“That’s When I Called 911”: 69 Creepy Dates That Made People Run For The Hills

When I said I was going to run to the bathroom, he countered with, "And I'll slip something in your drink."

I didn't think jokes about [it] were very funny so I called it an early night and left for the exit rather than the bathroom.

After a date, not during, but I got the very disturbing message of: "I want to cut off one of your pinky toes so you will always know you belong to me."

This was a country mile outside of my comfort zone.

Caught him live streaming our date from under the table. Super weirded out by that. Only date I've ever walked out on.

He held my face and told me I reminded him of his daughter before he tried to kiss me.

He was nothing like his pictures (he’d obviously retouched the picture to look about 20 years younger,) he was trying to touch me on the small of my back and waist within seconds, and within fifteen minutes I was done. He insisted on ordering food, but I said I’d finish my drink and complimented his food choice to be polite. He tried to pay for my drink, but I’d already paid for it at the bar.

He followed me out after I’d said a polite goodbye and said, “I’m going to kiss you.” I ran out of patience and said no, you’re not, and I’d like him to not contact me if he’s pushy like that. He grabbed me and tried to kiss me, and some dudes around 19-20 who were outside smoking grabbed his arms and pushed him off in the other direction, telling him to walk away and don’t come back.

They were lovely. They even walked me to my car, practically gambolling the whole way. I thanked them, offered them some candy and cigarettes for their trouble, and they also politely offered fist-bumps, which I happily accepted.

I didn’t hear from the guy again, to his meagre credit.

We planned to go to a movie and he instead drove me up the side of a mountain. It was after dark and I was secretly freaking out. I kept trying to talk to him and sometimes he would reply, other times he would just look over at me. But as time went on he just stared ahead like he was thinking about something really hard. I was a young gay man and this was NOT an ideal situation to be in since I'm from the country. I kept trying to talk about my dogs, he wouldn't look at pictures of them. I talked about my dad and my mom. My brothers. I tried to flirt a little and he wasn't really into it. He drove me to the top of this mountain and all the way back down while I tried to make occasional small talk and humanize myself.

I'm 100 percent sure he was contemplating [end] me.

Went on a date with a guy and had dinner at his place. After dinner, he leaned and said, "You wanna see something?" He then proceeded to play a video of him, his brother, and his passed out Mom (who he said was an alcoholic). The video started with her on the couch, and then they took turns slapping her across the face, saying things like "Take out the trash, Mom." He then laughed manically and looked at me for approval. This went on for a while, and the finalé of the video was that they splayed her out across the arm of the couch and put her own finger down her throat to vomit.

I instinctively knew I was in danger and pretended like it was no big deal. Soon after, I made an excuse to go and never saw him again.

He was telling me about why he’d moved to our current state, that he moved with his ex, they’re still friends. Ok cool. While he’s talking, I do the math of their ages and realize he was 29 and she was 14 when they started “dating.” Married two years later. I started to feel nauseated and left when he went to use the bathroom.

That I couldn't leave. Then proceeded to lock me in his room. I snuck out of a window and called my friend to pick me up (the date drove me to his place). I got the address out of the mailbox next door. This is in like 2006 or 2007. I stayed on the street until I could see my friend's car approach. I immediately blocked the guy once I got home.

There was this one guy i met through hinge and the first thing he said after seeing me in a cafe was that, no one would know if he takes me to his home & keep me there for forever like a trophy -_- then he laughed like a maniac.

She showed me her wedding Pinterest board. On the first date. With my name already added to some pins.

He came to pick me up and came in while I got my coat and all. He then locked the door and said he WAS spending the night. I couldn't get him to leave. My ex showed up and creepy dude told me to get rid of the person at the door. I told ex the situation, he came in and stayed. He went and made himself comfortable in my room and creepy dude finally left.

Second date. Watched a movie at his apartment. Ten minutes into the movie he pauses it, turns to me, and tells me he’s dumped his long-time fiancé for me (the day after our first date), he’s in love with me, and then asks if I’m ovulating because he wants to start a family with me as soon as possible.

I started to laugh because it was so out of nowhere I assumed he was joking, but he was not. I felt truly afraid of this person; like his whole vibe/demeanor had completely changed. I didn’t want to upset him by rushing out of his apartment so I pretended to be super tired and told him I thought it would be best if I went home to rest up so I’d be good to hang out with him the next day. He (thank god) bought it and agreed with me but asked me for “one quick favor” before I go.

I figured I was about to be [ended] but he just wanted me to take a picture with him in front of his bedroom mirror so he could “see how beautiful we looked together.” I stood there looking in the mirror with this psycho thinking about how unbelievably stupid I was to be in this situation. As soon as he got the pic I grabbed my bag and pretty much ran for my life to my car. When I got home I checked my phone and he’d sent me a bunch of texts, some declaring his love and like 4-5 videos of himself. Creepiest person I’ve ever met by a mile.

ETA: He was a PhD candidate at a university I also attended post-grad in Southern CA. Conventionally attractive, but talked about being having been overweight as a teen. I was injured for the two weeks we spoke before meeting (I usually insisted on meeting quickly when on the apps) and go the first date we saw a movie which was a bad idea in hindsight. He seemed totally normal. Second date we went out to dinner before going back to his place and he again seemed normal and was fine when I said it would just be a movie. I did block him when I got home and got the videos because I knew he had no idea where I lived. I probably should’ve left him unblocked but I was too freaked out and wanted to forget I ever met him. Side note: he had talked about a daughter he’d had, while in college, with a FWB who, as soon as she had the baby, completely wanted nothing to do with him. He showed me a picture of her. I now believe that woman knew he was a psycho and wanted him far away from their child.

P.S. Not long after psycho pants I met the love of my life on an app and we’ve been married for 8 years so never give up, lol.

On a first date with a woman she told me she was comfortable coming back to my place after dinner because she had done a paid background check on me and there were no red flags and that she had already driven by my place and it looked fine. She then joked about probably knowing more about me than her little sister. We did not have any more dates after that.

Picked me up and dropped me off from my place. Date went fine, everything was going normal and we had plans for another date. When we got back to my place, I said goodbye and he locked the doors as I went to get out. I turned to ask him to unlock them, and he looked me in the eyes while saying “NEVER cheat on me,” with the coldest look I’ve ever seen on someone. Didn’t say anything else and unlocked the doors, I got out and went inside (thank god it was an apartment building and he didn’t know my unit), and blocked him on everything.

I found out a couple years later that he was in prison for [ending] his pregnant girlfriend after accusing her of cheating on him.

On a first date, the guy told me I look like his mom, but prettier, and I should fix my hair just like she does. First and last date.

Tried to guess my race. I'm *super* white with a very scottish last name and I thought he was joking, but he spent several minuets talking about how my lips "aren't white." When we left the restaurant he kept trying to light heartedly talk me into taking a ride. I turned him down kindly and kept the mood very light. Right when I thought we we're good I went to wave goodbye and this guys face totally changed. That smile dropped off his face and told me "I know where you live" then almost hit me trying to back out of the parking lot. I have never seen someone change *so quickly*.

Took a woman out to dinner and she suddenly started venting to me about her husband. As if that wasn’t enough, it turned out I knew him. Check please! I’m out!

Created an elaborate lie that they had cancer to garner sympathy for themselves so I would say yes to another date. And yes, it was, in fact a lie. He admitted to it.

Not a first date, but I once met a guy in BYU Idaho (worst years of my life and now im exmo). I recognized him as having been in one of my classes, but we'd never actually met. He said: "Can I follow you home?" I think he meant to say something more acceptable like "Can I escort you home?" But that in combination with a few other bad vibes and red flags, I told him no. He proceeded to follow me anyway, so I walked to another building until he left. He did this a few more times in the following weeks, a few times even without me noticing until I was already at my dorm, and once he even waited for me outside a class we didn't even share together. I felt like I was constantly hiding from this creep. When I asked our mutual teacher what I should do, as well as the bishop I was seeing at the time, BOTH of them told me to "just give the poor boy a chance". This would go on to be one of the reasons I left BYU Idaho.