Stories about tragic internet dating

When my ex left, I turned around to introduce myself to the date and my shoe completely broke. "- Michelle, 28"When I was living in the Netherlands, I went on a date with a guy.

He conveniently missed the last train back to his city, which was 30 mins away.

It rolled under a pinball machine and we were disqualified.

"I probably hear from five scammers a night," says Marko Budgyk, a Los Angeles financier who has frequented several online dating sites over the past 10 years.

"After a while, it becomes really easy to spot them." Here are six red flags to help detect and sidestep romance scams.

Having kissed my fair share of frogs on Tinder, I can attest that dating is horrible. Luckily, bad date stories are supremely entertaining and very fun to tell. In these scenarios, the lemon is a scrubby dude who always forgets his wallet at home.

This is not to say that a terrible date doesn’t leave you crestfallen.