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17 Stories About Dating That Will Make You Either Want To Live As A Hermit Or Start Planning Your Wedding, But There Is No In Between

"Dating me was like a career accelerator."

by Morgan Murrell

BuzzFeed Staff

Here are some of the submissions:

Tweet from LaCroix Jenkins: Ex planned to murder at remote cabin, but found cabins and road too close. Spent weekend pouting like Wiley E. Coyote

Summary of tweet: Poster describes sending a Thanos clip to an ex who tried to return twice after leaving, then blocking them

Tweet text: "I was in an 88 person polyamorous relationship for like a week" followed by a crying emoji

Tweet describing an offer made to the poster and their mom for a group activity to cheer up the mom after her husband passed away in 2015

Tweet by user: "an ex-situationship once told me they knew God existed bc He was guiding his steps away from me" with a crying emoji

Tweet humorously describes how dating the user seemed to boost their partners' careers

A tweet from Dr. Laylah shares her success, stating that despite doubts from an ex-partner, she owns two successful medical practices with full staff

Post discusses researching people’s careers deeply, taking courses to understand complex fields, and aspiring to be a modern-day Da Vinci

Tweet about feeling like a stepping stone in relationships, suggesting each partner finds true love after dating the author

Tweet about accidentally unmatching someone on a dating app, then emailing them as a mistake. Now married one year later

A tweet shares a story about creating an account for a long-distance boyfriend's birthday, collecting over 300 messages, but breaking up just before the day

Summary of tweet: A woman describes a past incident involving gunfire that led her to carry a firearm and later start a firearms academy to teach self-defense

Tweet about flirting, discovering guy's phone wallpaper with a woman, revealing it's his wife, downplaying seriousness

A tweet recounting a bookstore first date, ending with a surprise that the date had rated it 4/5 on a private Instagram

Tweet text: "i was dating a girl once and she deadass forgot my name"

Tweet: "My high school boyfriend’s mom offered to pay me to stop dating her son because his grades were going down," with crying face emojis

Summary of text: A woman recalls discussing books with a boy over the phone; they talked for an hour. They later married and have now been together for 10 years