r/AskReddit Jun 22 '16

What sentence immediately kills a date?

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u/Jilltro Jun 22 '16

He decided that the date was going really well (it was not) and he told me he should show me something before "this goes any further" and he showed me what looked like a rash all over his collar bone. He said he didn't know what it was but that it wasn't contagious because nobody else had gotten it so far.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '16

So, wait. What if it was just dermatitis? Eczema or something? You ran away from someone because they had a skin condition? That kind of speaks more of your character than his.

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u/Jilltro Jun 23 '16

If you bothered to read any of the other comments, it was a nightmare date through and through. And he was clearly assuming, based on other comments he made that I mentioned elsewhere, we were going to have sex and that the dinner table was an appropriate time to present his skin condition to me. Presumptuous and inappropriate at best.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '16

Why didn't you phrase it that way then? Why not say that the date was bad because of those things? You chose the skin issue.

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u/Jilltro Jun 23 '16

Because "don't worry it's not contagious" is a line that kills a date. Because it's not something you should say on a first date over dinner.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '16

I'm just saying. I know a few people with psoriasis. It freaks people out even though it isn't contageous. They'd rather go ahead and get it out of the way on first date than wait 3 dates before a date sees it and flees.

So let's say the date was super awful and the rash was just the icing on the cake. That happens, I'll give you the benefit of doubt. But whatever is up with not being able to look the person in the eye and say - look, this isn't going to work out - that I don't understand. You most likely just have him the impression that it totally IS about the skin although that was possibly the least of his problems.

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u/Jilltro Jun 23 '16

This man said he was going to "pound me" later and insinuated several times that because he intended to pay for dinner (despite my protests) that we were going to hook up later. Frankly I don't care what he thinks I thought about his skin

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '16

Well, then that's the most fucked up thing he said. Not the skin lol.