A desperate man rang the police after his Tinder date refused to leave his house for two days - during which time she stole his watch and some of his mail.

The serial dater, from the US, went out with a woman called Jennifer last week after they matched on the popular app and later took her back to his house.

When she insisted on staying he decided to call the police, who reportedly arrested her after finding expired licence plates on her car and items she had swiped from him.

A man from the US rang the police after his Tinder date refused to leave his house for two days. He shared this photo of her sleeping in his bed

The unidentified man took to Reddit to ask for advice, writing in desperation: 'Help, I hooked up with this chick on Tinder and she hasn't left my house in two days.'

He explained that after they had sex, he suggested she go home as he had work in the morning.

'I told her earlier she had to go before bedtime cause I have to get up early for work,' he wrote.

'She asked me if she could stay for dinner and I said OK,' he continued.

'Then she passed out and when I tried to wake her up to ask her to leave, she said, "No I'm too tired."

'I'm a pretty nice guy and I hate confrontation.'

But when he woke up the next day, she still refused to leave - with the man explaining that he became desperate as he had another date the next day.

He posted a photo of the woman sleeping in his bed and, after debating his bleak situation with other Reddit users, decided he had no option but to call the police.

When officers arrived at his house, they reportedly found that the tags on the car she parked outside had expired two months ago.

When she insisted on staying, he decided to call the police who reportedly arrested her after finding expired licence plates on her car and items she had swiped from him - including his watch and some mail

According to the man's account, police then searched her and discovered that she had taken a watch that he had 'not realised was missing'.

She had also taken some of his mail and several other items from his house. The woman was eventually arrested, he wrote.

'It was a rather crazy and very stressful situation that really made me think about whether this dating and the dating apps are so useful,' he concluded.

'This is why you don't have people come over right away when meeting them from an app. This is basically a nightmare situation,' one user wrote in sympathy.

One dater even said he had a similar experience with a woman, who he claimed started 'playing with my kitchen knife'.

'I had just moved, invited someone over from Tinder, I didn't really feel comfortable, so I made no moves, but then she wouldn't leave. I let her stay because I was way to nice,' they wrote.

'The next morning I was telling her she had to leave and basically pushed her out the door.

'At once point she was playing with my kitchen knife and I legit thought I was gonna have to defend myself.'