Whether you’re going on your first date or have been in a relationship for a while, you’re bound to go through a rough dating experience at least once in your life. From Tinder to Twitter, here is a compilation of dating horror stories that may remind you just how ruthless the dating world can be.

“​It happened when I was interning, so I didn’t really know anyone in the town. I turned to Tinder and matched with a gal who had a baby. I told her I’m not looking for anything serious since I won’t be there for even a year, and she was fine with that.

“I invited her over that weekend for a few drinks. Saturday night rolls around, and she tells me she couldn’t find a babysitter, but I tell her it’s all right and that we can watch some Disney movies and just talk.

“By the end of the movie, she tells me the baby daddy is on the way to check up on the kid. Since he was already on his way, I let it happen. He gets there with a 12-pack, checks up on the kid, sits down on the other couch, and starts talking to me like we’ve been friends since middle school.

“[He] seemed nice and offered me his beer, so I just let it happen. We put on another movie and proceeded to watch that with the mom sitting next to me, like we’ve been dating for a year, and the dad and kid sitting on the other couch chilling like it was their own house. It was definitely weird.”

– Gabriel Baglan, senior in mechanical engineering

“So this guy I was talking to had asked me on our second date, and, knowing that I was scared of scary movies, he thought it would be funny to go see a scary movie, hoping I would be in his lap all night and he could cuddle and protect me.

Anyway, turns out I could only make it through the first 10 minutes of the movie before my entire body started shaking, and I started tearing up because I was so scared. Trying to be slick, I tried to hide it from him, but he called me out because I was literally shaking in his arms. I ended up taking off my glasses so I couldn’t see the screen anymore and hid my face in his arms the whole time.”

– Amanda Johnson, sophomore in interior design

“I moved away from Iowa and this guy I was dating, so we decided to part ways. We ended up seeing each other after I moved back and began talking again. Shortly after, he asked me to watch his dog while he took a trip to New York. After I dropped him off at the airport, I found his flight itinerary left up on my computer only to find out he was flying to New York to meet up with another girl.”

– Cierra Michael, junior in management

“I asked a girl to dinner on Valentine’s Day who I had been hanging out and conversing with somewhat regularly, and then she didn’t reply back to my invite. Later that night, she ended up tweeting, ‘Yeah, it sucks spending another Valentine’s Day single, but time means nothing when you’re waiting for your forever valentine.’ I fell for who I thought she was based on her social media, but then I got to know who she actually is, and I want no part of it.”

– Jacob Bergman, senior in actuarial and philosophical science at the University of Northern Iowa

“So I had been seeing this guy for a while and decided it was time to introduce him to my parents. We walk into my house, and what do we see? My dad casually cleaning his gun in our living room with his knives and knife sharpener out sitting next to him. I was super embarrassed to say the least.”

– Shane Oswalt, sophomore in elementary education