47 Times People’s Romantic Hopes Were Crushed In Seconds

We had been friends with benefits for 4 years, I sent him a n**e (as always) on my birthday! He the proceeded to tell me that he had found someone else and they were getting serious but that he still considered me as a friend, but he stopped talking to me after that.

I asked someone for a smoke once and he pointed to my stomach and said...nah, you shouldn't if you're pregnant.

Yeah I was not pregnant, just a sloppy, fat 20 year old. Who is no longer fat or a smoker, thankfully.

This is kind of off but still relevant. I had low self esteem in early high school so one day at lunch I was like, "I'm going to ask the first OK looking girl who comes around that corner out and they'll say no." So, the first person to walk around the corner is a pretty girl. I ask her out and without hesitation she says "sure." Now, I was 100% expecting to be shot down so I caught myself unprepared. I kind of studdered, "Haha just kidding" then I walked away and face palmed. In short, some girl got asked out, said yes, only for the guy (me) to awkwardly say, "haha just kidding" and walk away. I shot myself in the foot hard, and it still haunts me.

I was friends with this girl who was a grade above me in high school. We were friends on Facebook and one day she listed me as her brother. (._.).

mini-actualsize:

She could be into that sort of thing, I mean some girls are into weird stuff.

JYHTL324:

You did say you were friends. Unless you indicted romantic interest beforehand, she thought you guys had a genuine solid friendship.

I applied for a job, the interview went really well, and I was told to ring in two days for the results.
I rang and gave my name and explained why I was calling. His reaction was, and I quote:
"Hahaha, it ain't you,"
Then he hung up.

funkyb:

I can't imagine that would have been a pleasant place to work if that's how they handled potential hires.

Wrote poetry to a girl in the grade above me. When I finally admitted it was me who was writing them, all she said was “Oh.” I was so crushed I stopped.

Two decades later I found out from someone that the “oh” wasn’t disinterest. It was that she knew it was me and didn’t realize I thought I’d kept her in the dark. She’d actually loved getting my little letters in her locker and would read them to the other girls who’d all be jealous. If I’d known she knew I would’ve never stopped.

I posted this story in an AskReddit regarding the most cringe worthy thing that's happened to you. Here goes:

Me and my best guy friend at the time were planning on going to the movies to see Deadpool last year. We lived on different sides of campus, so we planned on meeting at the theater. I thought this was going to be like a date, so we split a popcorn and grabbed seats. We chatted a bit, and once the previews started, he leaned in towards me and I definitely thought he was going in for a kiss. I went for it, only to be met by his hand on my mouth pushing me away and a weirded out look on his face. Turns out he was trying to ask me to move down a seat because he had decided to invite his new gf (who I had never met/knew about) and he wanted to sit by her. Not only was I mortified, but he kept the popcorn for himself and this chick. First and last time I initiate plans.

Anon:

The take away from this, is that you should never share popcorn. On a more serious note, I'm sorry that this happened to you.

You should try initiating plans, but make your intentions clear when you do.

Even if it's just saying something like "It's a date!" in a joking manner it still puts the onus on them to correct you.

KlassikKier:

You should have taken back your popcorn.

He asked me to open the window that I was sitting by on the bus because he was hot (he was on the row opposite me) and I said no I want to keep it shut. I didn't like having it open because my hair always flies out the window. He looked at me, said "whatever, you're ugly anyway" and reached over and opened my window.

Took a girl out on a date. She had a great time and said she'd like to go out again (she brought it up). Asked her to homecoming a few days later and she said "oh, yeah, about that. I kind of already have a boyfriend".

AaroNine:

This is how my last relationship, which lasted over 5 years, started just you know, without the admitting to having a boyfriend already (or the homecoming, we were 20). Then guess how it ended? Same as it began, she left for another dude. I've ended up dating multiple, 9, girls that already had a committed boyfriend and just didn't tell me. My best buddy likes to make the joke that I need a shirt that just reads "The Other Guy."
It's infuriating when I'm actively trying to avoid that situation by only asking girls I've been told are single and still end up wrong.
I guess, if at some point, whoever is reading this, if your girl cheated on you with me, I'm sorry, and I promise I didn't know.

IWishItWouldSnow:

I've learned to never trust people when it comes to dating. That whole thing is just one big, stupid game that isn't worth playing.

I was once looking for a job. I had been looking for a long time and I received yet another rejection email.

But!

I immediately received a follow up from the organization asking that I disregard the prior message as it was sent in error and that I would receive the correct message shortly!

The subsequent email was a differently worded rejection letter.

Brutal.

For me, it is "ghosting" because it still feels open, long after the point that it shouldn't anymore.

He looked me up and down, said, "Pass", and then walked away.

In Junior High, during lunch, I had a group of guys take me aside and say that one of the really pretty girls liked me and that I should ask her out. I knew it was the usual teasing, since I've had lots of this sort of thing (being asked out on a dare, or as a prank, etc.), so I thought nothing of it.

About 2 minutes later, I see her walk up to me, and loudly exclaim "I AM NOT INTO YOU. I DON'T WANNA DATE YOU. AT ALL" and run away. I actually kinda had a crush on her, too.

feelsbadman.

“I fell in love with the idea of you.”

My ex long-distance boyfriend after a little over two years of an off and on relationship, right before breaking up with me.

Going out with my school girlfriend for 4 years. she left 1 year, came back and we got back together. things were doing great. and then I asked her what she thought about us being more than just boyfriend/girlfriend, we were 22 at the time.
she laughed , looked at me straight in the eyes and pierced my heart with a dagger saying "you thought I would marry you?" while continuing laughing.

I couldn't live near the thought of her anymore, moved to Paris and then moved 2000mi away across the Atlantic.

An ex broke up with me on Valentine’s Day.

I had bought her 3 bouquets of flowers and planned to cook dinner for us lol

This same ex had once asked me never to break up with her on a holiday or her birthday, and also insisted that a breakup should be done in person if possible, but over the phone at the least.

Yet, she attempted to break up with me via text.

After hanging out a few time, she wrote me a 3 page long letter that basically boiled down to saying she found me repellent, all women should avoid me, and she hoped I would die alone and unloved

Needless to say I’ve had some self-esteem issues since then.

Not sure if this counts as rejection because I didn't even ask her out.

In middle school I had a crush on this one girl for a while. One day she pulled me aside and said, "Hey so I know you have a crush on me and I just don't feel the same way so can you stop liking me please?"

I didn't even ask her out and I got rejected by her.

I once agreed to meet a woman I'd met online at a nightclub. After saying hello and telling me how cute she thought I was she proceeded to start sucking face with some other guy. I just laughed.

Was told we should just be friends. A week later I was told we should be the type of friends that don’t talk to each other.