Worst Date Stories Go Viral, Are Unbelievably Awkward And Funny

Dating stories, once again, are taking the internet by storm.

It seems like once every couple of months that a Reddit thread about horrific dates goes viral, and every single time, I find myself laughing my butt off.

Would the stories be funny if they happened to me? No, but the pain and awkward misery of others can certainly be entertaining for those of us not involved.

Horrible dating stories go viral.

Well, we have another absolute banger of a thread to enjoy. If you think you've had some bad dates, I can promise these stories will make you feel better about yourself.

Read some of the best answers below, and hit me with your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com:

• Guy took me to see his dying grandmother. Everyone was standing around crying while grandma laid in bed unconscious. The nurse in charge was some random girl from my high school who recognized me and made some snide comment about me being a theater geek. Grandma did pull through and lived for like 6 more months.
• "Wait, is that it?" she said after looking up from her phone for the first time all evening and realizing that we had pulled up in front of her apartment. The original plan included coffee but I had a hunch that I could drive her all the way home before she noticed.
• He stuck his fingers in my dessert, licked his fingers and did it again!! I ordered a lemon meringue pie and offered him to some, he said "no" only to then proceed to say "actually that looks good" and sticks his fingers in for a taste. Yuck
• In college. We were supposed to have a coffee date. He arrived late. The conversation was torture because he didn't want to talk. He looked distracted. I asked him why. He said his buddies were drinking in his dorm and he wanted to go drink with them. I said, "Cool, you don't have to stay." He left. The end.
• Oh man, my worst date was a doozy! Met a girl from a dating app who brought her emotional support iguana to dinner. She spent 30 minutes ranting about her exes, called her mom in the middle of the meal, and made me talk to her! To top it off, she "forgot" her wallet, so I had to cover the bill. Lesson learned: never date anyone who brings a reptile to dinner.
• Once went on a date with a guy who spent the whole time talking about his ex’s cat.
• A guy I used to work with went on a "group date" with a girl once. His assumption was that he was meeting up with her and a few of other friends for a night out. Turns out it was her and five other guys and she was doing a mini-version of the bachelor. In her mind it was better to meet up with 6 guys in one night and determine who she wanted to see again, as opposed to meeting with 6 different guys on 6 different nights. It apparently did not turn out well for her but the dudes ended up hanging out with each other all night and bar hopping. (This is epic, and a great example of guys being dudes).
• I was on a date and an acquaintance from years ago recognized me and proceeded to hit on me. Even though I said I was on a date right now. It was very uncomfortable and awkward to say the least. They wouldn't back down. So me and my date went somewhere else.
• Got asked to dinner after a fashion show. It was during the "punk" era so we all dressed up. I had on a cool hat, ankle boots, fish net etc…motherf*cker took me to a truck stop…men lined up by our table during the whole meal.
• Imagine a romantic dinner where my date sneezed into the soup and then proceeded to apologize to the waiter more than me.
• burger and beers at a bar after work when its all said and done, he tells me he "forgot" his wallet, then went to the bathroom. Waiter took pity on me and gave me a small discount so I paid for the meal. And quickly went home, guy called me later on that night asking if he could stay the night at my place, after telling him no several times I hung up and blocked his call, and his emails...
• Probably when the date got mad I wouldn’t invite him into my home & made it clear I wouldn’t sleep w/ him so he shoved me and I fell down and he proceeded to say I must be a lesbian and started to hurl homophobic slurs at me, got back in his car and squealed his tires and sped away.
• He remembered to bring his mother but forgot to bring his wallet. The after I paid for all 3 of us he had the gaul to ask me for a loan and a second date. Apparently his mother wanted to see me again. My first and last blind date.
• My date was an hour late to dinner. He was a vegetarian and I’m not, so I ended up eating a salad while he took his time. We ended up going home early because I was so bored.
• She spent the whole date complaining about her parents. The final straw for me was when she complained that they made her do chores around the house especially washing the dishes and how much it annoyed her. This was coming from a 24 year old woman.
• Girl picked me up, we'd met on tinder. Took me for a drive. Along the way we picked up her ex boyfriend, then went to a car-meet. Basically just drove to a parking lot and sat in the car with other car people. I fell asleep on the way home.
• I got all dressed up for a coffee date, dude stood me up, moved out of town that day and forgot to tell me even though our plans were made the day before lol it was for the best tho, might not have met my husband otherwise.

It's amazing how awkward some people can be. I'm not sure this really counts as a "date" because it was the night of the Final Four, but let's throw it back to when I had no choice but to ditch my then-girlfriend at a bar.

Had no other option. Wisconsin lost to Kentucky in the worst fashion imaginable, and the support just wasn't there. As I've said before, I don't regret it at all.

Never make me choose between the Badgers and a woman because many people won't like the outcome. Fortunately, my fiancée isn't a roadblock to my fandom at all.

Do you have a horrible dating story? Let me know about it at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. I can't wait to hear them!