I went on a couple of dates with someone.
I wasn’t sure about him, but in person he found him interesting and kinda attractive. Messages/communication from him was utter rubbish but he was very present and good company on dates.
I called him out on the lack of messages and odd communication style in messaging and told him it’s OK if he is not interested, which he came back to saying that actually he is not feeling the spark but liked me being direct. I messaged him back saying thanks for the dates and the good company and all the best. Left a little door open but certainly indicated that I’m not interested in going any further if he is not interested.
I know it sounds odd but I think I confused him. Don’t want to go into an awful lot of details about the messages but I think he was shocked that I told him that it’s ok if he is not interested. Do people find honesty confusing nowadays?