18 People Shared The Weirdest (And Sometimes Creepiest) Dating App Messages They've Ever Gotten

This week, Reddit user u/WarmSlice1885 posed the question: "People who use dating apps, what is the weirdest message you've gotten to start a conversation?"

Here are some of the top-voted responses:

1. "A friend got the message 'Wow, your eyes could start a cult.'"

—u/pinkynarftroz

2. "What is your credit score?"

—u/Shahfluffers

3. "I was on Bumble and got asked my Myers-Briggs personality type. When I responded, she unmatched me immediately. Gotta respect the hustle."

—u/chromane

4. "I had my job title and company on my profile, which back then was an administrative/management job for a UK parcel company. A girl messaged me asking if I could track her parcel for her. I didn’t know if she was joking or not but she just kept asking me weird things about parcels and then blocked me."

—u/Jlaw118

5. "I was on hinge for a while and saw someone had 'can’t text/call/meet on weekends because I’m in jail.' I thought this was a joke. It was not. She was doing time on the weekend for assault."

—u/Exobyter

6. "Her first message was, 'I guess you’ll do.'"

—u/Bigtits38

7. "Where's the nearest KFC to you, because Friday nights are for chicken 'n' dickin'."

—u/crazyforkovu

8. "I once got an opening message that said something like, 'You might not be the prettiest girl on here, but beauty is only a light switch away.' This was over 10 years ago, and I bet that dude is still single."

—u/Crystaltornado

9. "'I want my wife to have your eyes.' I don’t think it was meant like that, but my first thought was that the dude wanted to cut out my eyeballs."

—u/CurvyCarrots

10. "'You're cute. Hate dogs though.' (I had my very cute dog in a photo.)"

—u/DuffNinja

11. "A woman texted me on Bumble 'fight me.' It was the weirdest but funniest first message I ever received."

—u/gift_wrapist

12. "After matching with a girl, she messaged me first with 'Meow.' That's all she sent — no context, no reference to cats in either of our profiles, no follow-up to it. I was left completely bewildered and confused. I didn't know how to respond to being meowed at so I just unmatched and went about my day."

—u/WatchingThisWatch

13. "Back in college, I got an opener from this girl saying, 'I really wish they taught us more about Vikings in school, you know? Like I feel that's a big topic we just overlooked.' It was fucking weird, but I bit. Went on a couple of dates. She was a total weirdo, but certainly not boring."

—u/sdpthrowaway3

14. "I once had a guy ask me my thoughts about lizard people. He mentioned it in his profile, and I thought it was a joke because it's such a bonkers conspiracy. Who the fuck could actually believe it? So I matched with him. And turns out he was very, very serious about it."

—u/CaptainFartHole

15. "Last week I got 'I like your long torso.'"

—u/orceingiemsa

16. "A woman asked me what I did for a living, which is a normal question. But her follow-up question was, 'And how much do you earn doing that?' Hard pass."

—u/working_class_tired

17. "A long time ago on Plentyoffish, a guy told me that I was gorgeous but a 2/10 because my elbows were too pointy. I didn't know it was a meme at the time, so I just said 'okay' and never messaged him again."

—u/FizzleKit10

18. And finally, "I was the weird one. I’d start off commenting about something in the background of a picture. If I couldn’t think of something funny I’d just say, 'How do you feel about geese?' Most people have strong opinions."

—u/SomeSluttyBean

What's the weirdest opening line on a dating app that you've gotten? Share in the comments below!

Some submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.