Men. We love ’em, we hate ’em. Sometimes, a true romance blooms and everything works out. However, in the world of State College, that is a rare occurrence. More often than not, stories of situationships and what-could’ve-beens get passed around by friend groups. To further prove these experiences, VALLEY has found some real gems. So, get your notes app out. Here are some signs he’s just not that into you.
…If his living situation is less than ideal
“I went on a date with this guy I was talking to for a month and a half and it went really well. It took him another month to actually have me over again because he lived in a bedroom directly next to his ex-girlfriend.”
– Anonymous.
…If he’s a bouncer
“Met this bouncer sophomore year. We became friends, started hooking up my junior year and then I went abroad, came back to campus he texted me, he wanted to see me and I agreed. We made plans, totally ghosted me. I call him… I’m blocked. I see him one day at work. I called him out, I come to find out he had a girlfriend.”
– Anonymous.
…If he is a frat guy
“I hooked up with a guy in his friend’s room while his brothers banged on the door the entire time. I was in fear for my life.”
Anonymous.
…If he is a frat guy (pt.2)
“I used to have a talking stage with this frat boy and he was always inviting me out but we never did anything. Then, like a year and a half after that, I went over to his apartment when I was drunk, we had sex, and we have not spoken since. Very weird.”
Anonymous.
…If he’s in your friend group
“Oh I’ve got a good story for this one. So, I started dating this guy and our friend group (at the time) flipped out. There was one guy (not my boyfriend) who is maybe the most insane person I have met here. He ruined our back-to-school bar crawl because he spent the entire thing yelling at me about how I wouldn’t have sex with him. That’s not a joke. He used those words. He kept being mean to me after that, calling me names and specifically telling me I wasn’t invited to certain things, so I obviously cut him off.”
Anonymous.
…If you met him on Tinder
“I matched with this guy on Tinder and from his texts he seemed pretty cool until he started spamming my phone with messages. If I didn’t respond within the minute he would spam me. He had my number so that didn’t help. Then, he stalked me and found my Instagram and was spamming my DMs, “why are you ignoring me?” “hi,” “hi,” “I miss you.” My friends and I counted. Between tinder, iMessage, and DMs he sent me 437 messages. He’s blocked on everything. He also had a girlfriend.”
Anonymous.
…If he takes you to a corn field
“It’s not my story, but I have a friend who met a guy on Bumble here and he took her to a corn field for their first date. That’s Centre County core.”
Anonymous.
At times, it can feel like finding love in State College is impossible. Yet, these insane Penn State men make crazy lore for years to come. And hey, sometimes things do work out in the end.
If he’s your situationship?
“I had an eight month long situationship and then he asked me to be his girlfriend at the end. Still dating now.”
Anonymous.
Did a Penn State man do you wrong? Do you have a crazy story about an ex? Let us know @VALLEYmag on X!
