23 Cringeworthy Things Girls Do When They’re Trying To Be Romantic

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Stealing all your clothes and wearing them whenever. Like, it can be cute and all but don’t just take what you want! Give me a heads up or let me give it to you. 3 gym shorts and 2 hoodies later.

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Snapchat filters annoy me like no other. Just don’t know why.

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“Cute” meowing. Thankfully I haven’t seen this since high school. I don’t mean just meowing talking to your cat, I mean like pretending you’re a kittycat girl. I strongly suspect this is still very common at anime cons.

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Ultimatums. I see this one in media a lot too. “If you don’t ____, I’m leaving.” “No baby pls I’ll do anything to keep you.” It’s “romantic” in media because it shows how devoted he is to her and that he’ll do anything to keep her. In real life it’s a sign of garbage communication in a garbage relationship, and it only works under the idea that he has to pick you. Sadly, I’ve seen this situation show up IRL when women assumed that “not her” wasn’t a viable choice.

Written by Laura McNairy

Laura is a freelance writer for TFLN. She likes to write about what she knows best — dating, sex, and being awkward, but usually in the opposite order. She is the Assistant Editor and videographer for Peach Fuzz, a sex-positive nudie magazine in ATX.