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

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Unexpected public proposals. I’ve seen so many unfortunate videos from guys who propose in like a stadium and don’t know the answer to their question before asking.

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Diamond necklaces from mall jewelry stores. I love jewelry but the stuff they come up with every Valentine’s Day are not only overpriced but ugly as sin. I swear “chocolate” diamonds exist to prey on unsuspecting men into thinking “Well she likes chocolate and diamonds, she MUST like chocolate diamonds right? Right?”

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Poetry. Some women might dig it and some men I’m sure are good at it, but I’d say it’s cringey upwards of 90% of the time.

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Assuming because a person is a woman, they must like to be gifted flowers/candy/jewelry, so they buy those things rather than paying attention to what that individual woman would actually like. Sure, some women do like those things. I do not, nor am I the only woman who does not.

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.