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Asked me “which Starbucks?” about four times, which I answered each time. Then, upon entering the correct Starbucks, grabbed my face and kissed me without any consent whatsoever. It was our first meeting. -C.F.

I went on one lunch date with a guy who knew I was bi from my profile, and managed to serve up biphobia before the food was even served. If I wasn’t broke at the time, I would have paid for my meal separately, but I was, and because of that particular red flag, IContinue reading “Served”

My first boyfriend dumped me:1) from the school pay phone2) to my mother’s answering machine so she heard it before I did3) during lunch4) then walked back to our shared table, finished lunch, and walked me to class like nothing was wrong. -C.N.

Hate to bring down the mood here, and maybe I’ll think of a funny one later, but uh… maybe telling you the first two weeks of dating that you should break up with them because they’re going to end up hurting you. Spoiler alert—should have listened. -M.R.

A girl I was dating said I was a slut for getting a pap smear done. She also liked to eat raw onions. -C.L.

He thought he could discipline my cat. -M.D.

I went on a first date with a sculptor when I was 18. We had only talked online or on the phone, but we had a good rapport. We decided to meet for coffee. He walked in with his portfolio and started to show me photos of his work (which was crap). After about 5Continue reading “Portfolio”

My ex husband, upon meeting me, never went back to his apartment ever again. Literally left behind everything he owned. What the fuck? -H.

He treated his mom like his personal servant and was openly disrespectful towards her. He called this sweet, caring, extremely educated woman “dumb” constantly, and was so demanding of her emotional labor. All things he eventually did to me as well! -C.G.

I once dated a woman who shortly after moving in, melted down at the idea that I would get rid of the second completely-stuffed bag-of-used-plastic-grocery-bags, which happened to be making walking down the basement stairs dangerous. Second. The second bag-of-bags. -D.S.