People Share Their First Date Horror Stories

From the outside, it plays out like a slow-burn nightmare. A harmless question about smelling nice turns into a pocket-sized reveal no one asked for. Suddenly there’s a leather jacket, a tiny atomiser, and a man who clearly planned this moment.

What makes it unsettling isn’t the cologne — it’s the confidence. This wasn’t spontaneous; it was prepared. A souvenir implies a shared memory worth keeping, but all it really leaves behind is the uneasy feeling that this date went very differently in his head than it did in hers.