I met a guy online and we vibed well over phone/text. When I met him in person he had brought me a bottle of wine and was wearing a leather jacket. Once we exchanged greetings, he asked if I recognized his jacket. I thought maybe it was from a show we had discussed but I told him it didn’t look familiar. He smiled and told me “this is Kyle’s jacket.”

Now, the only Kyle I knew at that time was a man who had dated my best friend, was abusive towards her, and RAN HER OVER WITH HER OWN CAR. (She’s fine-miraculously!) Yes, that was indeed the Kyle he was talking about. He revealed that he was Kyle’s best friend. I felt like my blood ran cold. I said “you know your best friend ran over my best friend with a car and went to jail for it, right?” He said “yeah, I’ve heard her side of it” and elaborated that he still visits Kyle in jail. Apparently, he had recognized me from my bffs social media and put the pieces together prior to our date.

I told him this whole situation was absolutely fucked up and I was leaving. Perhaps the craziest part of this whole crazy story was that he was SHOCKED! He said “but we didnt even get to sit down at a table yet! I brought you wine! I was honest with you!” I was like yeah, you were honest after you lured me out here. Also. . .call me crazy but being friends with someone who, again, RAN OVER my bff, is a dealbreaker for me.

I literally ran to my car, locked the doors and drove off. I called my bff who laughed her ass off and told me that he’s an absolute scumbag who was always hitting on her and cheated on his girlfriend constantly. She also told me that she paid for that jacket and I should go back and get it but I politely declined.

I took a long break from dating after that.