18 Tinder Dates That Took Unexpected Twists You Won’t Believe
Ever wonder why grabbing a coffee with a total stranger on Tinder sometimes feels like stepping into a live episode of a reality show you never signed up for? Yep, every swipe is a gamble—think blackjack, but with awkward glances and the occasional flying guitar. Most dates fizzle out quick, leaving behind little more than an awkward chuckle or two. But then… there are those legendary catastrophes that make you question humanity, and whether you should just stick to Netflix and chill solo. Lucky for us all, you’re definitely not flying solo on this disaster train. Reddit user u/me_llamo_greg sparked a wildfire of cringe-worthy tales, amassing over 14,000 comments of Tinder dates that went from “meh” to “oh no!” Ready to dive into these wild rides — from frozen fries dinners to exes with identical names crashing the party? Buckle up; it’s a bumpy, hilarious ride through the Tinder graveyard you simply have to see to believe. LEARN MORE
Every Tinder date is a gamble. Sure, you can improve your odds and try to get an idea of what your match is like before you agree to meet them. Yet, when you grab a cup of coffee with a complete stranger, you’re always operating with limited information. That’s just part of the game.
The good thing is that you usually won’t take any damage, even if there is no chemistry between the two of you. A few awkward talks and that’s all. Quick and painless. But occasionally, you might face bad Tinder dates that will make you want to uninstall the app. Heck, some can be so bad you might actually promise yourself to never go back to online dating.
At times like these, it’s really nice to know that you’re not alone. Other people go through disastrous and worst Tinder dates, too. Some dates might turn into funny Tinder dates stories, but many go totally wrong. And when you look at other Tinder dates gone wrong, you might feel like sharing your Tinder nightmare, too.
A while back, Reddit user u/me_llamo_greg asked other platform users, “What is your Tinder horror story?” Their post received over 14,000 comments—many of which detail some of the worst Tinder dates ever. Here are some of them.
My first tinder date was interesting. We went for curry at some Japanese restaurant, went for a walk in the park, I bought some macarons. It went well enough to warrant a date to the fair, and that went well enough to get her to come over to my place.
So, we decided the best thing to do was play guitar, make homemade egg rolls and watch Napoleon Dynamite. The egg rolls went over well, and we got the movie going on. We eat up, I set away the dishes and I take my seat next to her, trying to get closer and closer. Eventually we’re next to each other and I slowly start leaning onto her shoulder, which she pointed out. I scoot away taking it that she didn’t want to be so close, to which she says “yeah that’s right, just go all the way over there away from me”. Jokingly, I agree and decided to throw the covers that were on the bed behind us, between us. Unfortunately, I forgot we played with the guitar and I decided to put the guitar on the bed. At that point the guitar fell with the covers and hit her on the head.
We’ve been a couple for 3 months now.
I went on a date with a guy and the entire time he was talking about how men are superior and how there have been scientific studies to show that “women have an emotional reaction to the color red when they see it”. I wonder why he was single..
My buddy isn’t the smartest man. He picked a chick up and drove to a motel. They were walking into the room and she says, “I forgot my purse in the car do you mind if I go grab it?” He says, “yeah that’s fine,” and tosses her the keys. 5 minutes later he walks outside wondering where she is and his car is gone.
I’m slightly on the large side, and I don’t try to hide it. So I was talking to a nice guy on Tinder and we hit it off straight away. We met up at a bar, he saw me and the first words he said to me were, ‘Oh, I didn’t know you were fat.’ So I turned around and walked out.
Tinder date with a “famous” chef where I was taken to a dive bar, where he promptly starting talking about how famous he was. We drank and watched sports, he proceeded to tell me “You’re cute” and this eventually went to “I am going to make you bleed.” He then invited one of his friends to come along. I went outside and he came up to kiss me. I was drunk, so I kissed back. Eventually he proceeded to tell me how he was “being charged with battering his ex-girlfriend, but he totally didn’t do it.”
Eventually when it came time to pay the bill, “he lost his wallet.” Of course, I get stuck with it. “I’ll pay you back.”. (Needless to say I never got a payment).
Then he leaned up against me. I thought he was trying to kiss me again, but I looked down, and he was peeing on me. In the street. Peeing. On. Me.
I swiftly, being too inebriated to drive, went and got myself a hotel room and a hot shower.
Never again.
Showed up to the restaurant, waited about 30 minutes. Ordered myself some food and was about to leave when he texted me: “there’s a liquor store across the street from the restaurant, can you pick me up 2 six packs?”
I told him I wouldn’t. He says he’s decided to play frisbee with his dog instead. Deleted app, went to liquor store, picked up wine and went home.
He texted me for a month or so after to tell me he’s just bought tickets to see me dance (I’m a retired ballerina, haven’t been in anything for a few years). Then he texts me an hour after and tells me how great I was on stage. I never responded.
Dating is too confusing. I’m all done.
It was our second date, I was pretty into her and the first date was really good so I was expecting a great night.
She suggested we go to a favourite bar of hers, have a few drinks and chill out. When we get there, we discover a load of her friends sitting around in a group. She introduces me and sheepishly mentions we met on Tinder. This gains me a few weird looks. One guy (who happened to look quite like me) reacts a little more obviously to the rest.
My date introduces her friends and goes off to get drinks, leaving me to the groups collective judging stare. The dude who looks like me says “What was your name again”? After I say it, the group turn to mutter to each other. He smiles wryly and asks “What about your full name?”. When I tell him, the group erupts in laughter.
Turns out the guy who looked like me was in fact her ex….who also happened to have the same first and last name as me. Made for some incredibly awkward conversation.
I’m probably too late but here it goes, sorry for the wall of text;
My first and only Tinder date- I started talking to a cute guy, we hit it off really well. We’ll call him Greg. Greg lived in a town nearly an hour away so we texted for about two weeks before we decided to meet due to schedules. During this time Greg consistently attempted to wow with his food knowledge (I work in the fine dining restaurant industry) often telling me about what meal he was cooking for him and his roommates each night. After several days of talking he then asks me to come to his house so he would be able to cook for me. I oblige figuring what’s the worst that could happen I’ve talked to him several times and felt okay about the whole situation. The day comes and we meet somewhere neutral and I follow him to his house, all the while him explaining how excited he is to cook for me.
We arrive at his place everything is going really great, he’s exactly as I pictured him and his personality fits me perfect. Dinner time rolls around and he tells me he needs to go downstairs to begin prep. I become eager and say Id love to help, he insists I stay on the couch and relax. We continue to talk across rooms and I can’t see what’s going on in the kitchen. He puts something in the oven and says it will be ready in just a bit and that he made extra in case I was hungry.
Fifteen minutes late Greg leaps off the couch to a timer and runs to the kitchen. He brings sauces first saying the they are the best part; he lays ketchup, ranch and BBQ sauce on the table. I begin to get confused wondering what he made as he refused to tell me announcing that he wanted to keep it a secret. Greg returns to the kitchen to retrieve the plates, he walks in and carries a turkey platter to the table. I gaze into what had to be no less than three bags of frozen fries he had displayed on a turkey platter for our dinner. He looks at me eagerly awaiting my reaction for me to lose it, I begin uncontrollably laughing and his smile drops as I say this is great thank you, assuming this was a gag meal and he had prepared dinner to follow. No Greg invited me to dinner to cook me his specialty, Frozen French Fries.
They were delicious fries… And the sauce was the best part.
Went on a date with a girl who had already told her whole family about me, before we even met. And she wanted me to meet them in person on the first date.
Nope.
Finally. Started seeing a girl off tinder. It was going well for about two weeks and thought she was pretty cool. Then things started getting weird. She used to always joke about killing me. I thought it was okay the first few times but then it got annoying. I told her to stop and she kept doing it. Idk if it was because she thought it was funny that it freaked me out or what. Anyways told me she has a shotgun in her room. Yikes. Long story short I told her I didn’t want to see her anymore. She didn’t like that. For the next three weeks she’s absolutely hounding me. Calls me constantly, shows up at my work asking for me, keeps coming over to my apartment. She actually knocked on my door for 30 minutes. When I didn’t answer she went around back and started knocking on my bedroom window. Got really concerned for awhile but eventually she gave up
My first ever online date showed up in a white suit and a white fedora. Later asked me if my menstrual cycle lined up with the moon.
He ended up talking the entire date and, me being too polite to do anything about it, let this go on for 2-3 hours. Told me at the end of the date that he’d never had that kind of connection with anyone before.
Good times.
I have been on three tinder dates, with three seperate girls, and they have all been the same horror story.
For some reason, the god of tinder has decided for me that whenever I’m on a tinder date with a girl, we will run into her parents at some point during the date. 3/3 times this happened. 3/3 times it was horribly awkward for everyone involved.
On my first (and only) 30-second Tinder date, she walked out of the subway, looked at me, said “Sorry, I don’t like you” and left.
Real life swipe left.
I dated someone I met from tinder for a month. Seemed good on paper: masters student, yoga teacher, cultured, etc.
Found out she was doing heroin and didn’t consider that a big problem. I actually had to explain to her the definition of a high functioning addict because she felt that having a job and going to school meant the heroin thing wasn’t a problem. We broke up and she went back to her junky ex-bf.
Bullet dodged.
The only Tinder date I went on, the woman told me her goal was to get pregnant in the next few months. I noped right out of there.
My Tinder horror story is also someone else’s Tinder horror story. So I downloaded Tinder this fall for fun. Now, I’m a good looking guy, easily 8,5/10. Within about a month of swiping, I had 100 matches but I had only messaged about 1/3rd of them and hadn’t gone on any dates yet. I was hanging out with my best friend and her cousin that I had never met before that day. We were laughing at r/tinder posts and later the profiles of some girls I hadn’t swiped yet. Then, suddenly. Cousin: “Swipe right” Me: “What?” Cousin “That’s my girlfriend. Swipe right.” So I swiped right. Matched immediately. He sent a Snapchat of the match screen to her. They broke up within the hour. And that was the day I deleted Tinder.
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