first date

‘I was really embarrassed’: Whiny boyfriend spends all long road trip to mountain range sighing and complaining about driving, making his girlfriend cringe, and their friends awkwardly enduring hours of discomfort

Etai Eshet

‘I can see how many red flags I overlooked’: Woman blocks her ex-fiancé’s attempt to take her son’s trust fund, setting off pressure from family and work connections as he tries involving everyone from bosses to relatives to get his way

Etai Eshet

27-year-old pushes back when her fiancé insists on moving 3 hours away from her job for a quirky, remote house, risking her career: ‘He really thinks I’m being dramatic about this and I’ll just “figure it out”’

Etai Eshet

‘Moral of the story, MICROCHIP YOUR PETS’: Ex keeps woman’s cat for 2 years after messy breakup, but she rescues him with the help of a vet and savors the irony as his family grieves for a cat happily living with her

Etai Eshet

Woman cuts Olive Garden Tinder date when Dave shows up with a surprise daughter and iPad after claiming to be childless: ‘I got dressed in a nice outfit… When I found Dave at the table, he had a little girl with [him]’

Etai Eshet

'Made cake for a girl and got stood up and ghosted': 20+ Dates gone wrong

Remy Millisky

Parents ramp up their efforts to keep their 24-year-old master’s grad daughter apart from her ex, prompting her to plan to move out and live independently: ‘While we dated, my parents made my life TERRIBLE’

Etai Eshet

Woman turns down her boyfriend’s offer to move in after he demands she “earn her place” and prove she’s worthy of sharing his apartment: ‘I didn’t expect to be tested like I’m applying for a roommate spot’

Etai Eshet

‘There’s only one bed, so she’s sleeping in it’: 27-year-old woman starts dating a 44-year-old man, only to discover his “roommate” is a woman her own age who doesn’t pay rent and cozies up to his family

Etai Eshet

Girlfriend draws the line after she finds out her boyfriend’s rich family labeled her a gold digger behind her back and thinks she’s only after their money: ‘His mom was talking about how I’m not the kind of girl they imagined for him’

Etai Eshet

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?'

Bar Mor Hazut

26-year-old told to shave her legs next time before date, she stands her ground: “I don’t think I should change my body for someone I barely know”

Briana Viser

Brother’s ex-girlfriend, Lisa, crashes family dinner uninvited, disrupting the evening and forcing the host to intervene and send her home: ‘She’d heard about the dinner from my cousin and decided to "drop by"’

Etai Eshet

‘They think I’m doing some ‘chaotic genius’ strategy’: Chess lover demands a 2nd date with a guy after he accidentally wins a chess tournament, not realizing he doesn't actually know how to play

Jesse Kessenheimer

23-year-old breaks up with partner after they mock their feelings at a cousin’s wedding, deciding they deserve better than sarcasm and dismissal: ‘He smirked like it was nothing… I told him I was done. I packed my stuff, called a friend, and left.

Etai Eshet

“She started to sob when I said I know what you did last summer”: 4-year-strong long-distance girlfriend Victoria bursts into tears when her college boyfriend reveals he saw her secret summer photos with another boy

Etai Eshet