There are plenty of reasons why first dates don’t blossom into romance, but some people’s standards really do seem quite bizarre.
One Twitter user, called Jacques, has shared his own experience of baffling rejection, posting a screen shot of a message he’d received from a (now former) love interest.
It read: “Hey man, sorry for not messaging until now. I enjoyed our date last week but when you said the phrase: ‘put my thinking cap on’ it kinda gave me the ick so I wasn’t really interested in pursuing things.”
They then had the cheek to ask: “Also, do you know of any, like, soul-funk hip hop disco kind of vibes DJs in Manchester?”
ah right ok then 🙂 pic.twitter.com/cpamBahE3p
— jacques (@flamencolambada) August 22, 2021
Jacques captioned the tweet simply: “Ah right ok then”.
The post racked up more than 128,800 likes and 5,200 retweets in just three days, as fellow Twitter offered their take on the date’s approach:
Honestly people are so dumb and shallow. My partner says stupid stuff all the time and I just go ‘Uhuh’ and laugh- this person isn’t ready to date really so they’re projecting into the ‘fault’ being on you rather than look at themselves.
— 𝐿𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝐿𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝐿𝑜𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒💙 (@flowersofmyself) August 23, 2021
“Kinda gave me the ick” is a weirder phrase than “putting my thinking cap on”.
— david (@pearson186) August 22, 2021
"Hey our date was cool but you said one thing that's totally normal, so I don't think I'm gonna be seeing you again. Oh hey by the way can you help me find a dj within the same rejection message. I don't realize I look callous but clearly don't care as long as I find this DJ."
— Eric (@R3belGG) August 22, 2021
This is honestly the worst. I cannot believe people like this exist. I am actually astounded.
— Scot (@Tocs_Hornbee) August 22, 2021
My dating life in a nutshell https://t.co/JuEHvTEjQh
— Ben (@bjk394) August 24, 2021
Jacques later added that the man he had gone on a date with had waited 10 days before sending that terrible response. He also said he hadn’t replied but then changed his mind after one person offered him a very funny suggestion for a response:
Please say you replied with “I’ll have to put my thinking cap on”
— Kris (@deliciouslykris) August 22, 2021
Amazingly, his date then blocked him, Jacques said:
I think I’ve been blocked hahahaha pic.twitter.com/PU3CBQQ96v
— jacques (@flamencolambada) August 22, 2021
Seems like dating after the pandemic has got a whole lot more brutal.
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