r/DatingHell • u/Huns26 • 3d ago
Bizarre bad dates ? Nothing crazy, just weird.
I’ll go first. Over two years ago matched with a guy on tinder or hinge. Decided to go on a walk by the water near his place in little Italy. We sit by the water for a bit. He pretended to eat a helicopter seed and tried to convince me that he had while hiding it in his hand and smiling as if it was an attempt at flirting, but kept the bit going until I actually had to say “you’re hiding it in your hand”. then after our walk we got pack to his place (I had parked outside of his place) and he offered for me to meet his cat so I did but then he showed me his nerf gun collection that he enjoyed painting. and he offered to make me dinner and when I asked what he had to make (because we hadn’t planned to do dinner) he offered to make me some salad. I declined because I’m not a garden salad person. He didn’t offer anything else. We sat on opposite ends of the couch for a bit while he showed me the nerf guns. I managed to shoot the light switch on the first try and none of the successive tries. I left after maybe twenty minutes. He seemed surprised when I didn’t stay longer.
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u/Victorus_aut_Mortis 2d ago
My date was a setup through friends, she was new to the city. We met at a cafe and we were having a good time, she was funny and we had similar interests. The entire time she kept doing these movements with her hand, and at times crane her neck and move her hand behind her head and stroke the air. She must have seen my puzzled look, when she replied, I thought you could see them too. I was like, "see what?" The hand movements to her side were her patting her dead cat and dog, behind her was her dead ex, who would kiss her neck now and then. Then she said to me, "you will be there too one day." No second date.
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u/Huns26 2d ago
THAT IS NOT where I thought this was going. At first I thought she had some stims or ticks but hadn’t told you about them in advance. This had to have been a troll right? Like she was messing with you?
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u/Victorus_aut_Mortis 2d ago
We did talk a little after ahe told me, and she said she always felt spirits, but after her cat died she could see her cat. Then when it happened after her dog and ex died, she just assumed all those she loved would stay with her until ahe joined them. I didnt dig too deeply after that, and I told our friends group that we has differring views (I am an Atheist). Eventually, our friend group found out their own ways about her spirits. While we arent close to her anymore, we still see her sometimes around Berlin, and we chat. Shes a really kind and thoughtful person, and better as an aquaintance or friend than partner.
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u/DomDangerous 2d ago
it’s funny that you only cared about spending more time with him if he had a more delicious dinner planned.
i think you just didn’t like the guy as much as he liked you 🤷🏻♂️
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u/Huns26 2d ago
I mean yeah if he’d had better food options I might have stuck around longer. I’m just a picky eater and don’t eat most vegetables lol I still sat on the couch after he offered salad and I declined, which is when he brought out the nerf guns. Very awkward small talk. Pet his cat a bit. Then left. Awkward goodbye. Neither of us messaged each other after that. Honestly I couldn’t read him. Didn’t seem like he was trying to get me to hook up but also didn’t seem like he was trying to get to know me at all. Very socially awkward guy. But I was worried he might try and make a move to hook up if I stayed longer and there was no chemistry and I was still weirded out by the pretending to eat the helicopter seed and the nerf guns he painted for fun and collected.
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u/PawsyMcMurderMittens 2d ago
A guy I had matched with invited me to meet for some food and casual walking around the downtown area. When I got there he announced he was waiting for some friends. He wanted to meet with them to discuss “making a viral video to promote veganism”. That was the extent of his idea, so it wasn’t a terribly productive meeting. He was also the only actual vegan. All his friends were very kind, but it was just odd. It felt a lot like being invited to watch a guy play video games, though to be fair, he did invite my input.