Awful date. Tried to embarrass me the whole evening...

TBF I have had issues with exs who knew me from back in the dark ages before social media existed, on LinkedIn. Its a deeply problematic website in how public the information that is provided is.

Blocking on linked in and I think you can do it without them knowing

https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a1338373

Also. I think you should tell someone at work to be on the safe side. And maybe get a friend to come with you when you leave in case he's hanging around.

Sorry I'm not saying that to frighten you but he sounds as thick as mince and may think he just needs to explain himself... so its better safe than sorry. I'm sure the message will sink in and he'll move on.

Start calling him a Pedo back, presumably he won’t be offended…

And that's why it's never a good idea to give your real name to total strangers on the internet who may or may not be creeps, scammers or have MH issues.

The "Where do you work? " comes across as quite aggressive and sounds like he wants to meet you to tell you off for having the temerity to block him.
And you have to drop what you are doing and meet him asap?

There's no I hope I haven't offended you. Are you ok or anything else.

I think you are wise to block and keep blocking on social media etc.. the last thing you want is this pig turning up at work.

I would have told him what I thought about the date in one paragraph before blocking, yes I know we're not in the business of educating men but calling a paediatrician a "pedo" is not funny AT ALL (it's quite offensive actually, disturbing and creepy). Had you had a long video call (sort of a virtual date) with him before meeting in person I'm sure you would have picked up on the red flags.

If he knows your full name Google /LinkedIn may tell him where you work..

"Supposedly intelligent" is quite insulting thing to say to a trained medical professional.

Of course she is giving it some headspace to process what happened and why... it must have been a horrible experience and there's nothing wrong with asking others if this is standard or not.. and how to deal with it if it happens again.

Also she's merely updated with his message.

I'm sure she will quickly move on

This is a great response.

Id also add something about having more compassion - I mean what would possess someone to joke about such a subject.

that bloke is pond life.

“No sorry, I didn’t enjoy the date and thought you were a bit of a bellend”

Wow. You did the right thing blocking him. If he's like this on date 1, when he's supposed to be putting his best self forward to impress you, can you even imagine what he'd be like six months in to a relationship?!

Block him! He's threatened that you have a more important job than him (regardless of if he earns more than you there's very little jobs more important than life saver of children)

how about a "Mate, I thought my exit at dinner and silence since made it clear there is a compatibility issue here. Thank you for a revealing evening and best of luck finding someone who’s actually on your wavelength"

then block and let him decide for himself what it means

Especially over and over. Dumb, gross, and insulting.

Low level IQ. To be blunt you can do better and I suspect he knows that too, hence the need to belittle you. Waste of space.
Throw this one back and cast your line again.

I understand that you're upset, OP, that you've wasted an evening with an absolute loser- but it was just an evening. Not 10 years. The world is full of idiots.

Honestly ? Block, I wouldn’t give this fuckwit the time of day. Paediatric doctors have been harassed and threatened by ignorant shits like this who couldn’t tell the difference between Pedophile and Paediatrician. Don’t waste your breath on him

Some People are so dense and thoughtless! I remember a paediatrician being targeted by total thicko idiots who assumed the person was paedophile because of the paws prefix - I’d say blow him off he’s a twat!

'If anything he should be totally in awe of what you do'. I think that may have been part of the problem.

Definitely never see him again. Paedo is NOT A laughing matter particularly for someone like you that has gone through years of training and the horrible things you must have witnessed in the course of your work. If anything he should be totally in awe of what you do x

Well, clearly his knowledge of Greek is lacking - WHY exactly does he THINK Paediatrician and paedophile have similar sounding beginnings? Two seconds of thought would bring him to a conclusion but he's jumped to the 'humorous' one...

Sounds a bit like my ex. Who thought that anything to do with women, or their bodies was absolutely hysterical and the word 'period' would have him giggling for hours. Some men are just stuck at the age of twelve unfortunately.

😂 this ☝️

That man sounds absolutely horrendous. Nothing remotely funny about his "joke". Simply offensive. I hope your next date is with a gentleman and not another immature boy.

Block him…soz i’ve only read your initial post,
but really, even if he were King there will still be all this in the background! There’s not a single thing he can do to remove all that utter sh1te (i never swear on here!) from history.
Better luck with the next 1 😊

This, with bells on