Internet Dating Horror Stories

I’m down in San Diego for the weekend and already a little bored, so I figured I’d share a story with my loyal readers.

The other day I was talking with someone about online dating horror stories. We exchanged experiences, and I won hands down for meeting the biggest loser. Here’s the scoop.

At least a dozen times over the course of a year, I went out with a guy who unbeknownst to me, had a girlfriend-turned-fiancee. To answer your questions:

No, it wasn’t blatantly obvious. Yes, there were red flags I chose to ignore. How did I find out he was engaged? I stumbled upon his wedding registry on the Internet. Did I confront him about it? Hell yeah. And he denied it. At first. Until I asked him why the fiancee (using her name) and he were registered at Bed, Bath, and Beyond. He then cried and said “You don’t know the situation. I can explain.” Explain? Uh yeah, please do. In the meantime, I did a little explaining myself to a certain fiancee. And yes, they ended up getting married.

Anyone else have an Internet dating horror story to share?

5 Comments »

Erin

July 3rd, 2004 | 6:35 am


Yeah. Go here for mine:

http://eln2004.blogspot.com/
2004…332068230702012

Not as bad as yours, I have to say. Ugh.

Esther/Madonna

July 4th, 2004 | 12:18 am


He cried? Oh boy.

Ellison

July 4th, 2004 | 10:35 pm


Yeah, I got one.

Girl responds to Boy’s online ad. After a couple of good emails back-and-forths, Boy calls Girl up and makes plans. Boy goes to pick girl up at her house and meets former fiancee who she stills shares her house with because neither can afford to move out. Boy also notices girl who mentioned she is athletic is 100-pounds over-athletic. Boy sucks up everything so far and still takes her out to dinner (because at least it’s going to be a good story). Girl procedes to mention she just got out of a psychiatric care institute. Boy thinks it’s a good time to leave.

And hey, if he was engaged, at least you knew he could commit. (Because I’m sure you haven’t heard that one a thousand times…)

Jen

July 5th, 2004 | 8:34 am


Last year I corresponded with a guy online - he was, through email, shockingly similar to me and we wrote and wrote for weeks. We talked on the phone that summer. And finally, met. I was immediately wary. I couldn’t quite put my finger on it, but there were red flags there. Wellll, come to find out he was MARRIED, had three sons, and engaged in group sex! I was completely GROSSED OUT and horrified! He also told me his real name. It took me forever to get him to stop calling me. His wife and kids were out of town for the summer. He would leave me voice messages sobbing that he had fallen in love with me and he didn’t know what to do, and for me to stop shutting him out. HEL-LO, buddy! My greatest lessons learned: never give too much of yourself over email until you’ve MET the person and get a feel for them!

Carrie

October 10th, 2007 | 12:33 pm

Here’s my story. I met this guy on match who seemed really nice. We dated for about a month, during which time he said/did all the right things–was happy to meet my friends and family, talked about the future, answered all my questions with good answers, didn’t push for sex too soon, told me how wonderful I was, said he was falling in love with me–and even insisted on taking the day off from work when I had to have my dog put down. He was separated, not divorced, and my friends said this was a red flag, especially since he said that she was crazy and they had mutual restraining orders against each other. But he insisted he was ready to move on and open to a relationship. Well, a few days after my dog died–and a few days before my birthday–he just disappeared. Stopped calling, wouldn’t return my calls. I had a friend call and pretend to be a wrong number–just to make sure he wasn’t dead or in jail–and he answered cheerfully, she told me. To this day, I have no idea what happened. Any theories out there?

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