People Share The 1 Behavior On A First Date That Immediately Ruled Out A Second Date

"Within the first 10 minutes, my date said, 'I have a restraining order against my ex-wife, but she’s still my best friend and the love of my life.'"

For every magical, sparks-fly first date, there are probably at least two or three (or 10!) that you’d pay good money to forget.

But if you’re listening to other people sharing stories about their own dating lives, those train-wreck dates are infinitely more enjoyable to hear about. In that spirit, we asked comedians and other funny people to share the one thing someone said or did on a first date that instantly ruled out a second. See what they had to say below.

Responses have been lightly edited for clarity and length.

The one with the spitball

“A man coughed sputum into his hand, showed it to me, like a yellow oyster, and licked it off. In retrospect, I should have left then, but I was frozen like a deer in headlights with the power of the literal ick.” ― Virginia Jones, a comedian and the host of the podcast “My Sister’s A Therapist”