Telling Tinder Tales - dating and romance stories from around the world

In this wildly entertaining episode of Telling Tinder Tales, hosts Chris O’Neil land Thomasin Lockwood welcome guests Natasha, Greg, and Rosy for a rollercoaster ride through their most awkward, outrageous, and unforgettably weird dating stories.

🌀 Natasha kicks things off with a lesbian Bumble blunder, where 'her date' tried to set her up - with a man.

🍣 Greg recounts a sushi date gone painfully wrong, featuring wooden stick phobia, soy sauce slurping, and a trio of nearby women who were way more interesting.

💥 Finally, Rosy shares a jaw-dropping tale of black bean stew, kinky carpet fun, and a romantic night that ended in a mop up.

With a mix of cringe, comedy, and chaos, this episode captures the best of worst dates, filled with laugh-out-loud moments and brutally honest storytelling.

Natasha Hughes - The Lost Sun Society

Greg Wasserman - RSS.com (6 months free podcast hosting promo code: rss6free)

Rosy Carrick - I Love Poetry Collection

Producers/Hosts: Chris O'Neill & Thomasin Lockwood

Producer/Editor: Lucie Regan

Edit Assistant: Leo Dunlop

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Welcome back to Telling Tinder Tales, the podcast where the search for love takes some... unexpected turns. This week your hosts Chris O’Neill and Thomasin Lockwood are joined by three fantastic guests who dial in with their wildest, weirdest, and most memorable dating app stories.

🔥 First up: Nicole – a spiritual relationship coach and matchmaker from Florida – recounts a truly jaw-dropping first date involving a laminated binder of expectations, a $15k monthly girlfriend budget, and bikini waxes itemised like a shopping list. Was he a sugar daddy? A control freak? Or just hyper-organised? You decide.

💬 Next: Josh, a theatre professional from South London, shares his Tinder saga that began with getting ghosted and ended with meeting the love of his life. From three dates in three days to a relationship that’s lasted seven years and counting, his story proves that yes – you can win Tinder.

👀 And finally: Sarah, founder of The Dating Circle, tells a cringe-worthy tale about a date who tagged along to a Hackney music event, couldn’t handle rejection, and followed up with an essay-length breakup text. She shares her reflections on dating with authenticity, navigating hurt feelings, and the fine line between dating content and personal boundaries.

💡 This episode dives into:

• 🚩 Red flags vs. personal preferences in dating
• 📱 The ups and downs of modern dating apps like Tinder
• ❤️‍🔥 Casual vs. committed relationships – and being honest about what you want
• 🧠 Emotional intelligence, self-awareness, and post-date etiquette
• 💬 Dating transparency and storytelling in the age of TikTok

Whether you're navigating dating apps, dodging red flags, or hoping to swipe right on something real, this episode is packed with insight, humor, and heartfelt moments.

🔗 Follow the guests:

• Nicole – Luma Matchmaking
• Josh – Omnibus Theatre, Clapham
• Sarah – The Dating Circle on TikTok & Facebook

📍 Catch us live at the Nottingham Comedy Festival this October & November!

📲 Follow Telling Tinder Tales on Instagram & TikTok

🎧 Don’t forget to subscribe, share, and leave a review if you enjoy the episode!

Producers/Hosts: Chris O'Neill & Thomasin Lockwood

Producer/Editor: Lucie Regan

Edit Assistant: Leo Dunlop

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Welcome to Telling Tinder Tales, the comedy podcast where dating goes off the rails and laughter is guaranteed! Hosted by Chris O'Neill and Thomasin Lockwood, this week’s episode features three unforgettable stories from across the UK – full of awkward encounters, unexpected plot twists, and musical meltdowns.

✨ This episode features:

• Lewis from Derbyshire, who takes us on a hilariously wholesome first date to York involving plenty of baked goods, and a run in with a Rottweiler at Dick Turpin’s grave.
• Juliet from Exeter, whose date turns into an unexpected double-date ends in an awkward musical theatre rendition.
• Jimmy from London, who goes from a promising second date, only to discover that his date had failed to reveal something important.

Expect candid storytelling, chaotic moments, and unexpected lessons in British history.

🎙️ Follow & Subscribe: If you enjoy dating fails, comedy storytelling, and British banter, hit Follow or Subscribe on your favourite podcast platform. Please leave a 5-star review – it helps new listeners find us and might just earn you a trip to a certain bakery.

📱 Get Involved: Got your own awkward dating story? We’d love to hear it! Follow us on TikTok and Instagram @TellingTinderTales and check the show notes for how to apply.

🎧 Listen now for laughs, cringe, and some surprisingly heartwarming moments.

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Producers/Hosts: Chris O'Neill & Thomasin Lockwood

Producer/Editor: Lucie Regan

Edit Assistant: Leo Dunlop

In this hilarious episode of Telling Tinder Tales, hosts Chris O'Neill and Thomasin Lockwood are joined by two brilliant guests—Aidan Morris and Melinda Mukuma—who share their unforgettable, cringeworthy, and laugh-out-loud online dating stories from Tinder and beyond.

🎉 Aidan recounts a date gone wildly off-course when what seemed like a romantic bar crawl ended up in a Hackney flat, complete with a home bar, leather couch, and one disastrously misguided attempt at a turtleneck boob grab. Spoiler: the turtleneck survived—but just barely.

🎯 Melinda reflects on her early Tinder days with a charming tale involving a misleading profile, a pink lager, and a room full of pool-playing strangers who just might have been her better match.

Expect big laughs, red flags, fashion crimes, and top-tier Virgo energy as we dive into:

• Bad first dates 🥴
• Misleading Tinder profiles 🙈
• Consent & awkward intimacy 🚩
• Dating as a parent 👶
• Ghosting etiquette 👻
• And why your knitwear deserves respect.

🎧 Whether you're in the thick of app dating or happily watching from the sidelines, this episode brings the chaos, comedy, and catharsis of modern romance straight to your ears.

👉 Follow us on Instagram and TikTok: @tellingtindertales 📬 Got a dating disaster? Slide into our DMs or check the show notes to submit your own story!

Guests

@aidanmorris16

@malinda.mukuma

Welcome to this hilarious and unfiltered episode of Telling Tinder Tales – the comedy podcast where comedians (yes, technically people) spill their wildest, weirdest, and most jaw-dropping dating app stories.

Hosted by comedians Chris O’Neil and Thomasin Lockwood, this episode dives deep into the chaotic world of online dating – from bisexual Buddhist jazz sessions to a boyfriend in the closet and a near-stalker situation involving some very unsettling red lipstick.

👥 Featuring guests:

• Anya Zova (Los Angeles via Russia): On discovering her much-older boyfriend wasn’t just emotionally distant… but in a gay relationship, with his personal assistant.
• Patrick Golden (Brooklyn/Texas): Shares the time he dated an 18-years-older art teacher who introduced him to weed gummies, jazz, and a surprise threesome with a manhole worker.
• Brian Buchey (Queens, NYC): Tells a chillingly funny tale about the “Girl with the Red Lipstick” who may or may not have stalked him across Tinder, Facebook, and life.

🔑 Topics include:

• Bisexual awakening (or not?)
• Red flags in age-gap relationships
• Emotional manipulation and hidden sexuality
• Tinder etiquette: ghosting, unmatching & blocking
• Comedic takes on modern dating anxiety

🎧 If you love Oversharing, U Up?, or Why Won’t You Date Me? — this is your new favorite late-night listen.

🔥 Don’t forget to follow, rate & share. Because someone you know has dated someone they definitely shouldn’t have…

🔗 Follow our guests:

• Patrick Golden: @patrickgoldencomedy
• Anya Zova: @anya_zova
• Brian Bueche: @brianboochy

📍Recorded remotely from Dublin(ish), London, and across the U.S.

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Welcome back to Telling Tinder Tales – the comedy dating podcast where real people share their funniest, wildest, and most unexpected dating stories! Hosted by comedians Chris O’Neill and Thomasin Lockwood, this episode is packed with laughter, love, and just the right amount of chaos.

💔 From cringe-worthy Tinder matches to surprise weddings in Las Vegas, this week’s guests Heli and Michael share their unforgettable relationship journeys:

• Heli tells the hilarious tale of falling for a colleague after the world’s most outrageous pick-up line
• Michael takes us on a wild ride from dating disasters to getting married in Vegas after just 12 weeks of dating
• Thomason reveals her first ever date and how she earned the nickname “Bush Push” 😳
• Chris shares the serendipitous (and slightly chaotic) way he met his wife – hint: it involves a spiral staircase, a broken wrist, and some workplace grievance procedures

🕯️ Kites, Harry Potter books, scented candles, and military uniforms — this episode is full of unexpected twists and laugh-out-loud moments.

🔥 Topics Covered in This Episode:

• Real-life Tinder stories
• Funny first date experiences
• Hilarious relationship confessions
• Unusual dating gifts (including a literal kite)
• Vegas wedding stories
• Dating after breakups
• How NOT to flirt 😅

Guests:

Heli Pärna @heliparna

Michael McMahon @Irish.the.comedian

In this very funny episode of Telling Tinder Tales, comedians Chris O’Neill and Thomasin Lockwood bring together a lineup of hilarious guests to share their most jaw-dropping, cringe-inducing, and shockingly relatable online dating stories. From Faceparty hookups that turned into six-month relationship disasters, and lesbian cat puke horror stories in rural Ireland, this episode dives deep into the chaos that comes with swiping right. 💔😂

🎙 Guests include:

• Alex Leam, self-proclaimed internet dating pioneer, who shares the ultimate overshare story about a woman moving counties after one hookup (yikes).
• Rabiah Coon, a sharp LA comic living in London, tells us what it’s like dating with MS—and how one man thought he was the authority on her condition (ugh).
• Heidi Stamp, with a surreal lesbian dating story involving a hero-less box of Heroes, a feral cat, and a bathroom with no door (you can’t make this stuff up).

👀 Topics covered:

• Tinder, Faceparty, and Plenty of Fish disasters
• Red flags in dating (monarchists, eugenics, bathroom doors?)
• Dating while disabled
• Long-distance dating horror stories
• Comedians' worst dating experiences
• Edinburgh Fringe, improv, and questionable game shows
• Relationship mismatches and bizarre hookups

🌍 Whether you're a Tinder veteran, a dating app newbie, or someone who's sworn off digital romance altogether, this episode will have you laughing, gasping, and maybe questioning your own romantic decisions.

🔥 Perfect for fans of:

• Modern Love
• Why Won’t You Date Me?
• U Up?
• The Receipts Podcast
• Comedians Telling Horrible Dating Stories

🎧 Subscribe and leave a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review if you've ever been ghosted, gaslit, or fed sour sausages by a stranger in the bogs of Ireland.

Follow & Connect: 🗣 Featuring comics from the UK, US & beyond 📍Recorded remotely but full of global dating disasters 🧡 Join the chaos, share your own Tinder tale, and follow for new episodes each week! [email protected]

In this hilarious and brutally honest episode of Telling Tinder Tales, hosts Chris O'Neill and Thomasin Lockwood are joined by two unforgettable guests with wildly different—but equally awkward—dating stories.

✨ First up, Carly, an American living in Amsterdam, recounts a surreal date that escalates from a shirtless picnic to a dramatic police chase.

💬 Then we meet Josh from London, who shares a painfully awkward story of a blind date gone wrong —explaining how the date was “dying” and how they had “nothing in common., and how he accidentally let her know” Oof.

💡 In between the stories, the hosts and guests dive into:

• Why some men pose with fish in dating profiles 🐟
• What not to say after a first kiss 😬
• The psychological horror of being “that bad date story”
• Whether thinking about the Roman Empire is a guy thing 🏛️
• Toxic flirting, social anxiety, and modern dating etiquette

If you’ve ever had a date that went comically off the rails—or just want to laugh at those who have—this episode is for you.

🔔 Don’t forget to like, follow, and leave a review! #TellingTinderTales #BadDates #OnlineDatingFails #TinderStories #FunnyPodcasts #DatingDisasters #ModernRomance #TrueDatingStories #ComedyPodcast

Welcome to the first episode of Telling Tinder Tales, the comedy podcast where stand-up comedians share their wildest, weirdest, and most unforgettable dating stories! Hosted by Chris O’Neill and Thomasin Lockwood, each episode brings laughter, awkward confessions, and a dash of romance-gone-wrong.

In this debut episode, we’re joined by three hilarious comedians — Vittorio, Jerry, and Roman — who share their outrageous real-life dating experiences involving Tinder hookups, jealous bouncers, international swimmers, and one very unfortunate car seat incident.

🔹 Vittorio’s Tale: A flirtatious bouncer’s girlfriend won’t take no for an answer, even during the World Cup. 🔹 Jerry’s Tale: Falling for a Turkish swimmer in Luxembourg leads to love, lies, and swimming across continents. 🔹 Roman’s Tale: Playing designated driver ends in disaster when white wine and weak bladders mix.

From toxic Tinder dates to unexpected female friendships, public drama to personal growth, this episode sets the tone for a show full of heart, humor, and honest dating confessions.

💬 If you’ve ever had a weird date, got ghosted, or fell for someone too hot to handle — this podcast is for you.

🔎 Keywords: Tinder dating stories, funny dating podcast, comedians on dating, worst Tinder dates, dating disasters, stand-up comedy podcast, funny relationship stories, awkward first dates, dating red flags, podcast about dating apps.

🎧 Subscribe now and join us every week for real-life romance fails told by some of the funniest voices in comedy. Because bad dates make great stories!

Vittorio Leonardi @vthejester

Jerry [email protected]

Roman Harris @hardyhaahaa & Eulogise Me Podcast

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We're back, baby! In this wild and hilarious post-Fringe episode of Telling Tinder Tales, hosts Chris O'Neill and Thomasin Lockwood reunite to spill the most outrageous, jaw-dropping dating stories from their live shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025.

From a woman who brought a surprise on a Tinder date, to a coming-out story turned squatter saga, to an unforgettable moment when three women in the front row all discovered they all shared the same secret —this episode delivers pure storytelling gold. 💥

Expect:

• 🐾 Designer handbags filled with unexpected surprises
• 🛏️ A Tinder date accident that led to a relationship and roomshare
• 😱 A live audience revelation that turns into a group reveal session
• 🎭 The weird and wonderful world of the Edinburgh Fringe (cheese-eating shows included)
• 💬 Behind-the-scenes stories, chaos, comedy, and heartfelt moments

Whether you're into Tinder dating disasters, funny live podcast stories, or unfiltered relationship confessions, this episode is for you.

🔔 Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram and TikTok @tellingtindertales for more outrageous moments, audience Q&As, and upcoming live shows.

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