People Share Their First Date Horror Stories

Within minutes, she lays it all out. She’s boring. She doesn’t go out. She communicates mostly through sarcasm. Then she adds the closer: she works too much and doesn’t really have time for a relationship anyway.

Nothing technically goes wrong — it’s just over before it starts. The date turns into a presentation on why this will never work, delivered efficiently and without irony. There’s a strange relief in it, honestly. When someone tells you exactly who they are and what they’re not available for, the only reasonable response is to believe them and finish your coffee.