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Disturbing inappropriate text before first date…

413 replies

messyhairdontcare25 · 22/07/2026 22:03

Hi everyone

i just wanted to share a disturbing text I’ve received from a guy.

The date was planned for this Friday and I received the below by text out of nowhere…no previous sexual talk, just planning the date. Totally icked out and disturbed. Urgh!

Quick checkin: Are you behaving yourself or do I need to intervene?

OP posts:
StressedLP1 · 23/07/2026 20:14

Dersie · 23/07/2026 20:05

Its a little flirty at worst, if that even!.
Im finding it hilarious that some on here are insinuating that this man is some sex crazed sadomasochistic lunatic because he asked a playful question.
If i could id strongly advise him to run for the hills!

Please don’t do that. OP has already ran for the hills and she doesn’t want to bump into him there.

Itsnotallaboutyoulikeyouthink · 23/07/2026 20:23

My goodness what a load of prudes saying you don’t understand what this means. He’s sexting you. Well he wasn’t the response to lead to sexting, or getting the barriers down before your date. Just tell him you won’t be engaging in this you want to get to know him first. This is due to online data it’s very easy to go down that route.

ThatCyanCat · 23/07/2026 20:23

Dersie · 23/07/2026 20:05

Its a little flirty at worst, if that even!.
Im finding it hilarious that some on here are insinuating that this man is some sex crazed sadomasochistic lunatic because he asked a playful question.
If i could id strongly advise him to run for the hills!

Why? What trouble do you think he might be in?

12234m · 23/07/2026 20:25

I didn't realise there were so many pages and that you'd answered the question I'd asked already.

Hope you get some nice cake.

StressedLP1 · 23/07/2026 20:26

He was basically saying this:

Disturbing inappropriate text before first date…
ThatCyanCat · 23/07/2026 20:28

StressedLP1 · 23/07/2026 20:26

He was basically saying this:

Back of the net!

OP, if he turns up to the date wearing a shower curtain and electrical wire, plus pieces of digestive biscuits taped all over his face, all is forgiven. That, or his fetish is even worse than we fear...

MauriceTheMussel · 23/07/2026 20:51

StressedLP1 · 23/07/2026 20:26

He was basically saying this:

The irony being, had he sent this exact image, the reaction would be have different.

Laugh a woman into bed and all that

bettyrubble99 · 23/07/2026 21:00

Send this

Sick Excuse Me GIF
ThatCyanCat · 23/07/2026 21:09

MauriceTheMussel · 23/07/2026 20:51

The irony being, had he sent this exact image, the reaction would be have different.

Laugh a woman into bed and all that

Yes, because then he would have been making a joke, not being creepy. It's not rocket science. Or irony.

chocoluv · 23/07/2026 21:21

I know! Honestly some of these replies are literally insane!

I think some people watch too much TV/spend too much time on the internet.

GameOfJones · 23/07/2026 21:28

DressOrSkirt · 23/07/2026 19:05

It could literally mean anything depending on context. Sent to someone on a girls night out - are you drinking too much? Sent to someone at the grocery store - are you buying too many avocados again? Sent to someone meeting their difficult family - are you being polite? Sent to someone going to bed - are you going to scroll tiktok for hours?

But then he'd have said that when OP asked if the message was meant for her "oops sorry that was for my mate that's on a night out."

It could be innocent purely on its own but with the rest of the context and his reply to OP I'm positive it's a flirty message to another woman.

ThatCyanCat · 23/07/2026 21:42

chocoluv · 23/07/2026 21:21

I know! Honestly some of these replies are literally insane!

I think some people watch too much TV/spend too much time on the internet.

You got deleted earlier for telling women they're insane and must be damaged by trauma for clocking an unwanted sexual text.

(A shame, actually. I don't think your posts should have been deleted. They were a very good example of how people pretend to be oh so kind and concerned while they tell women they're insane, and how quickly they turn to rage when people see through it.)

momtoboys · 23/07/2026 21:55

TheLovelinessOfDemons · 23/07/2026 18:09

Definitely someone who's into BDSM, but has no experience, because that's not how you behave.

Oh, for the love....what in that stupid text made you come to that conclusion?

signed, Clueless Old Lady

ThatCyanCat · 23/07/2026 21:57

momtoboys · 23/07/2026 21:55

Oh, for the love....what in that stupid text made you come to that conclusion?

signed, Clueless Old Lady

I explained it on page 1.

It seems a lot of people agree.

If you haven't got experience of this, take it from people who have.

QuaintMauveCrow · 23/07/2026 22:11

I think he probably sent the message to you in error, and could not admit that as it was supposed to be for another love interest. Not that deep really.

messyhairdontcare25 · 23/07/2026 22:15

ThatCyanCat · 23/07/2026 21:57

I explained it on page 1.

It seems a lot of people agree.

If you haven't got experience of this, take it from people who have.

Some women can be extremely bitchy on here - just be kind, yeah? Feels more like you have to defend yourself on here more than get advice sometimes! This is directed at just the few that have been - just disappointing that women do this to each other.

OP posts:
oggie679 · 23/07/2026 22:17

What does it even mean, with no context I don't get it. Is he dating several people perhaps?

ThatCyanCat · 23/07/2026 22:18

messyhairdontcare25 · 23/07/2026 22:15

Some women can be extremely bitchy on here - just be kind, yeah? Feels more like you have to defend yourself on here more than get advice sometimes! This is directed at just the few that have been - just disappointing that women do this to each other.

Edited

I don't think all of them are women. A lot are, though.

I don't blame anyone for not seeing it. Some people are sheltered or innocent or naive and he probably is hoping for plausible deniability. But I don't like women being told they're insane and ridiculous and at fault for clocking it. It's gaslighty.

messyhairdontcare25 · 23/07/2026 22:22

ThatCyanCat · 23/07/2026 22:18

I don't think all of them are women. A lot are, though.

I don't blame anyone for not seeing it. Some people are sheltered or innocent or naive and he probably is hoping for plausible deniability. But I don't like women being told they're insane and ridiculous and at fault for clocking it. It's gaslighty.

Exactly, I get some people are unaware of this kind of behaviour but telling me I’m
overreacting definitely feels like gaslighting - spot on! Just be kind whatever your opinion is…

OP posts:
Maomee · 23/07/2026 22:53

At worst he's a pervert at best he's very awkward and inconsiderate, I mean there are other fish in the sea OP 🎣

Maomee · 23/07/2026 22:56

Imalittleelf · 23/07/2026 16:22

I think he meant it for another woman in a sexual way, but when he realised he sent it to you, it didn't occur to him that he could have swung it that it was a friendly text to a family member sent in error (because his original thoughts were sexual) and he couldnt say it was for another woman meant in a sexual way, so screwed up and said it was for you...

End result... lucky escape for you, bad luck for him!

This is actually a very astute and quite possibly true take, it would explain how the test appeared from nowhere

StolenTeapots · 23/07/2026 23:01

Yuuuck

Hope you don't see him at parkrun again.

bittertwisted · 23/07/2026 23:05

BauhausOfEliott · 22/07/2026 22:45

I’d take that as mildly flirtatious, not ‘disturbing’. It’s not explicit and it’s hardly Kink Central, is it?

Obviously if you’re not comfortable with it then don’t date him, but it’s not even overtly sexual, it’s just just flirty. Of course you don’t have to be OK with it and you’re completely entitled to block him and find it a turn-off, absolutely. YANBU to think “OK, not for me, I’ll cancel”. But I can’t really see why it’s ’disturbing’. That seems quite an extreme response to low level cheeky flirting to me.

im with you
wouldn’t bother me in the slightest

Missj25 · 23/07/2026 23:10

JLou08 · 22/07/2026 22:22

Describing it as disturbing is quite a dramatic over reaction.

Agreed 😂

SnowFrogJelly · 23/07/2026 23:11

Agreed.. I can’t see why that text makes him a pervert

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