fool that had stumbled out of a bar at closing time would show up and decide that they were somehow going to take me home.