"He changed his phone number just to call me [after I blocked him]. He did this twice!"

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"I blocked him. I saw him on Bumble a few years ago and tried reporting him, but to no avail. I am off dating apps now, but I am sure this guy is still on them, claiming he is a 'nice guy' and abusing women. CREEEEEP!"

"At the end of the night, he walked me to my car. The mall that the arcade was in was closed, so the doors were locked after we had left. Mind you, his car is in an entirely other parking lot, and I appreciate the kind gesture of walking me to my car, but it was also pouring rain. We get to my car and say our goodbyes, and he asks for a hug, and I thought sure this is fine, he’s nice, just a bit awkward. Nope. As soon as I came in for a hug, he went in for a kiss, and I SWERVED and gave him a hug and then said, 'Okay, this was fun. I’ll text you later,' and I got in my car and left."

"He bombarded my phone to the point I couldn't use it (i.e., calling, texting, Facebook messaging me, sending messages on Tinder). This lasted all night from 9 p.m. to 8 a.m. I turned my phone off so I can sleep. I turned my phone on to find hundreds of messages just calling me names, voicemails of threats, and name-calling. The last text he sent was an apology for his outbursts, and he really wants to see me. I blocked him on Facebook, blocked his phone number, and reported him on Tinder for abusive behavior. Fast forward a month, and I was on a date with my now-partner when this guy called me from a new number. He explained that he changed his phone number just to call me. He did this twice!

It was the most unhinged Tinder meet I have ever had. He was absolutely terrifying."

"I woke up in the morning to him on his computer. I don't think he had slept.I went to my kitchen, and he had finished my entire liquor cabinet and cooked around $80 worth of food. I said, 'Okay, so you have a problem. Would you like to go home or to the hospital? You have drunk a lot,' he agreed to go home, but it turns out he was living in a homeless shelter. I felt very bad for him, but it also shows you never know who someone is online."

"It was a hard pass there. Not my kink at all, and even grosser when my profile states several times that I’m asexual."

"Everything was fine at first. There really wasn’t much of a connection, but we had decent conversations, and he seemed okay. I figured nothing would hurt from a little friendly conversation. I was pretty lonely at the time and just happy to have someone to converse with during the day.

Fast forward about three or four days—this guy starts blowing me up. If I didn’t respond within an hour or two, he’d text me again. Sometimes saying the same things, sometimes questioning what I was up to ('You must be busy'), and he kept texting me until I responded, even when I told him I was busy with work.

The final straw for me was — and this was literal days after we started talking — he says in a condensed way, 'It seems as though you’re not as busy and respond more in the evening. I guess I’ll just start texting you around then.'

That did it for me. I politely said, 'Look, dude, I can’t be on my phone 24/7. If I don’t respond, it’s not personal. I’m just busy. But this is just too much, and I can’t talk to someone who expects me to be on call 24/7. You’re a nice dude, but it’s overwhelming and a little too much.'

I blocked him, and I’m glad I did. I felt so overwhelmed after just a few days of talking to this guy. He was acting as though we were a thing and that I needed to be texting him all day long. Looking back, he was a decent dude, and I don’t think he meant any harm, but it was creepy as hell and an automatic turn-off. I’m pretty sure I stopped giving out my number on dating apps for a while after that."

"This was the guy who agreed to try to learn how to ski, etc. I stood up to greet him and pulled out his chair as I didn’t think he would manage it. He sat down and immediately started attacking me with 'It’s clear from your face that you’re disappointed with the way I look,' and other things like that. I was floored. I am a person who is always nice and polite and respectful. But I was in my 40s and looking for relationship possibilities. So, I was sure that we would not be dating but that didn’t mean we couldn’t have a nice evening. He just went on and on about how I shouldn’t be judging him because of his appearance. I tried to explain that it wasn’t his appearance at all but it was because we had nothing in common except a love for reading. Finally, he said loudly that I should just leave. I was getting tired of being attacked for the things I enjoyed and for being superficial. I left feeling very sad."

"After some sweet texts, he messaged me out of the blue saying that he thought that I was unfit, unhealthy, and overweight. He also suggested that if I 'try harder,' that if I improve, he may consider having sex with me!!!! Now I don’t need to justify myself, but I’m a size 8. I run 4km a day, box, and do HIIT. Seriously wtf!! I gave him hell🤣"

"I ended things immediately, and he became obsessed with me. To this day, he still asks me to meet with him because he 'misses me.' He messages me about sex all the time and always tells me about his failed dates and wanting me back. No more online dating for me."

"The cops got called, and this dude broke into my house, drank two bottles of liquor, and passed out on my kitchen floor after clearly going through all my stuff. Turns out he was unemployed, living in his car after being kicked out of a sober house, and had a warrant for a DUI. I've never felt dumber."

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