On Saturday, comedian, actor, and screenwriter Eden Dranger asked her followers to share their harshest rejection.
What was your harshest rejection? I’ll go first. One time, a super charming guy I had a crush on took me out to dinner a few times, invited me to a swanky gala, had me over for Thanksgiving, and then introduced me to his buddy as “a girl I wish was my sister”.
Ladies and gents, when I tell you the people of Twitter answered the call with some of the most cringeworthy rejection stories I have ever read. I am not kidding.
Here are some of the most memorable responses people submitted:
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@Eden_Eats It didn’t result in immediate break up, but he wanted to do a Halloween “couple” costume with another girl, claiming that it didn’t mean anything. They’re married now.
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@Eden_Eats A guy I was seriously dating called me on my 30th Birthday, while I was at the office working, broke up with me, 20 minutes before I walked into a surprise party, that he knew I was walking into 😐 #HappyFrigginBrthdaytome
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@Eden_Eats Had someone get drunk and call me to break it off while she was on her way to a date with a different guy and then kept me on the phone until he showed up. That one hurt.
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@Eden_Eats Johns Hopkins sent me a rejection letter that read: “We read many talented writers this application cycle. Unfortunately, you were not one of them. We hope you made other plans.”
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@Eden_Eats I asked a girl out once and she laughed for 3 minutes. At least. After 3 minutes I left. It happened in 1977. For all I know, she's still laughing.
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@Eden_Eats A guy ghosted me for having a gluten intolerance. Yup you read that right 😔
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@Eden_Eats A girl I was dating called me one night while I was watching Avengers. She told me on the phone that she saw her best friend and went into lovely detail how they had sex. And I mean every detail. I can never look at the Avengers the same way again
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@Eden_Eats Dated a guy for a few months. Stupidly, I told him I loved him (I know, but I did anyways) and a few days later he broke up with me because he was into "masculine" guys. It wasn't like I started out John Wayne and turned into Paul Lynde during the relationship.
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@Eden_Eats One time a guy broke up with me because I didn’t understand his “secret band.” He also played the guitar with his feet.
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@Eden_Eats I was looking for some help while at the hospital...
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@Eden_Eats I'm not sure this counts but I overheard the girls in my class talking about which boys they would date and I was dead last because I was too ugly. I mean, yeah, I do think I'm ugly. Still hurts to hear. This was back in eigth grade but it sticks with you.
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@Eden_Eats A super handsome guy that I thought looked like a young Paul Newman took me to sushi. He seemed uncomfortable during dinner and then said “Ever think someone is cute until you get up close and realize they just have a ton of freckles?” I have a ton of freckles.
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@Eden_Eats 2 different men, 10 years apart, both dumped me because “God told them to” 😒
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@Eden_Eats I once told a girl (lets call her jan) I liked this guy from our church. She encouraged me to go after him and tell him so I did. He said he was already dating someone else and pointed over to the girl. It was jan.
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@Eden_Eats My fiance bought a house without telling me. So, I took that as a subtle hint.
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@Eden_Eats Many moons ago I was chatting with a guy for a while and then we decided to meet. I got there early and saw him coming towards me so I did a little wave, he saw me, drove right passed me, kept going and then disappeared online.