I was left hanging on a date

[Anonymous]

Online dating is brutal. I had a guy tell me he loved me on our third date. Learn to block and delete and say on to the next one.

[Anonymous]

A guy messaged me on a dating app and asked if I had gained any weight since my profile pictures (I had not and was annoyed...I take pride in staying fit). So I asked if he'd lost any hair since his photos (he said yes!). I guess at least he was honest.

[Anonymous]

LOL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry OP, that is unreal behavior on his part. A friend of mine went out with a man who licked his plate clean at the restaurant. It's a jungle out there!

Wow, he actually, literally, licked the plate? Awesome!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry OP, that is unreal behavior on his part. A friend of mine went out with a man who licked his plate clean at the restaurant. It's a jungle out there!

Understandable given how good the food is at Pineapple and Pearls!

[Anonymous]

Horrible. He was a huge jerk. I am sorry you experienced this.

[Anonymous]

What a sad coward. Unattractive! Good riddance.

[Anonymous]

OP - so sorry this happened to you. Hopefully you can see this was all about him being a jerk and not about you. I hope you don’t take this too personally. There are a lot of really nice people out there and he wasn’t one of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So I went out to dinner with a guy I met online. Everything seemed to be going well (at least I thought so). He excused himself to go the bathroom. 45 minutes later, I sent him a text to make sure he was okay, he sent me a text back saying sorry this isn't working out and that he doesn't think I'm his type. All I can say is wow! He could've at least had the balls to tell me this to my face. Oh well, back to the drawing board I guess.

There's an article in the latest Atlantic where the author argues that online dating can bring out the worst in people because there are no mutual friends, family or coworkers that people have in common. If this guy, was your best friend's coworker, or a colleague's brother, for example, it's unlikely he would engage in such shi*tty behavior.
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/12/tinder-changed-dating/578698/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So I went out to dinner with a guy I met online. Everything seemed to be going well (at least I thought so). He excused himself to go the bathroom. 45 minutes later, I sent him a text to make sure he was okay, he sent me a text back saying sorry this isn't working out and that he doesn't think I'm his type. All I can say is wow! He could've at least had the balls to tell me this to my face. Oh well, back to the drawing board I guess.

There's an article in the latest Atlantic where the author argues that online dating can bring out the worst in people because there are no mutual friends, family or coworkers that people have in common. If this guy, was your best friend's coworker, or a colleague's brother, for example, it's unlikely he would engage in such shi*tty behavior.
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/12/tinder-changed-dating/578698/

Not the OP but thanks for sharing this. I remember making this argument to a friend a few months ago. I was telling her how difficult it is to find a reliable FWB online. Because you’re not actually friends or part of the same social network there’s no societal pressure to not be a jerk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So I went out to dinner with a guy I met online. Everything seemed to be going well (at least I thought so). He excused himself to go the bathroom. 45 minutes later, I sent him a text to make sure he was okay, he sent me a text back saying sorry this isn't working out and that he doesn't think I'm his type. All I can say is wow! He could've at least had the balls to tell me this to my face. Oh well, back to the drawing board I guess.

There's an article in the latest Atlantic where the author argues that online dating can bring out the worst in people because there are no mutual friends, family or coworkers that people have in common. If this guy, was your best friend's coworker, or a colleague's brother, for example, it's unlikely he would engage in such shi*tty behavior.
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/12/tinder-changed-dating/578698/

OP here, thanks for the article! I’ve had a bad experience being set up on a blind date with my best friend’s close friend. He really wanted her so she set him up with me to get him off her back. All he did on our date was try to get pointers on getting her interested in him, so I tried to stay away from being set up by a friend.

[Anonymous]

Who pay for the dinner?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who pay for the dinner?

That's the real issue here - frustration of the usual female parasitism.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Online dating is brutal. I had a guy tell me he loved me on our third date. Learn to block and delete and say on to the next one.

I'm sorry about that, but I really had fallen in love with you.

[Anonymous]

Well, consider yourself lucky and move on.