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Did I completely F up with the guy I’m seeing?

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RealAquaCat · 11/11/2024 19:03

Hi!
So I’ve been chatting to a guy for a few weeks and we’ve had two great dates. At the weekend completely out of the blue while he was out with friends he sent me a message saying ‘all the best’, which was strange and I replied saying ‘all the best to you too’, I then received a video message of him and his friends saying ‘all the best’ 🤔 I took this to mean that this was an immature way of saying he didn’t want to see me again? (this man is 32 years of age btw…)
i’d had a few drinks, and I ended up messaging him saying along the lines of ‘if you don’t want to speak to me anymore then you could just say that, this is the most childish and pathetic thing I’ve ever witnessed’. The next day he messaged me saying ‘wait what? When I say all the best I don’t mean it like that, I’m sorry if that’s how it came across’. We’ve exchanged a couple of messages since, although the conversation between us has pretty much died a death.

My question is, would you have taken his messages the same way I did or AIBU? I do regret sending the message and wouldn’t have if it wasn’t for the wine, I’m so gutted about this as he seemed great and I loved getting to know him 🙄

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NovemberMorn · 11/11/2024 19:13

comedycentral · 11/11/2024 19:11

He doesn’t sound as if he can communicate very well with you. What a strange thing to do!

I agree...he sounds like a bit of a dope.
But...if you like him, forget about it, and maybe in future ignore his garbled texts when he is out with his mates.

comedycentral · 11/11/2024 19:11

He doesn’t sound as if he can communicate very well with you. What a strange thing to do!

TH1NG1E · 11/11/2024 19:09

I wouldnt have known what it meant unless it was Christmas or my birthday. So I'd have just replied saying what do you mean? Yeah sounds like it's fucked.

Arlanymor · 11/11/2024 19:08

DGPP · 11/11/2024 19:05

I would also have thought he didn’t want to see me again and was getting his friends to tell me on a video message. Just send him one more message saying “sorry we got our wires crossed, happy to leave it behind and grab another drink?” Then if he doesn’t reply, you know!

Totally agree with all of this - I would have thought it was a colloquial version of being told to essentially sod off. Particularly if you don’t know his mates. I think there is some male bravado at play here. I don’t think you were in the wrong.

DGPP · 11/11/2024 19:05

I would also have thought he didn’t want to see me again and was getting his friends to tell me on a video message. Just send him one more message saying “sorry we got our wires crossed, happy to leave it behind and grab another drink?” Then if he doesn’t reply, you know!

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