We went on two dates. After the second one, on public transit heading to our respective homes, he tried to convince me to go home with him. I wasn’t sure I liked him all that much, so I said no. He then proceeded to talk dirty to me the last few stops. We had barely even kissed. Ew.
—j
Aftermath: I stopped answering the phone for a few days, so I don’t know if he called.
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We had been dating off and on for a year, and he was moving to a different state. To say good-bye, he showed up at my work with a present: A vibrating pen that made squiggly lines that he stole from his niece. He told me to think of him every time I “used” it… as a sex toy.
—Nicole
Aftermath: Let’s just say it was VERY easy to get over him. And I threw the pen in the trash as soon as he left!
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We were coworkers at a dotcom startup in 2000. He liked to namedrop Arthur Andersen and his previous consulting work for them. I asked him out and he said, “Sorry, you’re not Jewish and my mom wouldn’t like it.”
—Shannon
Aftermath: Okee dokee. The Enron scandal breaking afterward was pretty awesome.
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My long distance boyfriend of over a year didn’t even text me an “I love you” on Christmas, after saying how badly he wanted me to be there with him and how we’d talk every chance we could.
—Annoyed
Aftermath: I still haven’t heard from him.
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We met online and, after a few months, set up a date. He was supposed to arrive @ 7 p.m. He didn’t show until 11:30 p.m. Kept getting lost and calling me from various “lost” locations. I’m sorry, only an idiot would get this lost. Nonetheless, I kept the date and let Lost Boy into my home. At 12:30am, I yawned. He shot up from his chair and barked at me: “Sorry if I’m keeping you up or anything” and ran out the door.
—Kim
Aftermath: A few days later, he texted me and wanted to make sure I wasn’t mad. I ignored it and vowed to myself to never sign up on an Internet dating site EVER again.
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