People Share Their First Date Horror Stories

From the outside, it’s stomach-dropping. The date is moving along normally until he learns she’s half Asian, then blurts out a sentence so offensive it feels unreal. Not awkward. Not misguided. Just openly racist, delivered with confidence.

This is the nightmare where the mask doesn’t slip — it disintegrates. There’s no misunderstanding to unpack, no joke to misread. Just the sudden realization that the person across the table is comfortable saying the quiet part out loud. The date is over instantly, even if the conversation technically hasn’t ended.