30-year-old woman goes on a date to the movie theater, only for the guy to announce he's bored mid-movie, then leaves her to go watch something else: 'I was like… what?'

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
Jun 29, 2025 7:00 PM EDT

We keep saying that the dating scene is getting worse and worse as the years go by, and boy, are we right.

It's not just that the dating apps and everyone being on their phones have made it basically impossible to meet new people; even the new people we do meet are simply… undateable. They are either creepy, act too entitled, or just flat-out tell you they don't want to be there. Nobody has the patience to actually date, to get to know the person in front of them. If they could, they would press the x2 button to fast forward through the awkward start, avoiding all the conversations that allow you to understand if you are right for each other or not.

However, a button like this does not actually exist, and people who act anything like what we just described above usually just end up alone. Especially if they act like the guy in the story below did while he was on a date at the movie theater.

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  • When this girl saw that her date had pulled out his phone during the movie and started looking for other movies to see instead, she truly had no words to say. This guy actually left her alone and went to see a cartoon instead… What kind of date is that?

    Well, hopefully, it is a date that never happens again…

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    He got bored during the movie I picked and left the movie theater to watch something else. Is this breakup worthy?

    I (30F) went on a movie date with this guy to see the new F1 movie. I already felt like I was already compromising because if it had been just
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    me or me + my friends, I would have picked Materialists since I prefer rom coms.
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    About a third of the way through the movie, he says he's bored, pulls up showtimes on his phone, and decides he wants to go
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    watch the new Elio movie instead. I was like... what? But I told him to go if that's what he wanted. So he left, and I stayed and finished the movie by myself.
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    Is this completely ridiculous? I felt disrespected and kind of stunned? I was the one who chose the movie. Who does that on a date? Also I
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    hate how he likes juvenile movies (not to throw shade at animated films) but I genuinely thought Brad Pitt's F1 movie was great. He just wasn't interested.
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    Grand-wazoo Yeah that's pretty r de and it shows he's not concerned whatsoever about the impression he made on you. Wouldn't bother contacting again.
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    Adventurous_Map9855 OP Also he didn't buy another ticket to see the other movie (which makes financial sense). So he technically broke the rules by going to see another movie without paying for it
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    mm4444 Red flags. This man is selfish and has an unhealthy relationship with media/entertainment if he must always be entertained. But to me this means he will never do
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    anything for you because you like it even if it's "boring" for him. But seriously... isn't half the fun of going to the theatre discussing what happened with your friends/family after... even if it was bad.
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    Adventurous_Map9855 OP Thanks. It's disappointing he left to see a cartoon. F1 was decent! It's not like I asked him to see Barbie.
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    Dadbode1981 Thays very disrespectful, I'm sure in the reverse he'd expect you to stay. It's definitely not a good sign.
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    Adventurous_Map9855 OP That is true
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    NonchalantGhoul You got an early screening tickets for F1, and bro walked out?? Yea, that's break-up and block worthy.
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    Adventurous_Map9855 OP Yeah..I was so upset. I know I said he could leave and see Elio but what was I supposed to do? Make scene???
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    IcyAnt9279 How do yall find these insane people
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    RubyTx There is no requirement for you to date someone who is cavalierly r de to you on a previous date. Free yourself, and free him to go see whatever movie he wants. On his own.
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    Background_Bit_4748 I said something to a colleague that you may find applicable. It was about a vacation my wife and I are taking next month. She chose Iceland, which is not my first choice. I told my colleague, "Where we go is not important as long as I'm with her."
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    Practical Archer6445 Yep. It's really weird, and I can promise you one thing. It'll get weirder.
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