We’ve all been there: You’re finishing the final touches on your going-out look and you’re about to head out the door when your phone dings. And before you even look down at the notification, you pretty much know what it says — someone is canceling on you. Now, in a typical situation, this text probably looks something like, “Sorry, I’m not feeling well,” or “Something came up at work.” But some people have used absolutely insane reasons to cancel on them last minute.
You might have one of two reactions to someone canceling plans on you. You could be extremely elated (couch and jammies, here I come) or you could be incredible annoyed (what a waste of an outfit). But in some rare situations, there’s a third possible response: WTF? And this response is usually elicited when someone’s reason for canceling is a bit out of the ordinary. Can’t even begin to think of what these might be? Well, you don’t have to because we asked the general public what the craziest reason someone canceled on them was or why they canceled on someone else, and these were some of the unbelievable answers we got.
Just Some Batshit Crazy Reasons Someone Canceled Plans:
“I told a guy I had food poisoning and then poured a can of soup into the toilet and took a picture to prove it to him. We never ended up getting together.” — Rachel V., 32
“They went too hard in therapy and need to decompress.” — Lauren K., 35
“I faked that my friend got engaged to get bad out of a bad date. I was like ‘OMG my friend just got engaged! And she’s asking us to go celebrate! I’m so sorry, I’m going to be in this wedding I have to go!'” — Amanda L., 29
“A girl once canceled on a date with me because ‘this morning I realized New York city is ruining me and I need to move to Maine,’ so I’m on a bus to Maine right now.” — Alex K.*, 43
“I got ghosted and dumped once because they discovered a gluten allergy and needed time to process.” — Alexandra B., 33
“My sister faked a broken finger for months to get out of a golfing date.” — Britney B., 30
“My friend kept canceling as she was getting a meningitis vaccine (like five times).” — Abigail W., 19
“‘It might start raining.'” — Lyz M., 38
“Decided to ditch a date and see Incredibles 2 alone.” — Lyndsay M., 30
“My ex canceled once because he had to post a song… not create or edit it, but just to post it.” — Shemi A., 27
“I scratched up my ankle and then took a picture. I said I fell down and couldn’t make it.” — Sky A., 22
“I said my aunt went into labor. She in fact, did not.” — Amber A., 21
“I faked a sprained ankle (even wrapped my ankle in gauze and took a fake photo) to get out of unwanted plans.” — Janet S., 31
“One time I just sat in my car and screamed for 30 minutes so that I could say I lost my voice.” — Fatima S., 31
