In the age of ghosting, swiping right, and catfishing, dating has never been more complicated. Dates can be magical and fun, but sometimes they go south so quickly you find yourself literally climbing out of a window to escape it. Here are ten horror stories Reddit users shared about the bad dates they had and the creative excuses they used to get out of them.
Because they are curated from Reddit, INSIDER cannot independently authenticate these stories— but that doesn't mean they aren't highly amusing.
1. They climbed out of a window to escape an ex.
"I've never bailed on a date, but once I climbed out of the window to avoid someone I'd been on a bad date with. He had come into the living room and started talking to one of my roommates while I was in my other roommate's room down the hall. We exchanged a look and she wordlessly opened her window, and I climbed out of it and trotted out behind our dorm to the jogging track, took a right and hightailed it to the cafeteria. I brought back dinner for my roommate and by that time, the guy was gone!"— Reddit user LilyKnightMcClellan
2. They lied to escape a marriage proposal.
"Mine didn't even turn into a date. I played with a bowling team once a week and chatted with a guy that bowled on the same nights with his family. We finally made a date, and as soon as I got in his car he asked me to marry him. He pulled a ring out of the glove compartment and said he was in the Navy and was scheduled to be relocated to Germany in two weeks. I was shocked and scared. I told him he was nice and I would write to him but it was just weird, I never heard from him again."— Reddit user Xxfoxontherun
3. They ran to avoid getting in a windowless van.
"Met at a cafe. Actually walked toward the wrong dude (similar haircut, blurry photos) — we realized what happened and laughed it off. Told the real dude about it when he showed up and he was not amused — strike one, that's hilarious.
"Got coffee, sat in a nearby public park. He brags about his career in professional gambling, looks surprised I know some basic easy details. Insults his friends. Lets me know ahead of time he parked his car and has to move it. Fair enough. I offer to walk toward it and stand there while he moves around the block — parking is tough here.
"Walks me a mile, passing many open parking places, to under an overpass. Still bright out but this is weird. The car is a large windowless white van in which he reveals he is currently sleeping because his roommate has ‘sexiled’ him semi-permanently. I don't buy it.
"It becomes clear he wants me to get in the van to help move it. At this point I let him know that I don't think I'm getting in there, but thanks. Quick hug goodbye, leave, he's incredulous. Doesn't push it, drives off. To his credit, he texts later in the day apologizing for creeping me out."— Reddit user babelincoln27
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