r/DatingHell

4.5K archived posts · Jan 2013 – Sep 2026

When bad dates happen to good people

r/DatingHell

Welcome to r/DatingHell. This community was created for others to share their horrible dating experiences.

Created Jan 22, 2013

18KMembers (last snapshot)

4.5KArchived posts

All posts must start with a TLDR & formatted into paragraphs for easy reading
Feel free to use throwaways if the story is that bad (or that good!)
Upvote the worst dates.
Avoid posting personal info. This is not the place to call out those who have wronged you.
This is a text-only sub. If you have a horrifying date story you'd like to share and it's on another website, please post a summary and a link in a self post.
No personal attacks against OP. Harassing comments will be removed and violators may be banned.
Please, NO meme posts.
Obey general reddiquette

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