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12-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Unhinged First Dates TikTok
Everyone expects a first date to be somewhat awkward. However, there are some first dates that exceed mildly uncomfortable and instead take a sharp left turn into "unhinged" territory... That's why when TikTok user @ said, "Tell me your unhinged first date stories. Not 'he wanted to split the bill,' but something that gave you the ick so badly you still get queasy when you think about it." people of all ages flooded the comment section with their first date "horror" stories, and I honestly have no words. From fake double dates to mannequin parents, here are 25 of their most cringe-inducing stories: "He asked to go on a double date (which was weird for a first date anyway). At dinner, the other 'couple' was acting like they didn't know each other and weren't talking. The vibes were definitely off." "The other girl and I talked in the bathroom, and we were actually going on a date with the same guy. His friend was just a decoy.—mckramer07 "The man brought a mannequin to our first date and called it 'Dad.' I left immediately." "On our first date, she asked me to sign a loan for her for $5,000.00 for home repairs she needed. If I were to do that, then we would have a second date." "He told me I looked like I'd be a good woman to have kids with, and our genes would blend so well together…on the first date." "Then he asked to kiss me. When I said 'No,' he kissed me on the cheek instead. He proceeded to make out with my CHEEK."—_xoxo.soph_ "He was a social worker at a psychiatric facility. He joked that he should have me 'Baker Acted' so he could see me repeatedly for 72 hours. He also laughed and said, 'No one would believe you over me.'" "He told me, while I was mid-sentence, that he didn't see a future with me because my eyebrows were too intimidating when I spoke. Those were his exact words." "Not me, but my mom went on a first date where the man shoveled chicken masala into his mouth with his bare hands and didn't wipe his face until my mom told him to as they were leaving the restaurant. He then asked if she thought they would make out, she said 'No, probably not', but continued the date." "He proceeded to drink a singular beer at the next location before turning to her, saying he was too drunk to drive, and asking if it would be okay if he slept over at her house. She told him to figure it out himself and got an Uber home."—mayajuanaaa_ "He ate popcorn off the movie theater floor as we were walking out." "He told me that if I wanted to date him, I had to give up custody of my son, as he didn't take care of other men's kids. Yet, I would have to take on his kids as my own. I threw a drink in his face and left." "He nearly ate the entire appetizer when I ran to the restroom to wash my hands. I was gone maybe three minutes, and he only left me a single stuffed mushroom because he didn't want me to 'fill up' before dinner came." "When the server came to take our entrée order, I found the most expensive and fattest steak they offered and ate all 16 oz of it in front of him. He looked at me with horror the entire second half."— "He kept talking about himself and how much he made (it was okay, but come on, dude) and then launched into how he needed a woman who stayed home. I got up to go to the 'bathroom,' and the server let me out the back." "After I told him I couldn't get pregnant because I was infertile, he asked if I still had my 'lady parts.' When I said I did, he said I must be able to get pregnant and insisted he knew more about women's bodies than I." "He told me we were going out to eat, proceeded not to take me to the restaurant, went to Publix and said 'I suppose I can pay for your stuff' (all I got was a soda), then proceeded to take me to his apartment (he didn't ask me if I wanted to go there) and made me watch Black Widow with him." "However, he didn't watch the movie because he was on his computer writing furry fanfic."—vincentvalentinex0x0 "He insisted on meeting me at work and showed up 30 minutes late, drenched in sweat. He made me walk to the restaurant from my office. I later learned that he rode his scooter, like a Razor scooter, and stashed it behind a bush with his helmet." "Forty-five minutes after our first date, he fired off a spread-eagled selfie like my phone had suddenly been enrolled in a surprise gynecology rotation. It was unsolicited and straight Cirque du So No One Asked." "I went on a first date with a veterinarian's son. Everything in his home had ducks on it! His house was on a lake and it had a duck blind built into it with a telephone." "Guess what we had for dinner? Yep, duck! He was a nice guy, but I knew I'd never be his first love."—rhondarichardson123 "He spun me around and said, 'I'd really appreciate it if you looked like Heidi Klum. You need to lose 50 pounds. What's your BMI?'" "He very confidently stated that by buying my dinner, he was essentially buying ME for the night. I handed him $20 to cover the drink I ordered and walked out." "He wanted to watch Pink Floyd's The Wall. I thought he chose it because he understood I was an intelligent and artistic woman. Turns out that wasn't the reason at all; he kept pausing the movie every few minutes to explain it to me. He just wanted to flex how intelligent and artistic he THOUGHT he was." — "On the first date, he said he didn't 'allow' girl trips! I simply said,' I don't allow being told what I can and can't do!'" "He asked me to be his girlfriend on the way to our first date. When I said no, he cried so hard he threw up, and I had to drive him home." "We decided to do a working lunch as we were both in grad school. I went to the bathroom. When I was walking back, I noticed that I was already the wallpaper on his laptop screen." —raisedon90srap "Completely unprompted, he mentioned if he had been on one of the planes during 9/11, he would have stopped it bc his 'instincts would have kicked in.'" "He started rapping from his Notes app and messed up his own lyrics. I still can't go to boba tea places without thinking about it." "My dad died in the middle of our first date. I ran out yelling, 'My dad died, I have to go.' We've been married 17 years." —hillaryoliverson Did any of these stories surprise you? Have you ever been on an unhinged first date? Tell us about it in the comments or using the anonymous form below!
USA Today
25-06-2025
- USA Today
His dad went to a bar. He died in a hot car. Father charged in 18-month-old son's death
A Florida man who law enforcement said left his child in a hot car for hours while he said he went to a barbershop and a bar has been arrested in connection to the toddler's death. Scott Allen Gardner, 33, remained jailed on June 25 charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child and child neglect causing great bodily harm after the death of his 18-month-old son Sebastian, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office reported. The Ormond Beach father left his son in a child seat in the back of his vehicle for about three hours in the middle of the day on June 6 when the temperature reached around 90 degrees, officer wrote in the affidavit obtained by the Daytona Beach News-Journal, part of the USA TODAY Network. The toddler was left in his father's truck while his dad, court papers show, got a haircut and visited visited Hanky Panky's Lounge in Ormond Beach for beers and shots. The beach is directly north of Daytona Beach. According to a charging affidavit in the case, the boy had been dead for at least an hour by the time he was taken to a hospital. Officials said the father told them he left Sebastian in the back seat with the windows down and only a small battery-operated fan pointed at the child. Gardner said he did not leave the air conditioner running in the vehicle and there is no indication he checked on the child, the affidavit reads. The child was pronounced deceased at AdventHealth Daytona Beach. Officials: Sebastian Gardner's temperature reached 111 degrees During the investigation, Gardner lied about what took place that day, according to a release from the sheriff's office. "He said the windows were down, but he's a lying sack of (expletive) on a lot of other stuff," Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood said during a press conference. Medical personnel estimated Sebastian's body temperature reached 111 degrees during the tragedy the Ormond Beach Police Department also responded to. "The same OBPD officer who tried to revive Sebastian placed Gardner in handcuffs today as he was taken into custody at his mother's home in Ormond Beach," the sheriff's office wrote in the day of his June 19 arrest. Lightning hits group: 20 people struck by single lightning bolt in South Carolina Gardner's attorney: 'A difficult situation' On June 24, a judge ordered Gardner be held without bail during a pretrial detention hearing. Assistant State Attorney Andrew Urbanak asked to keep Gardner in jail while his case goes through the court system after Detective Shon McGuire testified Gardner had threatened to beat up or punch the doctor who informed him that his son was dead. McGuire also said Gardner made suicidal statements at the hospital witnessed by law enforcement and medical staff which led to Gardner being Baker Acted − which allows for someone to be involuntarily committed for psychiatric evaluation. However, McGuire said Gardner was checked out and released from a Baker Act facility later that same day. After Gardner was released, the detective testified, the defendant went to Hanky Panky's to continue drinking. McGuire also said Gardner had asked a friend for help in getting out of the country. Gardner's attorney, Assistant Public Defender Larry Avallone, said Gardner and his mother were drinking together at Hanky Panky's hours after the boy died and was brought to the hospital, the affidavit stated. The lawyer said Gardner reacted at the hospital like someone going through a difficult situation. If convicted, prosecutors said Gardner faces a prison sentence of up to 45 years. It was not immediately known when Gardner is due in court again. Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at nalund@ and follow her on X @nataliealund.
USA Today
25-06-2025
- USA Today
His dad went to a bar. He died in a hot car. Man charged 18-month-old son's death
A Florida man who law enforcement said left his child in a hot car for hours while he said he went to a barbershop and a bar has been arrested in connection to the toddler's death. Scott Allen Gardner, 33, remained jailed on June 25 charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child and child neglect causing great bodily harm after the death of his 18-month-old son Sebastian, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office reported. The Ormond Beach father left his son in a child seat in the back of his vehicle for about three hours in the middle of the day on June 6 when the temperature reached around 90 degrees, officer wrote in the affidavit obtained by the Daytona Beach News-Journal, part of the USA TODAY Network. The toddler was left in his father's truck while his dad, court papers show, got a haircut and visited visited Hanky Panky's Lounge in Ormond Beach for beers and shots. The beach is directly north of Daytona Beach. According to a charging affidavit in the case, the boy had been dead for at least an hour by the time he was taken to a hospital. Officials said the father told them he left Sebastian in the back seat with the windows down and only a small battery-operated fan pointed at the child. Gardner said he did not leave the air conditioner running in the vehicle and there is no indication he checked on the child, the affidavit reads. The child was pronounced deceased at AdventHealth Daytona Beach. Officials: Sebastian Gardner's temperature reached 111 degrees During the investigation, Gardner lied about what took place that day, according to a release from the sheriff's office. "He said the windows were down, but he's a lying sack of (expletive) on a lot of other stuff," Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood said during a press conference. Medical personnel estimated Sebastian's body temperature reached 111 degrees during the tragedy the Ormond Beach Police Department also responded to. "The same OBPD officer who tried to revive Sebastian placed Gardner in handcuffs today as he was taken into custody at his mother's home in Ormond Beach," the sheriff's office wrote in the day of his June 19 arrest. Lightning hits group: 20 people struck by single lightning bolt in South Carolina Gardner's attorney: 'A difficult situation' On June 24, a judge ordered Gardner be held without bail during a pretrial detention hearing. Assistant State Attorney Andrew Urbanak asked to keep Gardner in jail while his case goes through the court system after Detective Shon McGuire testified Gardner had threatened to beat up or punch the doctor who informed him that his son was dead. McGuire also said Gardner made suicidal statements at the hospital witnessed by law enforcement and medical staff which led to Gardner being Baker Acted − which allows for someone to be involuntarily committed for psychiatric evaluation. However, McGuire said Gardner was checked out and released from a Baker Act facility later that same day. After Gardner was released, the detective testified, the defendant went to Hanky Panky's to continue drinking. McGuire also said Gardner had asked a friend for help in getting out of the country. Gardner's attorney, Assistant Public Defender Larry Avallone, said Gardner and his mother were drinking together at Hanky Panky's hours after the boy died and was brought to the hospital, the affidavit stated. The lawyer said Gardner reacted at the hospital like someone going through a difficult situation. If convicted, prosecutors said Gardner faces a prison sentence of up to 45 years. It was not immediately known when Gardner is due in court again. Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at nalund@ and follow her on X @nataliealund.
Time Business News
31-05-2025
- Politics
- Time Business News
BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA
In the heart of the 17th Judicial Circuit, Judge Mara's family court is presiding over a crisis of silence and delay that is costing a Florida child his father, his stability, and his voice. Mr. Rubenstein—a law-abiding paralegal with an active federal security clearance—has been stripped of all meaningful contact with his son, not by evidence of abuse, but by a temporary emergency custody order that has now become a tool for permanent exclusion. The origins of this tragedy are as shocking as the ongoing injustice. In late April, Mr. Rubenstein's son experienced a severe psychiatric crisis, repeatedly throwing objects at Mr. Rubenstein from a distance. One of these objects—a hard dog bone—struck Mr. Rubenstein in the head, causing him to lose consciousness for over thirty minutes. His fiancée, who the GAL will not even allow the child to know about, provided life-saving CPR before paramedics arrived. Mr. Rubenstein required emergency trauma care and two metal staples in his head. Despite these circumstances—completely out of his control—the mother initiated litigation against Mr. Rubenstein while he was still in the ambulance on the way to the trauma center. At the May 7 custody hearing, Judge Mara did not even have Mr. Rubenstein's objection or motion for continuance at the outset. Only after her assistant brought the filings into the virtual hearing did the judge read them—live, apparently for the first time—before immediately ruling. Compounding the irregularities, Judge Mara attempted to remove Mr. Rubenstein's daughter as well, but only backed down after Mr. Rubenstein objected that this was not included in the mother's emergency motion. Despite holding only a temporary custody order, the mother and her counsel, Meaghan Marro, have treated this as a permanent termination of Mr. Rubenstein's rights. Mr. Rubenstein has been barred from even telling his son about his recent engagement. Requests for Father's Day contact and for sharing family news have been denied or ignored. The mother also removed Mr. Rubenstein's access to school records, only restoring them under pressure. Judge Mara, rather than enforcing compliance or ensuring accountability, appointed a Guardian ad Litem (GAL) whose own statements betray clear bias: the GAL disclosed her own son was previously Baker Acted and opined that Mr. Rubenstein's son should be with his mother—ignoring both the court-ordered need for psychiatric care and the ongoing DCF investigations. The maternal grandmother is now under two back-to-back DCF investigations for alleged physical abuse, yet Mr. Rubenstein's access is further restricted and his concerns minimized. Opposing counsel, Meaghan Marro, has consistently refused to respond to settlement offers, avoided substantive engagement, and—through procedural tactics—helped foster an environment in which the mother acts as if temporary full custody is permanent. The effect is devastating: Mr. Rubenstein is barred from his child's school, medical, and personal life, while the GAL cites only the current 'temporary' order as justification for continued exclusion, in violation of Florida law and the statutory mandate to protect the child's best interests. Florida law is clear. Under Fla. Stat. § 61.13, § 61.401, and § 61.403, the court and its agents are required to foster meaningful relationships with both parents and to protect children from unnecessary psychological harm. Instead, the system has rewarded stonewalling, denied transparency, and allowed uninvestigated allegations against a household member—now the subject of dual DCF cases—to persist while the child's father is shut out. Mr. Rubenstein's case is now on appellate review and is being referred for public oversight. Hundreds of pages of evidence, filings, and records document a pattern of judicial passivity, procedural delay, and a chilling indifference to the child's well-being and due process rights. As Father's Day arrives, one Florida child will not hear from his father—not because of any proven risk or judicial finding, but because the officials charged with protecting his interests refuse to act. The silence from the 17th Judicial Circuit is more than just bureaucracy—it is irreparable harm. TIME BUSINESS NEWS
Yahoo
30-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
‘Lack of communication' led to unpermitted group home where murder occurred, Bartow official says
BARTOW, Fla. (WFLA) — 'Some chicken and rice,' said Eddrena Thornton, taking out a tray of food she has prepared for the five people who live with her in her home. 'I feel like I'm doing a mission that God wants me to do. It's my calling,' said Thornton. Since 2020, Thornton has run a state-licensed adult family care facility in her home with a focus on people with mental health issues. 'They don't have nowhere for them to go because they can't afford to go to assisted living because they may not have long-term care plus their income is low. They can't afford to live on their own. Their family's not taking them in so they go back to the street,' she said. In February, she opened – what the city of Bartow considers to be – a group home in a rental house across the street on Bluebird Avenue. Unlike with her adult family care home, she did not notify any governmental agencies. 'Because the people were living independently,' she said. 'I always heard that as long as you're not doing nothing for them, then you're OK. It's like they're just renting a room.' 'You're collecting money. You are engaging in a business where your sole goal is for people to live there as a group then that would be considered a group home,' said Tray Towles, director of code compliance and neighborhood services for the city of Bartow. Towles said group homes require an application and permit approval. 'It goes to our planning and zoning board who reviews that application, makes sure it fits within the scope of the ordinance,' said Towles. Towles said the violation was the result of a 'lack of communication.' 'When she actually opened her licensed facility, she reached out to the city of Bartow and made sure that she was in compliance with all of our codes at that time. She did not do that in this instance when she opened up the group home at 2226 Bluebird,' said Towles. The owner of the home, a Texas-based company, is in the process of evicting Thornton as a renter. All the residents have moved out. Towles said, because the residents are no longer there, there will be no further action or fines imposed on Thornton. 'The Bartow Chief of Police has been in touch with representatives of the Wind Meadows HOA to strengthen communication and a team approach to addressing safety concerns in the neighborhood,' said city manager Mike Herr in a statement. Towles said there are no other known group homes in the neighborhood. A neighbor tells News Channel 8 that many residents have concerns about who Thornton is housing in the neighborhood. The violation was discovered when, earlier this month, Thornton allowed an 18-year-old named Moses Ojeda to move in. Thornton said a placement agency and Ojeda's mother contacted her as Ojeda was being released from the hospital after being Baker Acted. 'I looked at the psychiatric evaluation. He had issues for him to get Baker Acted but the psychiatric evaluation said that he was calm and stable, normal, had good talk and he said he was ready to get discharged and go home with his mom,' said Thornton. Thornton said she was not able to meet him but allowed him to move in because of his mother's desperation. Later that night, Thornton saw Ojeda outside. She said she tried calling his mother to pick him up because of his strange behavior but she did not answer. Thornton said she slept on the sofa in the group home to keep an eye on Ojeda and talked to him that morning. 'He sat down and he was talking to us about God and about life and death and all this stuff…[while] the man in the room dead!' said Thornton. According to the Polk County Sheriff's Office, Ojeda fatally stabbed an 81-year-old man more than 100 times in the night. 'This tragedy happened to me to not put my heart first but to always make sure I follow my steps – no matter if the person is gonna be homeless. That's not my problem. I'll see you tomorrow,' said Thornton. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
