People Share The Moments They Realized They Were Dating A Fool

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Emmy Pratt • Senior Editor
May 6, 2023 6:00 PM EDT

There are a lot of things you have to gauge about a person on a first date. First of all, are they a murderer? This is a surprisingly difficult question from vibes alone, so in the meantime, you can move on to more important questions. These include, but is not limited to; "Am I attracted to them?" "Do we have anything in common?" "Does speaking to them make me want to gouge my eyes out with a metal spoon?" These are classic first-date reflection questions we all have asked ourselves at some point at some time. 

Often the question, "Am I dating a complete idiot" falls to the wayside. Stupidity is one of those things that's socially difficult to gauge. Somebody with multiple degrees could be a total fool when it comes to common sense. Redditors came together to tell stories about the moment they discovered they were dating a dummy. 

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    Font - ? r/AskReddit u/Ghost75790x. 21h 18 NSFW When did you realise that you're dating an idiot?
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    Font - bluecheetos • 13h 1990. We live in central Alabama. She told me that her and her best friend were going to Birmingham for the weekend. Didn't think anything of it, there's lots of shopping and things to do in Birmingham. Came over Sunday night to tell me how disappointed she was in the trip. They had driven through all of the wealthier neighborhoods in Birmingham, Alabama for two days trying to find a house that matched the gates to Ozzy Osborne's house and never found it. He lives in Bir
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    Font - Hoitaa. 8h This reminds me of when Russia invaded Georgia, and there were more than a few concerned US Georgians. 44.4K
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    Rectangle - DoctorWafle . 13h Ⓒ1 Award Stacking cups... In the dishwasher Reply 13.5k
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    Font - whattodo-whattodo • 11h 1 Award This one is perfect. So many others might be a communication issue or weaponized incompetence or cultural differences. But this one just screams "my body is in motion but my brain is off." .. 5.3k
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    Font - RPND 13h When she was choosing random pills from the blister of a "21 active + 7 placebo" contraceptive, instead of following the arrows on the package. Reply 7k ↑ ↓
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    Font - watabby • 13h She walked into a computer lab on campus and simply picked up a computer and walked home with it. She was living with me at the time, so I get home to find a very familiar looking computer sitting on the kitchen table. She literally thought the computers were free for students. It took a bit of explaining to convince her that she stole the computer. I made her return the computer to the lab that night, she left it at the door step. Reply 9.9k
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    Font - SassyAshlie 15h. . When kids egged his car and he thought the best way to get the egg off was to use steel wool. Reply 23.6k
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    Font - baconeggandsto 14h ● 1 Award like to imagine the kids high fiving after the prank, only to see him cleaning it with the steel wool. A mortified chill of regret when they realize he was special 10.8k
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    Font - alphalegend 91 • 13h 1 Award She didn't understand that you actually have to pay what you spent on credit cards. Like the credit amount she had was supposed to be her monthly limit that just resets each month Reply 18.2k
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    Mammal - JaxZeus • 12h I work customer service for credit cards and let me say Holy fuck I've talked to people that are this dumb before. ... 10.6k
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    Vertebrate - Wild_Butterscotch_7. 14h He thought you absorb a gallon of water when you shower so he didn't need to drink water Reply 9.6k
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    Font - Aelerious 14h ● After her third "business opportunity" turned out to be another pyramid scheme. We didn't date long but knew each other for a while before that. I liked her for her "work hard, get paid" attitude. Turns out the hard work she was doing was costing her waaay more than she made, and didn't realize it. Reply 4.4k
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    Font - IreallEwannasay • 9h broke down how pyramids schemes work to this one girl who got sucked into them all the time. Throughout me explaining she said "that sounds like MLM" like 3 times. After, we sat in silence. Can't see the forest for the trees comes to mind. 1.4k
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    Font - No-Subject-5232 14h ● When she said she loved nothing in the world more than Greek mythology, even got a degree related to Greek mythology from University of Arkansas but had no idea who Prometheus and Achilles were. Reply 1.5k
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    Rectangle - Usr_115. 16h The night I said that I thought I smelled gas, and they grabbed a lighter and struck it without hesitation. ... Reply 37.3k
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    Rectangle - YaBoyfriend Keefa. 14h 1 Award When my ex asked me where they grew spaghetti. ... Reply 5.2k
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    Font - bearhos 14h ● She didn't want to watch the original avatar movie (blue people) until her uncle told her that it was based on a true story. I asked her if she meant that it was a futuristic version of Pocahontas... but no, she thought that it was somehow based on a true story. Then asked if I was calling her uncle a liar. Follow up questions, like asking if she really thought we waged war against an alien society, went equally poorly. We were 18 years old fyi ... Reply 3.4k
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    Font - Whoopdedobasil. 14h Calls me at work because her crumpets dont fit in the crumpet tray under the toaster... crumpet tray ?!? Had a look when i got home, clearly labelled "CRUMB TRAY" ... Reply 5.9k
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    Font - marceliiine . 13h One night he turned to me and said "You're a bit of a scientist" (I was taking biology in high school, he was in college for music). "Can you explain how I can take frozen yogurt from the freezer, put it in the fridge, and it melts?" and I, already concerned, replied "well the fridge is warmer it's not cold enough to keep it frozen" and he the asked "but it's still cold?" and I had to explain that there are different levels of cold? Somewhere along the way I said "cold i
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    Rectangle - victoria-euphoria • 14h 1 Award My ex was scared of hedgehogs and convinced himself they could jump over a six foot fence like a cat ... Reply 3.7k
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    Font - saucytopcheddar • 14h When I asked her to hand me a kitchen knife and she threw it at me... and that's not even the stupidest part. When I tried to explain the basics of handing someone a knife, or pair of scissors, she refused to accept that what she did was wrong or unsafe... it was suddenly apparent that she couldn't possibly ever admit to being wrong. Edit: it was an underhand throw ... Reply 2.7k
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    Font - & seanm3109. 16h 4 Awards Pre-heats the microwave
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    Rectangle - GreasyBud 15h 1 Award She refused to pay taxes, have a bank account, or pay for public transit. she told me "i change my name every few years so they cant find me". like, shed go to the government and change her name. legally. so the government couldn't find her. we broke up for other reasons, but this was the first red flag. ... Reply 36k
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