The success of Tinder has brought a ton of apps to the mobile dating scene. But along with more apps has come more chances to find a match—or find yourself in a sticky situation. Here, we’re sharing 10 bad date horror stories that all happen to be the real-life nightmares of one anonymous mobile dating app user. Read on for her worst dates to date, as told to slice.ca.
The foot fiend
How we met: Bumble
What happened next: “I’ll never forget the guy who could barely look me in the eye, and no, it wasn’t a confidence crisis. He was enamoured by what he called ‘toe cleavage’ in my heels and the tiny freckle below my pinky toe. I actually have a foot phobia so a man with a foot fetish would never work.”
The oversharer
The nervous wreck
How we met: Tinder
What happened next: “My date one evening was so nervous, he was sweating buckets in the middle of winter when we met. At first, I thought it was endearing that he was so worried about what to say and what to do. But, after knocking over his second beer and this one splattering all over me, I wanted to slip the poor guy a Xanax.”
The sweet talker
How we met: Hinge
What happened next:“Everything was going great with one man until after around the fifth date, he started to speak baby talk to me like, ‘I want to gwive wuoo a wittle kissy wissy’ all the time. I felt like the next thing he was going to do was shove a pacifier in my mouth.”
The phone addict
How we met: Bumble
What happened next: “Have you ever been on a first date where a guy’s phone won’t stop ringing? Instead of turning the device on silent, this guy answered every call. Even the call from his buddy who he talked to for three minutes about the date he was on while I sit across from him. I finished my white wine spritzer and promptly left while he was taking a call.”
The MENSA man
How we met: Tinder
What happened next: “On a first date, a guy confessed he was surprised by how ‘intelligent’ I am. Apparently, pretty girls shouldn’t have a high IQ; he claims the insult was actually meant as a compliment coming from him since he is MENSA. Cue a massive eye roll.”
The big dreamer
How we met: Tinder
What happened next: “On a first date with a guy, we met at a coffee shop and within 10 minutes he started planning our life together. He had grand dreams of moving out to the suburbs so we could have a large yard for our dogs and six kids. I actually was physically ill from this conversation and experienced what I believe to be my first anxiety attack. Slow down!”
The escape artist
How we met: Tinder
What happened next: “I had been dating this Tinder match for a few months when we got locked in my bedroom—the door handle fell off on the other side of the door! Lucky for me I had a pair of tweezers to help free us out of the bedroom. It was a pretty triumphant feat to get the door open and we shared a props to the team effort of our successful escape.”
The chatty Cathy
How we met: Tinder
What happened next: “The male version of a Chatty Cathy is a man you should never go to a movie with, especially one with subtitles. When we first went out, his talkativeness was great but during a documentary I quickly became annoyed by his ongoing commentary. I could barely keep up with the subtitles while he chatted my ear off. After that, each time he opened his mouth to speak I wanted to shove a sock in it.”
The overstayer
How we met: Tinder
What happened next: “I was on date number five with one Tinder flame at my condo watching a comedy, but after the movie ended, he turned into one of those guys who overstays their welcome. When I started hinting it was time to go it didn’t seem resonate with the guy. Three hours later I had to evict him from my couch and dating life.”