A version of this article originally appeared on VICE NetherlandsFinding someone to have sex with has always been fairly simple, but, thanks to hook-up apps, it's never been easier. But, like everything else on the internet, those apps can also get very dark, very quickly. We spoke with five people about the scary and, sometimes literally, muddy roads online dating has lead them down.I once organised a threesome through a dating app. When I arrived, we all headed straight to the shower to "warm-up". Eventually, things moved into the bedroom. Everything was going great until I noticed that both my partners were trying to pin me down and stop me from moving, which I found quite strange. I wasn't really into that – I wanted to do some grinding of my own. But they kept trying to force me to be still. Suddenly, one of the guys angrily goes "Fine!", gets up and starts rummaging around in the kitchen. He clangs around for a bit but then returns a few moments later holding a wet cloth. I've watched enough horror films to spot when someone's trying to chloroform me into sexual submission. But before I could say anything, he rushed at me with the cloth.Butt-naked, I got up and ran into the kitchen and grabbed the biggest knife I could find. I then ran into the bathroom where my clothes were, got changed and stuffed the knife into my back pocket. I knew I couldn't stay in the bathroom forever, so I unlocked the door and ran straight for the front door, but both guys – one still holding the cloth – were standing in the living room, blocking my way. They tried to convince me that I was overreacting, so I asked them to prove it by breathing into the cloth. At that point, they came at me again. That's when I brought out the knife, and threatened them with it. After that, they had no choice but to let me leave.
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When the film finished, he suddenly turned to me and said, "Babe, I want to gunge you." I was too shocked and drunk to reply, but, he did, kindly, go on to explain: "I want you to lie in a paddling pool while I cover you in custard." So he got his inflatable pool out of his spare room, and I just laid in it as he poured jug after jug of custard all over my body. I wasn't into it sexually, but luckily I love custard, so I just ate away. It was a very long, and silent car journey back to mine, with the fermenting smell of custard and regret.
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