The Cringiest Things People Have Done To Find Love

A personalized Facebook photo album

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After a first date, one girl was a bit apprehensive about meeting up with the guy for the second time, but she went anyway. The guy, who had sensed her indecisiveness, had printed off all his favorite Facebook pics of her, and put them into an album with captions like "looking sexy at the beach."

Texted a girl about her private parts...

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This guy was head over heels for this girl. After texting for a little while, he wanted to step it up a notch, so text her saying "I love them big ol boobies of yours." Safe to say, she never got back in touch with him, and he'll never be taking that risk again.

The MSN days...

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One girl spoke about how her boyfriend asked her out over MSN. You remember MSN? The best online messenger service there ever was! Her BFF told her "if that's how he's asked you, expect him to break up with you the same way." Well, guess what? He did!

Stealing an email address

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On the topic of online messaging, one girl took it a bit too far. Everyone in class at freshman college had to write down their emails, and she caught sight of her crushes' and memorized it. She then sent him emails after that telling him he was cute.

One guy even conditioned girls to enjoy seeing him

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Back in school, one Reddit user explains how a guy was thinking about conditioning girls to associate relief and happiness with seeing him. So he got a hold of the girls' schedules and waited outside their classes everyday, but obviously it didn't go as planned!

A flower reminder is the way to go

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After going on a couple dates, one girl called it off with a guy she was seeing. A month later, on Valentine's, she received some flowers attached to a creepy poem. The poem was basically the guy's way of saying that he'd wait for her. Yeah, a bit weird!

Take your helmet off!

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A guy was so desperately in love with a girl from school that one day he'd just had enough and drove round to her house. He took his motorbike, went straight up to her door and asked her out. She declined, and he made it all the way home before realizing he never took the helmet off, so she probably didn't know who it was.

Butting into a conversation is the way forward

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One guy spoke about how a girl (who had a massive crush on him) would inject herself in every conversation he was having. If she ever saw him talking to someone, she'd run over and try and worm her way into it. The less she knew about the subject, the more she would turn it back to her.

Doing anything just to speak to your crush

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In 8th grade, a guy would make it to 5th period early, just to move his crushes' chair across the classroom. When she'd turn up, he'd offer her his chair, and then wouldn't speak to her for the rest of the class, but that little interaction made it all worthwhile.

What about a remote control truck?

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A Reddit user divulged about how he was so madly in love with one girl, that he went out and bought a remote control truck, her favorite candy, flowers and also a Walkman with her favorite song on. He drove the truck gently into her foot while she was working. She rejected him.

There's nothing better than getting arrested

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One guy wanted to ask a girl out, but was too afraid. So the day before Valentine's, he put a photo up online holding a BB gun and captioned it "If I don't get a date by valentines day I'm going to shoot up the school." He was hoping she'd see it, but it looks like the police did too as he got arrested the next day.

Carving ice skates into wood

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A Reddit user explained how in college a guy found out which car she drove. He decided to have a peek into it, and saw some ice skates. He then proceeded to carve the exact same ice skates into wood and gave it to a teacher to give to her. The worst thing is, she'd never spoke to the guy.

Professing love through emojis

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What's better than just admitting your love through text? Doing it through emojis of course! One girl was a bit too shy so decided to text her crush, but used cryptic emojis to admit her love. Well, turns out he didn't have a clue what they meant, and just saw random emojis.

Pretending to like philosophy

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One girl had a massive crush on a guy who was give years older than her, and also an ex-philosophy major. So she went out to the bookstore and bought loads of philosophy books to keep in her car. She hoped that he'd spot them and realize he was in love with her. He never did.

Reaching out over MySpace

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MySpace was the bomb back in the day and EVERYONE was on it. One guy was talking to a girl for a few weeks and then DM'd her on MySpace professing his love for her. Well, it actually all worked out in the end, and they ended up owning a house together.

How about a speech?

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Why can't some people accept rejections? After one rejection, this guy organized a massive birthday party for the same girl, where he invited everyone to give photos of her. He turned these photos into an album and proceeded to give a 10 minute speech on how much she was loved.

Doing some intense research

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One guy wanted things to talk about so much with his crush that he would research absolutely everything she was into just to have something to talk about. It's definitely not the worst on the list, but still a bit cringe. Although, they ended up together for years!

Took a 30 mile-long bike ride

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One Reddit user spoke about how one of her lovers rode 30 miles in the scorching Florida heat all the way to her house. Apparently, her girlfriend was there at the time, which made it all the more awkward. Yet, she ended up with him anyway and they're 7 years strong.

Who farted?

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In class one day, a 5th grader was sat next to her crush. Behind her, her BFF made the funniest joke and she ended up laughing so hard that she farted. Instead of acknowledging it, she stayed silent for a minute then said "What the hell, who farted?" Face palm moment.

Older man in a younger body

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One Reddit user was seeing a guy a year older than her when she was in ninth grade. Another guy assumed that this meant she was into older guys, so concocted a big lie to trick her. He said that, although his physical body was 14 years old, he'd actually been stuck in a coma and so was 21 years old. Erm, I don't think that's how it works.

Pretending to be trans...

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Some people just don't know when to stop! One guy had such a crush on a girl that he pretended to be trans just to be closer to her. She lent him her makeup, cute outfits, spent time consoling and comforting him, until she found out it was all a ploy to spend time with her.

Rehab for an ex

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One guy was broken up with by his girlfriend and he didn't take it lightly. He proceeded to send a group text to 39 people, including her family, friends and coworkers, detailing that he was so much in love with his ex, that he was going to have to go to rehab to get over her. Cringe, much?

Taking inspiration from peacocks

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So you know how peacocks like spread their fans to attract their mates, with all those bright and sparkly colors? Well, this guy decided to use that nature inspiration, but took it a bit too far! He went out, dyed his hair and grew a mullet just to get one person's attention. Yep, it failed.

Screensaver Stalker

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I've got a firm belief that some people do not know how to act around people they have crushes on. One Reddit user spoke about how they set their screensaver to their crush and proceeded to them show them everyday for months. Not going to lie, it's a bit stalkery.

Make sure you sign off your love gifts

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One guy was with his girlfriend for about a year when she phoned him up and thanked him for the balloons and flowers he left for her on her car on Valentine's. Turns out, it wasn't him, but actually one of his friends who was madly in love with her. Yikes!

Who's the real man?

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What do girls love most in a man? Real men! And what's the best way to prove that you're a real man, and not one of these fake men out there? Well, of course, all you have to do is drag a dead animal carcass into school and show it to your crush. That's gotta work, right?

Avoiding the "I Love You"

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One Reddit user admits to going to some extreme cringey lengths in order to avoid saying the "I Love You" at the beginning of a relationship. This fella said that when he first got with their girlfriend, they both felt weird about saying it, so would say "I like you with all the likes in the world" instead!

Pretending to be a writer

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A Reddit user tells us about how she was seeing a guy who wanted to be a writer when he was older, so she said the same. They agreed to swap stories, and she wrote 23,000 words riddled with subconscious messages to get him to fall in love with her. Spoiler alert: he dated her best friend.

Big fans of the Matrix

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What's worse than dating a Matrix lover? Well, one person was such a big fan of the Matrix, and thought it was so cool, that they decided to wear a floor length leather jacket on their first date to try and impress their prospective lover. Yeah, it didn't end well.

What about meeting up and talking about being alone?

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Some people just don't get the hint do they? One girl spoke about how she loves to be a lone, and she told a guy that. Well, what did he suggest? That they meet up and talk about how they loved being alone. Erm, dumb! She told him to get lost and that was the end of that.