25 weird and hilarious things people were told on dates that made them run for the hills

When people go on a date, they often hope to connect and enjoy a pleasant evening. Unfortunately, not every date goes as planned. This became clear when a Reddit user asked the r/AskReddit community, "What's the worst thing a guy or girl said to you on a date?" The responses revealed some truly jaw-dropping experiences. From dates oversharing about their exes to making wildly inappropriate comments, these stories made many question their dating decisions. Thankfully, these were usually one-time encounters.

One person shared how a woman bluntly told him he was too short, while another recounted a date where the woman casually mentioned she only bathed once a week. These awkward and cringe-worthy moments highlight just how bizarre dates can be. Other stories included a man who, after kissing his date twice, admitted he wasn't attracted to her, and a woman who confessed she only showed up for a free meal.

Check out 25 things people said or did on their dates that made people never want to see them again.

1. The best relationship

"I had a guy tell me on our first Valentine's Day together that the best relationship he ever had was with his ex and if she wised up, he'd go back to her" - u/[deleted]. "Had something similar happen to me. Never felt less special/ more exchangeable and used than in that moment." - u/aliceeeeeia.

2. "Too short"

"As soon as I stepped out of the car, she said, 'Oh, too short' and started laughing. It was at the beginning of the date, lol." - u/[deleted]. "Honestly, I would have gotten back into my car and left. I would just calmly and politely say, 'Sorry for being short' and sit back to the car and drive away." -u/pharah_is_my_walfu.

3. Run and don't look back

"I went on a first date with a coworker's daughter (she encouraged the arrangement), we went to dinner, and everything was going well. When I went to drop her off, she asked me to come inside, so I obliged. We were chilling on her bed and talking about life and somehow, she brought up that if her ex-baby daddy (who had just dumped her and moved to another state, leaving her with a 5-month-old to fend for themselves) came back asking for a second chance she would give it to him. She said this with a serious straight-faced expression. And that's not the worst part, I went on to date her for over a month after that and it was the most mentally damaging relationship I've ever been in. Boys, when the crazy slips out on the first date, run and don't look back." - u/kooky_transition9624.

4. Shower once a week

"'I only shower once a week.' Completely unprovoked a few minutes into the date. She had a noticeable odor." - u/goober_d00ber. "Oh god. I dated a guy who did the no shampoo thing and whilst it looked okay that hair absolutely felt like it had no real soap for ages." - u/important_spread1492. "I'm pretty quick on the comebacks and I know I would have said, 'So I smell.'" - u/adultingincali.

5. Rude

"She ordered food, but when it got there, the chips weren't 'crispy' enough and she was rude to the waiter, saying she had asked for double cooked. Hint: she had not. That pissed me off." - u/[deleted].

6. "You had your chance"

"'How much do you make per year?' 'I wanted to get a used Mercedes with 80k miles on it.' I barely know her. Her score went from a solid 8 to 3 real quick." - u/EastWindbreaks. "I asked a successful, independent woman out on a date and she said yes. I'd met her through some mutual friends. When I called her to arrange a time, she said she had changed her mind. It turns out the mutual friends had said I didn't earn very much, so it didn't meet her criteria. The groups of friends became closer and we got to know each other really well. She said to me one night that no single men she met were doing well except for me, hinting that we should give it a try. Now that she knew I was a good earner. I said, 'Oh well, you had your chance.'" - u/sys32768.

7. Not attracted

"He kissed me twice, passionately. Then he told me he wasn't really that attracted to me. I asked him why he kissed me and he said the moon, your eyes, it was beautiful. I said what, but you're not really attracted to me? He said no, like only 40% attracted to you. I said f*** off and walked away." - u/medium-wear-7586. 

8. Narcissistic personality disorder

"A guy I was seeing started crying after being intimate. I panicked and asked, 'Oh my god, what's wrong? Are you ok?' He responded, 'It's nothing, I just... I'm just so disappointed that you aren't a little tiny blonde or Latina, that's all' (then proceeded to tap my hand). I was absolutely crushed. Ends up he had narcissistic personality disorder and said it deliberately to hurt me as he knew I was incredibly self-conscious at the time of how I looked." - u/flyonawindshield_.

9. Which one should I go for?

"He asked which girl he should go on a next date with. He even showed pictures of different girls and asked my opinion on them. And had the audacity to text me sometime later when I was already in a relationship. Bro doesn't know what game he is playing." - u/_mr_taco_.  "You should have asked if any of them was a doctor because he clearly needed to see one." - u/butterbubble.

10. Awkward silences

"I was seeing a girl for a couple of months. On her birthday, I brought her to our capital city and paid for everything. She loved animals so we went to the zoo, then to the cinema, went shopping, nice dinner, the whole 9 yards. On the bus, while on the way home, she turned around and told me she couldn't trust me. The next two hours were probably one of the most awkward silences I've ever encountered. I finished with her a couple of days later." - u/tayto175.

11. Pretty noped-out

"We met on a dating site. Drive a bit to meet up with her. As we walk to the restaurant, she runs into a dude she knows and chats him up. No introduction or anything as I stand there awkwardly. It was not a huge deal. We only just met in person. She closes the conversation with the dude, saying, 'Let's hook up later after I'm done with this.' I am pretty noped out at this point, but figure I drove all this way and I am hungry. She then turns to me with a big smile on her face after the dude is a bit away and says, 'Whew, I have been trying to get with him for a while.' Dinner was whatever. I get a text from her a while (days) later asking why she hadn't heard from me, 'I thought we hit it off.' Bless her heart." - u/cheesykilter.

12. No meeting family 

"We got into a conversation about family and friends shortly after a whole makeout session, and then he told me, and I quote: 'Oh, but I wouldn't want you to meet my friends because I don't want you to feel bad. They might think you're ugly. And it wouldn't be the best idea for you to meet my family either because you're an atheist and they're very religious.'" - u/teenbrief. "I went on this date with a woman I met online. During the date, she told me she loves going out on dates to get free dinners and never calls anyone back. Yeah, we split the check and she was absolutely flabbergasted that I would do that." - u/xylembuild. 

13. Fight! Fight!

"I boxed and wrestled throughout high school. She insisted we go to this park with a large lake nearby. I love outdoors-type stuff, so I was cool with it. She mentioned many times, her ex-boyfriend was fishing with some buddies somewhere nearby and I should go fight him. I declined. That's just the tip of the iceberg with her, lol. She was a very odd person." - u/neoncowboy777.

14. Tough time

"'Can you even have sex?' was said to me after I had a hard time breathing while on a walk where he was walking faster than me and I was trying to keep up with my short legs. I also have asthma and was looking for my inhaler at the time and it was like 90°F that day with humidity, which is essentially breathing underwater for an asthmatic when they're already struggling. Mind you, I knew I was going to have a tough time because of all of this and asked if we could change our plans beforehand. He didn't want to." - u/messedupinyou.

15. Say yes

"It wasn't that bad, but it kind of stuck in my head. I built up the courage to ask my crush out and she said yes. At one point during the date, she says something along the lines of, 'I'm trying to say yes to more things instead of no because I don't want to miss opportunities,' which sounded fine at first, but then I thought too much about it. She talked about hanging out again at the end of it, but it never happened." - u/halfsoul30.

16. Nope!

"I matched on Tinder with a lady from my university back in the year 2016, but different course and area, so we set a date and we went to a cafeteria at the university and after talking for a while, she told me that I reminded her of her ex-boyfriend and she wanted to go with me to an ice cream shop that they both liked a lot and she started talking what she liked in bed that he did to her. I've never talked to her ever again." - u/peppeoroni_5.

17. Daddy issues

"That girl told me she had a tail (a real residual tail) out of nowhere right after talking about her daddy issues for 15 minutes straight 1 hour into our first date. She then broke a glass at the bar we were at, took a piece of the broken glass and put it in her car, giggling while doing so, then five minutes later asked if we should go to my place." - u/comprehensive_air935. 

18. Strange

"Third-ish date, we were calling each other boyfriend /girlfriend at that point. Casually, 'I would have dated your twin too, but I asked you first.' When I broke up with him, he threw a fit and posted some kinda code on my social media that blanked out my page and played a repeating audio, 'You're an ugly b**ch and nobody likes you.' He denied he did it (it was a comment from his account, lol) and I left it up for a while just for laughs and to show it around." - u/narrativebucket.

19. Not my first choice

"I was once told,  'You weren't my first choice. The girl I actually wanted to meet here said no. I just didn't want the reservation to go to waste. I've never thought you were that pretty.' It was a guy from my school who I had liked for a while who invited me for dinner at a pretty expensive local restaurant that I really like." - u/thatonecosplayrbish.

20. Talks about ex

"I went on a first date with a guy and among many red flags, he wouldn't shut up about how he missed his ex that he was with for a month. Then he said he was going home after to burn the letters she wrote to him, some real Hamilton stuff right there." - u/formulate_errors. "'I still live with my ex, but we're just friends now.'" - u/coffeeupstairs4384.

21. Why on Hinge?

"Went on a date with someone from Hinge. I asked, 'What made you join Hinge?' He goes, 'I'm trying to make my ex-girlfriend jealous. I'm hoping we get back together one day.' I didn't know how to respond, but I definitely didn't talk to him again after that." - u/future-row6593. "He spoke about his ex and kept telling how he couldn't believe that he'd been dumped and wanted to show how awesome he was by dating another girl within a week." - u/affectionate_ad_1704.

22. "Too much work"

"One time, a guy I was on a date with told me that I was 'too much work' and that he wasn't interested in putting in the effort to get to know me better. It was definitely a tough pill to swallow, but I'm glad I found out his true colors early on rather than later. How about you, have you experienced any particularly awful comments on a date?" - u/reasonableput4978.

23. "Fat girls aren't pretty"

"'You know, I don't usually think fat girls are pretty, but you look great!' This, importantly, was not said to me by the person I was on a date with. This was said to me by a random 80-year-old man who decided to interrupt my date." - u/weshallbekind. "What is it with old men thinking they can just comment on a young woman's appearance in a rude way and think it's okay? I was at a bar supporting a friend who was in the band and this old guy proceeds to walk up to me to tell me I shouldn't mark up my skin by having tattoos all over my legs. They were leggings and even if they weren't it wasn't his business anyway." - u/onmylove27. 

24. "I have a boyfriend"

"After inviting me on a date, rubbing my leg, sitting in my lap and hugging me, whispering in my ear after which I tried to kiss her and she pulled away saying she had a boyfriend. I am still confused until this day." - u/vaganhope_UAE. "Had a former friend like that. She wanted the attention." -u/adultingincali.

25. "Wasting my time"

"'You're wasting my time!' We simply went to different gates at the park we were meeting at. It took about 2 minutes to find each other. She sulked the rest of the date, turning her chair so she wasn't facing me. After I said I wasn't interested, she sent me abusive text messages." - u/ForRomesGlory.