Oh to be young and a self-proclaimed nice guy trying to navigate the very tough waters of dating. If you've ever been a victim of receiving a message from these martyrs of love or just enjoy uncomfortable cringe, we're happy to share this list we've collected from the subreddit /r/NiceGuys.

What is a nice guy, you may ask? Well, they're about the furthest thing from nice. In fact, they're usually pretty sexist and call all women shallow just because someone friend-zoned them. However, they were sent to inhabit the endless void of the friend zone for a reason. It's not because they were too nice, as they seem to think. It's because they're just incredibly creepy or terrifying people who no woman would want to date due to their personalities alone. And no matter how nice they claim to be, we're never going to actually believe it, since these actions prove they're not so nice. Below are 12 of our favorite fedora-wearing soldiers.