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The anonymity of the internet has given mankind the opportunity to share their deepest, darkest secrets with relative comfort. If you have a nightmarish Tinder date, or do something incredibly embarrassing in the bedroom that you could never tell your friends, what better place than Reddit to vent and share your experience?
The discussion platform relies entirely on content created by its users and pretty much anything goes. Needless to say, it's an absolute goldmine. We've compiled some of the best (or worst) dating stories shared by Reddit users. Click through the gallery and hold on to your hats.
A recently single man was looking to hook up, so he created an online dating profile. He followed all the steps and filled out lots of details about himself. He soon got his first match!
It turned out to be his ex-wife who left him three weeks earlier.
One user offered to pay the bill at the end of a meal, but his date insisted that they split it. He didn't have change so he pocketed her money and paid with one large note.
Afterwards he realized he had done the math completely wrong and stole $20 from her. No wonder she sounded sarcastic when she said, "Thanks..."
Within 10 minutes, he showed up at her workplace with an iPhone charger and a grin. They'd never met in person before, so she was completely freaked out! She reluctantly agreed to meet him at a bar after work to return the charger.
She gave him the charger and quickly left. Later that evening she saw he had posted a happy selfie on Instagram with the caption, "I’m now a taken man" and a winky face. She never spoke to him again, but spotted him "casually" walking up and down the street outside her office several times after that.
A female user was on her way to a Mexican restaurant for a first date. She received a message from her date saying he'd arrived early and ordered her the salad. She had to sit there with her salad and watch him eat his tacos. Not cool.
One user was excited when he matched with a pretty girl on Tinder and she suggested they meet at his place almost immediately!
When she arrived he was shocked to see that she was was a full foot (30 cm) taller than him. "She picked me up and carried me to the bedroom like a baby. No regrets."
An unfortunate user's one and only Tinder date lasted for 30 seconds. His date walked out of the subway, looked at him, said, "Sorry, I don't like you," and left.
One user shared that he's had lots of rejection with dating apps, but was excited one day when he matched with an attractive woman. He sent her what he thought was a witty message and she responded right away!
When he opened her message it simply said, "I swiped the wrong way."
In response to the question "What's your experience with online dating?" one user said, "It's made me acutely aware of the fact that a lot of women have absolutely no interest in me."
Another one gave this review of the dating apps he's been using: "OkCupid: 0 dates and counting. Tinder: Every girl I match with is a robot."
An unfortunate user went on a date with a guy who spent the entire time talking about how men are superior and how there have been scientific studies to show that "women have an emotional reaction to the color red when they see it." It's not hard to see why he's single.
That changed when he suddenly broke down in tears while they were making out and said he thought he might be gay...
One gentleman's comments on online dating: "Met a few crazies, but then found someone truly psychotic enough to marry me."
A romantic poem from one Reddit user: "I have volatile allergies / My nose may have started bleeding during a New Year's kiss with a beautiful girl I met that night / It may have gotten in her mouth by the time we noticed / And I guess she maybe ran to the bathroom and threw up / Please don't look at me."
Another user went on a date with a girl and had a great time. He only knew her first name at that point.
She added him on Snapchat and he realized that her last name was the same as his mother's (extremely rare) maiden name. They discovered they were second cousins and never spoke again!
His girlfriend's parents got divorced and a few months later they decided to end their relationship too. One year later, he had a new girlfriend and things were going well...
After a few months she wanted to introduce him to her mom, sister, and step-dad. Her step-dad was excited to meet him because they were both fans of the same football team! It turns out it was the same guy, his ex-girlfriend's father.
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The anonymity of the internet has given mankind the opportunity to share their deepest, darkest secrets with relative comfort. If you have a nightmarish Tinder date, or do something incredibly embarrassing in the bedroom that you could never tell your friends, what better place than Reddit to vent and share your experience?
The discussion platform relies entirely on content created by its users and pretty much anything goes. Needless to say, it's an absolute goldmine. We've compiled some of the best (or worst) dating stories shared by Reddit users. Click through the gallery and hold on to your hats.