Real dating stories
"And then he
brought his mom."
Real dating stories from apps and first dates, funny, awkward, cautionary. Anonymized, moderated, no explicit content, no minors, no identifying details.
By category
Pick your flavour of regret.
Yikes
Dating horror stories
Tinder
Tinder stories
Hinge
Hinge stories
Bumble
Bumble stories
IRL
First date stories
Gone
Ghosting stories
Not them
Catfish stories
Patterns
Red flag stories
Lol
Funny dating app conversations
Hall of shame
Worst first date stories
Editorial framing
How stories get published.
Anonymized
Names, locations and identifying details are changed before publication.
Moderated
Every story is reviewed for accuracy, fairness and basic decency.
No explicit content
We don't publish graphic sexual or violent content, and never anything involving minors.
Right to remove
Submitters can ask us to take a story down at any time. We respond within 72 hours.
Got a story? We're listening.
The best dating stories come from the inbox. Send yours, funny, painful or cautionary. We'll anonymize it and run it past you before anything goes live.