mortensorchid Posted October 16, 2009 Posted October 16, 2009 Today I ran into someone I had a date with last year. Needless to say, it was lame, but he seemed to blame me. I promise all of you, I was not playing hard to get or game playing, but it just went down like so ... We met on a dating website. As it turned out, we both go to the same college in town, and we were actually in the same room together during a program orientation. We agreed to meet for lunch one day. We met at a Red Robin, and we had burgers and fries. He said he was impressed that I ate as most girls only eat lettuce and water. I said "Well, I was saving my appetite for this". Then here's where it got a little strange - the waiter brought the check. He said he didn't have enough cash on him to pay for both of our meals. RED FLAG. The man doesn't pay for a simple meal then he's not that serious. He walks me to my car, I was about to write off the experience as just another day, and he said "You were a lot better than I expected, do you want to go have coffee?" I thought that was strange, he didn't have enough to pay for a meal but he has enough to pay for coffee now? I turned him down and said I had a few papers to type. That Saturday, I get a text message from him asking if I wanted to go to the movies. It was almost 10 pm! I texted back I was going out to a party. The weekend after he texted again asking if I wanted to do something. I texted him back that I was already out with a few friends. Both of those stories were true, I already had plans and I was either on my way out the door or already there. Never heard from him again. Until today, I bumped into him. After a few chatty words, he asked why I wasn't interested in him. While I can be sarcastic and direct in my speech, I told him he seemed to wait until the last minute to do things and I had always made other plans. Didn't mention that meal / coffee thing.
tinktronik Posted October 16, 2009 Posted October 16, 2009 Don't worry about explaining anything to him. In my opinion it is acceptable to not have an interest in someone else without having to explain to them why. Sometimes you're just not interested, end of story. If you've gone this long without running into this man before now it's unlikely that you'll run into him again anytime soon.
Die Hard Posted October 16, 2009 Posted October 16, 2009 mistake #1 I've never understood online dating. Fate plays a large role in my life, mentally speaking. Online dating, to me, comes across as contrived, or forced. Besides, why get something from amazon when you can go to the store and get it right now. All the time wasted sending emails and winks could have been better spent talking to someone in real life. Just my opinion of course.
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