People Share Their First Date Horror Stories

From the outside, it’s almost impressive how fast this goes sideways. He expects a quiet coffee. She arrives with four kids in full chaos mode, immediately turning the café into a jungle gym. Chairs are climbed, noise levels spike, and no one is remotely supervised.

The nightmare isn’t that she has kids — it’s that this was never mentioned. No warning, no heads-up, no attempt to manage the situation. He pays for the coffees like a gentleman and exits calmly, knowing there’s no version of this date that recovers. Sometimes the only win is leaving early with your sanity intact.