DATES FROM HELL
DOUCHE-O-METER
JUST CLUELESS
UM, NO
CHECK, PLEASE
SO OFFENSIVE
EPIC FAIL
LITERALLY DERANGED
“ On our first date, he texted and told me to meet him at Chili’ s at 7:30. I showed up and saw him sitting at a table with two other people. When I got to the table, he promptly introduced me... to his parents.”
— SARAH E., 22
“ While we were out on our very first date, he took my phone, made a video of himself saying,‘ I’ m her boyfriend, so all you boys out there watching this better back off,’ and posted it to my Story on Snapchat. He wasn’ t— and still isn’ t— my boyfriend.”
— ROSE S., 21
“ I planned this really romantic winter date complete with dinner, ice-skating, and hot cocoa. On our way to the coffee shop after dinner, he told me that I really should avoid getting the hot chocolate because I’ d already had wine with dinner and all that sugar would definitely make me fat. That was our last date.”
— RAE G., 25
“ He’ d booked us a fancy dinner date and a room at a five-star hotel for after. As we were driving to the hotel, I was using his tablet to check my coursework site for school, when messages started popping up. They were naked videos from some chick I’ d never heard of. I looked, and they’ d been messaging all day. He’ d called her babe. That killed the mood.”
— MALERIE E., 24
DAN SAELINGER / TRUNK ARCHIVE
“ He took me to a fancy restaurant and told me not to order too much since we were going to a party at his parents’ after. By the time we got there, the food was gone and everyone had left. And when I said I needed to leave too, he refused to drive me home because he wanted to‘ save on fuel emissions.’”
— HANNAH S., 19
“ On our first date, this guy took me to Buffalo Wild Wings— despite knowing I’ m a vegetarian. When I reminded him, he told me,‘ Oh, you’ ll drink a few beers and snap out of it.’ That’ s... not how that works.”
— SAVANNAH S., 21
JANUARY 2017 _ COSMOPOLITAN _ 21