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20 Dating App Fails That'll Make You Miss Life Before the Internet (January 23rd, 2026)

Emma Saven

32-year-old man walks out of date with 27-year-old woman when he learns she's recording the whole date on her phone: 'You were her next social media story'

JR Atkinson

22-year-old gets accepted to medical school, but her boyfriend demands she delay her dream for his comfort, forcing her to choose her future and follow her dreams: ‘This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I dreamed of this since I was a kid’

Etai Eshet

‘It’s important to me because I am changing careers to be able to retire’: New boyfriend pushes 53-year-old woman to prioritize a Thanksgiving trip to Colorado over her classes, kids, and long-term retirement plans, so she cancels to protect her future

Etai Eshet

‘I literally froze. Because that’s my ex. Like my actual ex’: Roommate brings her new situationship home without realizing it is actually her housemate’s ex, leaving the housemate wondering whether to warn her or stay quiet

Etai Eshet

‘I can barely afford to get by at the new place on my own’: Grad student moves away for school, stops paying for groceries at fiancé’s place because her budget can’t cover it anymore, but the engineer fiancé doesn’t take it well

Etai Eshet

‘If she's choosing him over a friendship of 10 years, then maybe we're not as close as I thought’: 29-year-old Jade uninvites her best friend from their "all-women" Montreal trip because she invited her new boyfriend, Ethan, who feels left out

Etai Eshet

29-year-old gets big raise, and her unemployed fiancé keeps saying “we” when referring to her income, pushing her to demand credit: ‘He didn’t get a raise. He’s between jobs right now. I’ve been covering most expenses for months’

Etai Eshet

Woman goes on first date with 26-year-old, Brad, but after a great night together, he abruptly storms out the next morning when realizing her dreamy green eyes were actually colored contacts, calling her a catfish: 'It's the same as using makeup'

Emma Saven

‘Someone's gotta keep the lights on’: Man pays full $2,800 rent and covers every expense, working 70-hour workweeks in cybersecurity, while girlfriend contributes $200 monthly and complains about him never being around

Etai Eshet

‘Out of nowhere, I get a DM from a girl saying she’s dating Jake, I didn’t respond’: 26-year-old wonders if she should have warned her 28-year-old ex Jake’s new girlfriend about his toxic behavior after seeing history repeat itself

Etai Eshet

‘You need to learn some respect’: Teen and his entitled mother ruin couple’s movie date night after they ask the teenager to stop filming in the theater

Etai Eshet

‘I’ve got three brunch invites next month and someone offered to fly me to Aspen’: Woman introduces two bored rich kids at a fundraiser, they click immediately, and their parents decide she’s now a matchmaker for the elite

Etai Eshet

‘I have my own bills and credit card debts to pay’: 33-year-old woman refuses to cover her 38-year-old boyfriend’s full bills after five months of “no prospect in sight” post‑graduation job search

Etai Eshet

‘She made me feel like the villain for respecting her wishes’: 29-year-old scolds her 32-year-old boyfriend for skipping a 3 a.m. airport pickup she repeatedly refused and even bought a bus ticket for

Etai Eshet

‘She messaged me angrily, saying that because of me, people judge her’: 19-year-old vents about a tough breakup to a friend, the story spreads, and his ex complains about the backlash

Etai Eshet