To assume I've been ghosted?

[ghosting]

Met a guy on OLD about a month ago, seemed lovely, all was going well and we were texting a lot and met a couple of times for coffee.

We spent the night together last night, and today...nothing.

He hasn't replied to a message I sent about 4 hours ago, although he has read it.

Is there any rational explanation, or have I been ghosted?

[Wdigin2this]

What the hell is OLD anyway?

[LionAllMessy]

OnLine Dating widgin

[Wdigin2this]

Watsgoing I agree with you up to a point, but I think maybe no sex without a sparkler on your finger is a bit naive in these enlightened days ! You have to try before you buy but it's usually a good idea to first make sure the merchandise is actually what you want!

[Wdigin2this]

Oh, thank you Lion I thought it was something even less conventional than dating sites!

[UserV]

One fifth of online dating encounters ending in a relationship is not the same as one fifth of all relationships starting with online dating is it

Yes it is.

[UserV]

80% of what don't end up as long-term relationships?

People who start relationships on online!!!!!!!

Jesus Christ is everybody fucking pissed tonight?!

[blacksax]

Yes it is
No it isn't.

[UserV]

@Lionallmessy

80% of what don't end up as long-term relationships?

Online relationships/people who start relationships online!!!!!!!

Jesus Christ is everybody fucking pissed tonight?! hmm

[UserV]

No it isn't

Yes it is.

[OutofSyncGirl]

No User it’s really not. The original statistic only focuses on people who do OLD at all. How can that translate into 1/5th of all relationships started online?

[UserV]

I cannot cope with the fucking shit on here. People who cannot work out basic maths.

[anothernamechanged]

1 fifth of relationships start on OLD is EVERYONE. For that to mean that 80% of OLD is unsuccessful it would have to mean that everyone meets on OLD.

[UserV]

Someone said

1 fifth of current long term relationships start with OLD, just sayin...

I said

Is that meant to be a positive statement? Coz that is 80% that DON'T end up as long term relationships.

If you cannot make sense of that and think it's wrong then you need help.

[UserV]

I am hiding this thread. You are all batshit.

[clumsyduck]

Ok . but your maths is wrong

[anothernamechanged]

It's not so much maths as it is comprehension of the English language.

The only way that UserV could be correct is if every other person in the world had tried OLD and after it failed found a long time partner some other way.

[OutofSyncGirl]

Yes that’s what I thought.

[Wdigin2this]

I'm going to finish my contributions on this post, (I'm knackered) by saying something for which, you'll all send shards of white fire at me!
Men = Hunters, be it food, warmth or a mate, in order to procreate.
Women = Nurturers be it home making, or finding the right mate for her offspring.
Thing is with men, they're happy enough to try a lot of mating, until they're forced to settle for one. For women it's normal to look around a lot first before selecting the right male to father sprogs with her!
It's why men & women are programmed differently, but in our new world we think it's OK, even necessary to blur those differences o the point where neither gender really know their place, hence....trouble in paradise!
Here endeth the lesson!

[lostinjapan]

Someone said

1 fifth of current long term relationships start with OLD, just sayin...

I said

Is that meant to be a positive statement? Coz that is 80% that DON'T end up as long term relationships.

If you cannot make sense of that and think it's wrong then you need help.

No. You can’t infer from the statistic ‘one fifth of LTRs started from online dating’ how many online dates were successful. For example there could be 10 million long term couples in the UK at the moment. So we know one fifth of those (2 million) started via OLD. Well for all you know there could be 2 million online dates each year and every single one of those resulted in an LTR. So in that case online dating would have a 100% success rate. Not a 20% success rate as you believe.

[Bouledeneige]

User V - you dont understand stats do you?

20% of long term relationships start from OLD.
80% of long term relationships start from other sources (not OLD) - like work, club, bus, friends.

You just need to look at what the % is of - long term relationships.
Otherwise it would have said 20% of OLD relationships end up in a long term relationship.

So many people in this country dont understand basic stats.

[lostinjapan]

You can’t infer from the statistic ‘one fifth of LTRs started from online dating’ how many online dates were successful

Oops, this should say ‘you can’t infer ... what percentage of OLDs were successful’.

[PitilessYank]

I just want to thank Caribou58 for using the word "punctilious" in her post!

I'm sorry that you were treated this way, OP. He's being a creep.

[Carolynnnna]

I cannot cope with the fucking shit on here. People who cannot work out basic maths.

Oh, the irony.

[imweirdandcool]

Has he got back to you