27 Nightmare First Dates Filled With Red Flags

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“It wasn’t a date-date to me, but it was to him. He was a friend of my cousin’s, so we were sort of friends as well. He talked non-stop about his ex-fiancée (she was his fourth fiancée) and got really angry when I mentioned one of my exes briefly, even though it was relevant to our conversation. That was when I decided it was 100% NOT going to lead anywhere. After a few more days of him blowing up my phone with texts and me not being proactive with replies, I decided ghosting was not the way to go and told him outright I was not interested in him. I sent him a detailed message, as I did not want to phone him and make him think calling was an option. He knew I finished work at 10:00 p.m., and as it turned from 9:59 to 10:00 p.m, the first message came through on WhatsApp.”

“I ignored it, so he sent it as a text, then as a Facebook message. At 10:15, he called my phone, called through WhatsApp, and called on Facebook. More texts came in at 10:20. Then, at 10:30, there were more calls. I put my phone on airplane mode so I could eat, shower, and watch my favorite show in peace. I even knocked Wi-Fi and Bluetooth off. I switched it all back on at midnight to set my alarm for the next day. I had 17 missed call alerts, 35 texts, 40 WhatsApp messages, 20 odd Facebook messages, and 10+ WhatsApp calls all between 10:30 and midnight. At 12:05 I got another text, so I blocked him. The next day, he drove up and down the road outside of my workplace. My work had a massive window and I could see. He used his own car, his mom’s, his dad’s, and his sister’s. This went on for WEEKS. All of it took place July–September, but then he was married to someone else by the end of the year.”

—kathrynlou82