It’s 2025, and dating hasn’t gotten any easier for straight women. We’ve shown you how awful “nice guys” can be, but it’s time to take a peek at just how bad some men — in general — can be when it comes to conversing. Here are 19 texting conversations women had with potential partners:
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Let’s start with this one. This guy repeatedly messages this woman, and she never responds. Then, she gets this text from him:
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This guy who thinks it is acceptable to ask for nudes after being respectfully turned down for sex:
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This guy, who seems to have one motive, and it’s not a long-term relationship:
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This guy who is a lying, disrespectful a piece of crap, no matter how you look at it:
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And same with this guy, even though he was honest:
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This guy who still didn’t get it after the woman clearly tried everything to be transparent:
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I have no words for this one:
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This one has also left me a bit speechless:
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This guy who reached out to a backup…(I wonder why his date had anxiety lol):
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This guy who thinks being “poetic” is a good segway into asking disrespectful questions:
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This guy who is clearly immature and into playing games:
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This guy who is just too much:
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This guy who can’t be bothered to even send a decent response:
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And same with this guy:
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This guy who might need more experience being an adult before dating:
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This guy who sums up most of the men in this post:
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And, finally, this guy who proves we may never have hope in dating men again:
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