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Who’s got a good online dating story?
Jun 16, 2022 10:09 PM
WakeUp2Yourself
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Who’s got a good online dating story?
notmyactualusernametho
my late husband and i met after several years of talking online and we were terrified it wouldn't work in person but it was so much better
imacreampuff
First and only date with a guy. He gave me a piece of gum. Then told me he was an Indian giver,then kissed me and tried to take my gum.Weird
DespiseEveryone
All the women I meet on a blind date say they thought I was a serial killer... how do they know! Must get into their heads and find out.
wythra
He put his arm around me and we walked awkwardly like a four legged shoulder machine. It was very cute but awk. We dated for six months!
besn
SuperDramaticFusion
Kielazar
I'm about to meet a woman i met online in an mmo almost a year ago for the first time and have never been more anxious in my life
MoonDrunkWolf
?
RobBobertyYT
Wife and I met on match.com when it was pretty new. We were both on free trials and never paid for accounts. We've been married for 22 years
avastmehearty
Also met my wife on Match!
TacoPuncher
If I get to the meetup stage I'll let y'all know, since I get bots, no replies, or insta unmatched
teddybonkerrs
Saaaame
Noahbalboa82
Well, before that, you'd go to the bar, risk being roofied or groped by a drunk dude, to score a one night stand. At best
throwitoutandstartover
Guy talked a big game online, met him in person, he was 475 pounds and ordered 20 tacos for himself and one for me. Said I (270) was too fat
enferno8
I will never understand the psychology of this kind of mental illness.
throwitoutandstartover
me either. I left him there and he kept messaging me the rest of the week even after I told him not to. People are weird animals.
DarkSock
At the end of the first date she said wanted to marry me ? …and have 3 kids.
WeatherWiz
It’s great when red flags appear immediately.
SuperDramaticFusion
And you wanted 5? Tale as old as time.
WGG25
so.. did you do it?
DarkSock
NO.
norhymefor
I met my husband on OKCupid! We’ve been together for 9 years, married for 3. When we started dating I was living alone & he had roommates 1/
norhymefor
so we always went to my place. After maybe 2 months I got paranoid; I’d dated some real bozos & this guy was SO GREAT but we never went 2/
norhymefor
to his place & I hadn’t met his friends. What was he hiding?? Secretly married? Serial killer? What was it??
norhymefor
Turns out I was just dating an introvert with annoying roommates, who hadn’t lived in our city very long. TL;DR he’s great & sometimes 4/
norhymefor
things work out & people are good! Good luck out there y’all! (also sorry, can’t count, 4 is 3, up is down, left is right, thread is over!)
norhymefor
…and I just learned the valuable lesson that you can’t delete comments even when you really bungle them
bannatoosmallforscale
I was threatened with a knife for not paying for her $65 3 course meal
ExtremeCowEnthusiast
I went on a date with a woman who met energy single question I asked with a short, vague, close answer. "what's your favourite music?" "oh,
ExtremeCowEnthusiast
Just whatevers on". OK "what's your fav crusine?" "l like anything" "favourite games?" "I have a few" "okay an what are they?" "idk, just
ExtremeCowEnthusiast
Whatever". Usually a date that goes well feels very short despite being there for hours. I felt like I was there for several hours, but it
ExtremeCowEnthusiast
Was 40 minutes. After I dismissed myself and was on my way home, she sent a message saying "hey, i didn't seem to be interested in anything
ExtremeCowEnthusiast
I had to say. That was really rude" and I got so angry. I but my tongue and replied "excuse me? I tried as hard as I could to have a
ExtremeCowEnthusiast
Conversation with you, but you only have me closed answers. You seemed entirely uninterested in any single thing I had to say" she then
Northwindlowlander
Not mine, but a good friend of mine is now married to a girl he met online. She was only doing online dating because she's a freelance
Northwindlowlander
journalist who was writing a series of articles about how crazy online dating is, and never intended to do more than first dates
RideTheStimutacs
Met a woman who turned out to be mid-divorce. She was going to litigate their condo after the date and was looking for someone to live with.
RideTheStimutacs
After coffee, we walked to a clothes store and she tried on an expensive new top, then abruptly ended the date when I didn't buy it for her.
Drankpunchyboi
I've got one that ended recently that went very well until we started to go our separate ways. We met on a discord server and ended up /1
Drankpunchyboi
Hitting it off. Ended up spending some time together in person at another friends wedding, and it was like we had been together in person /2
Drankpunchyboi
The entire time. Leaving them to fly home was one of the hardest things I had ever done. Unfortunately mental health recently drove us apart
Drankpunchyboi
But even with how much that separation hurt I'd take them back in a heartbeat.
ExtremeCowEnthusiast
Worst date I had: was chatting with this non binary person. Very sweet, great interests, cute. So we each order something to eat. They get a
ExtremeCowEnthusiast
A burger while I get fries. They are very messy m that's okay, I'm messy too and it's a burger. I go get them napkins cause they looked like
SuperDramaticFusion
a train wreck, like they got hit by a ketchup tornado and swirlied in mustard. They got offended and threw little packets of sugar at me 3/3
ExtremeCowEnthusiast
PErfectly accurate. How dare they threw sugar at me!
SuperDramaticFusion
Hahahaha! Better than salt!
ExtremeCowEnthusiast
They needed it and I wanted to be polite and helpful. They finish their burger. They then start dabbing the napkin in the juice and s
ExtremeCowEnthusiast
Start sucking on tyke napkins. This is giving me sensory nightmares, and I can barely function. They then BEGIN TO FUCKING EAT THE NAPKINS.
ExtremeCowEnthusiast
I fucking left soon after. I could barely function for end rest of the day because of it. It was like nails on a chalkboard for me
WeatherWiz
That story took a turn wow
SuperDramaticFusion
BrdCdn
armagetz
What I wanna know is where are the burgers THAT good.
RaptureYearly
capughe
We're getting married next year! But on our first date I took so long in the bathroom (OCD) he thought I might have escaped out a back door.
TheobromineAddict
Another Imgurian posted a similar experience. He later discovered his date was "on the spectrum", changed his method of interaction for a ⇶
TheobromineAddict
⇶2nd date, and had a fabulous time. She would text him from other side of dinner table! Can somebody post the link?▉
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RingyDingy
That's part 2 with the link to part 1 at the top
SuperDramaticFusion
I remember that post! I was rooting for them!
TheobromineAddict
I've wasted the last hour looking for it unsuccessfully. Do you remember the name of the restaurant?
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SuperDramaticFusion
I searched for “first date spectrum”
UnrustleYerJimmies
That's really sweet. I hope someone can find the link.
RingyDingy
Posted above
UnrustleYerJimmies
Thanks ?
DigitalWaffle
I went on a blind date with what I thought was a beautiful athletic college girl. Was met by a skinny sweaty Indian dude holding a rose.
DigitalWaffle
I got seriously catfished. His name was Harish. He stalked my social media and pretended to be girls messaging me with nudes.
jayman0123
Went on a 45 minute coffee date with a lady one time, 15 minutes after the date was over, my phone became her personal social media dump 1/
jayman0123
Dozens of text messages every a day, multiple phone calls a day, dragging her phone along telling me what she was doing as she was doing it
Kwaipuak
I explained and translated the Holocaust museum to a girl on a wayward first date.
SuperDramaticFusion
I just have Craigslist Casual Encounters stories…
teddybonkerrs
Brilliant, those are always wild.
SuperDramaticFusion
Too wild for public consumption…
DigitalWaffle
Please make a post on this.
SuperDramaticFusion
Bahahaha! I can’t think of any way to make a post about my Casual Encounters that won’t get immediately deleted by the mods & get me banned
50m31AW
What if one were to inquire within DMs? Less likely to get bonked by mods there
acetothermus
Define good? Good as in ended well for me/her? Or good as in humiliating for me?
WakeUp2Yourself
SuperDramaticFusion
I’m into humiliation… so that!
NotJackieDaytona
Hi, want to dress up as me and go to Thanksgiving in my place? You'll love the way my parents condescend to you.
SuperDramaticFusion
Oh… I um… meant a different kind of humiliation. Was that not clear? I’m sorry.
acetothermus
I've not had that kind of experience. Besides with my tendencies, I'd be doing the humiliating not receiving it. If I'm reading you right.
SuperDramaticFusion
You are reading me right. I’m into the receiving.
acetothermus
Interesting. Very interesting. Hopefully you have a safe an creative outlet for that. If not, give me a call. (I kid, mostly.)
SuperDramaticFusion
So I should just call or...?
SuperDramaticFusion
HamsterOnAGoat
step 1: have more confidence in yourself than this
WeatherWiz
Step 4: profit?
saeheria
I just decided to take myself off the market and live my life for anime figurines, I’m trash
xjmjguy
My current stage, working on confidence with out being a egotistical jerk
PixelSprite64
ElbowDeepInATshirt
Well.. I don't watch it.. but yes.
Argusdubbs
yes
SealandIsARealCountry
All the time
TA2019
It was easier when your dating pool consisted of the people in your small town, now you're up against a list of requirements.
Seggs
yes. wife and i met on OKC in '13 and "last chopper out of 'Nam" is frighteningly accurate based on stories we've heard
AllysiaAiua
Same, but '14.
Argusdubbs
Met my wife in '14 on OKC as well! Now 5 years married. ?
Argusdubbs
And I could say the same as the dude in the meme so idk how it worked out for me!
arealcoolsnake
Yes
SoundFuture
I've been pretty heartened by the relationships I've seen some Gen Zers have TBH.
Metalbawkses
Yup
packetdog
Yes.
FormerlySable
I’ve told my husband that if he dies before me, I am never dating again, much less remarrying. It’s too weird out there.
MutantPoptart
Can relate. My wife passed a little over 3 years ago. Only just started getting back out there and it is a social minefield.
avastmehearty
Widower here, met my wife on Match after filtering for “widowed”… we have different trauma than divorced people, like survivor bonding
MutantPoptart
I did not know that was an option. Thank you
FormerlySable
I’m sorry for the loss of your wife and for your current circumstances.
PhenTsoksar
I've gone on three "1st dates" thru online dating that resulted in the woman getting to the location first, seeing me arrive, and leaving(1/
avastmehearty
Did you talk on the phone first, or go straight from text to meeting? Try a video chat? I felt best having a call before meeting
avastmehearty
To be clear, I did not spend a lot of time on Match, was very very lucky to meet my now wife quickly!
PhenTsoksar
Don't remember anymore if I phoned any of them. My track record is spectacularly shitty when I'm asking the woman out. It depresses my (1/
PhenTsoksar
friends, even now, of how negatively women react to me. What depresses me is that the women that want my attention are as attractive as (2/
PhenTsoksar
they are unhinged.
PhenTsoksar
I tried Match, eHarmony, and a couple others. Last time a friend tried to set me up, it was a double date, it went bad.
PhenTsoksar
by another door before I step foot inside. It's a metaphorical kick in the testicles, each time.
exasperatedsigh
Dude that's rough, I've had that happen as a female it felt like a punch to the tits.
PrincessWasabi
Change your pictures maybe ?
PhenTsoksar
done that a few times. Didn't help. In college, I was having a pleasant chat with a gal in the cafeteria over dinner, probably 45min (1/
PhenTsoksar
and she continued the conversation walking back to our dorms. I asked her if she wanted to go out together a few days later. At the top (2/
PhenTsoksar
of her lungs you yelled "WITH YOU. NEVER." and ran off.
MagmaCarta
I had a string of ghostings after the first date. Four girls in a row. Did wonders for my self esteem.
pogle1
I'm on 6 years and running of this phenomenon. I can't take dating seriously anymore or I'd be completely destroyed by it.
kingdoppopopolis
I started having a backup plan for when/if I got ghosted. Even just 'I'm going to get a burger and watch this movie'
MagmaCarta
Mine was usually a chicken stromboli from my usual takeout place and watching bad ghost investigating shows.
Nofoxlefttogive
It is just as likely that they are self conscious about something that they did, and can't face you.
Zephyr86
If it makes you feel better, I'd do you.
MagmaCarta
Cthulhuonabike
Shit happens. Try not to take it personally. It is a numbers game
catlovesfood
I’m pretty sure you’re literally gritty after some brief stalking
MagmaCarta
LordNoKids
A lot of them are in it just for the free meals tbh
VerboseDood61
Pretty despicable and dishonest behavior, IMO.
SJBSavageInk
Some are. Some just didn't have any interest and felt bad telling him it's cause of how they look, his personality, or both.
massholesome
Yup, one wouldn't go out and called me cheap because I told her I would do that for a 2nd date if we got along.
MathiasTolerain
I was dumb and young and got ghosted by the same woman like 3 or 4 times over about a year or so. The struggle is real.
throwitoutandstartover
I've been ghosted by guys, it really sucks.
Hamarr
Ghosting is so weird to me. I had an Imgurian do it to me a while back. Are we incapable of just being honest and saying it’s not working?
throwitoutandstartover
from a woman's perspective, I can somewhat see it. The one time I turned someone down and said it was not working 1/2
throwitoutandstartover
2/2 I was called every nasty name they could think of and physically threatened.
throwitoutandstartover
My usual method now is if I don't like them and they make advances, I start talking about insane stuff.
Larktonguesinadicecup
Woke up in the graveyard and his tombstone said he died in 1993 but his watch from last night was on it, eh?
Blasfemur
You're like the Buffalo Bills in the 90s. If you can hang in there for about 30 years, you'll be a solid contender once more!
MagmaCarta
Yeah but I don't wanna get fucked by Tom Brady for ten of those years.
Blasfemur
You say that, but if TB put the moves on you, I'm not so sure your willpower would hold.
MagmaCarta
I am confident that my willpower won't deflate.
Blasfemur
Flowerlady0
Sorry that happened to you. I know a lady who is trying online dating. She is absolutely terrified. Massive introvert. Trying her best.
throwitoutandstartover
>.> is it me? Best of luck to your friend. Guys either think we are bots, catfish, or ghost us.
BubblesTheFish
It really doesnt help when the first thing you post after a match is CLICK HERE TO SEE MEGA SEX HOT BABY YOU WANT IT>>>Suspicious link.ru<<<
throwitoutandstartover
yea but how else will I grift the idiots?
BubblesTheFish
Tell them you're donald trump and you need 5 more dollars to overturn the election.
Flowerlady0
She's working through a whole lot. I don't agree with using a dating app for her. She needs a buddy not a boyfriend.
throwitoutandstartover
The best boyfriends start out as buddies. These days almost more guys 'just want to be friends' on the apps. Unless you are a 10/10
Flowerlady0
Personally, I'm around a 2 but I can pull off a strong four or five if I do myself up a bit. Been married over 20 years. >
WeatherWiz
I went on a date with a woman who barely talked more than 5 min.
Bystandr
Some people would be fine with that if shes amicable
theonetruezuul
I’m some people lol
Blutsaugher
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WeatherWiz
That…she didn’t talk? She was cute and actually nice to text. But didn’t seem interested in person.
WGG25
was she actually uninterested or just anxious/shy/introverted?
etcnotect
Yeah I'm a lot more confident over text because I have time to think things through. In person I get overwhelmed and end up freezing. I also
etcnotect
rewrote this comment 4 times before I sent it.
Howdoesonehuman
Oh shit, was it me? ?
WeatherWiz
Unless you’re from NJ and met off a dating app, probably not.
Howdoesonehuman
Ok *phew*
WeatherWiz
Trust me, you’d probably do way better than her.
Howdoesonehuman
Thanks for that but there's a reason my username is asking how to human ? lol
Patxinco
https://how-i-met-your-mother.fandom.com/wiki/Lemon_Law
saeheria
Isn’t this the norm
WeatherWiz
I was carrying 98% of the conversation. And I even asked if she was nervous.
Ericcantona7
I went on a date and family came up, I asked what her brother did, and without skipping a beat she casually drops "oh he's dead"
Beezlebubble
Ah sorry to hear that "nah he deserved it" ...ok well moving on "no actually I wanna talk about it. So - " *my God why did I mention it*
Macewindow54
I'm like that, I like talking about rough topics. Helps me feel like ppl know me and I know them.
Beezlebubble
First few minutes of a first date can be a bit much
Macewindow54
Yea okay, ?
rlopez2431415
Nice
astrangehop
Right to sex huh? Wow!
StandBackSomeonesOffened
Given the context this is an incoherent sentence
astrangehop
Implying they had a brief conversation then started doing it? Raw attraction, didn't even make it to dinner?
WeatherWiz
Yeah idk how you assumed that happened lmao
DespiseEveryone
Stop bragging about your price find. Some of us are stuck with women who talk for hours. And hours. And hours. And hours. And hours.
WeatherWiz
I was commenting on the post, sorry if you took that as me bragging!
MeanMisterClean
I went on like 5 dates with a woman. At some point I realised I was the only keeping the conversation going, so I decided to test 1/2
MeanMisterClean
it out. I was silent for 15 minutes and she never said a thing or tried to start a convo. I got up and walked away. 2/2
WeatherWiz
This is how it was for me! Except I didn’t go on 5 dates and didn’t walk away.
ProgeriaProstitutes
That's just mean
BippityBoppityBeepBoop
There are people that are just comfortable with silent company. Though if it's early dating, yeah you'd want to get to know eachother 1/?
BippityBoppityBeepBoop
better before you really reach such a point. Different strokes for different folks and although abruptly leaving is a bit shitty of you, 2/?
BippityBoppityBeepBoop
not a match is not a match and that's okay to figure out and decide you don't want it
smileunicornsloveyou
This is how I was on my first date with my boyfriend. Been together over a year now. He was thinking I must not be too interested. 1
smileunicornsloveyou
I was thinking he's funny and sweet and I'm nervous and don't know what to say, so please just keep talking.
WeatherWiz
See, I thought she was nervous. I asked her too. And then I asked if she wanted to do something else afterwards, she seemed disinterested
avastmehearty
Well you tried, sometimes the chemistry isn’t right. 1 date very suddenly went silent on me, later figured I said something that put her off