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dating situation

186 replies

Chrissi314 · 11/04/2019 14:39

On Tue i went on the date with a guy. We sat on the date for three hrs.
Paid for everything during the date, I also offered to pay he didnt accept.
After three hrs asked if we could leave as it was getting late (11 pm) and i had late wake up. ( i think 3 hrs date is also too long, save something for next time if any).

He insisted to get me a cab home which i found very gentlemanly. The cab would be late to arrive but the bus stop was near the pub so i thanked him for that but it was 5 mins anyway to home. So he asked if i had a good night and i said i enjoyed a lot which was true.

He asked me if i want to go out again with him i said sure of course i would love to meet again and he said that i dont sound too confident about it. I said that i really had a great night and i made sure i wrote that on text too that i would love to meet again and i thanked him for the good time. He and i talked about places we could go next time. On text, he said he wished i went into the cab. I again thanked him but anyway the bus came there and then.

So he repeated on text he had a good night and speak soon with a kissing emoji.

The guy has a kid and is 37. The kid lives with his mum. He told me that he is single 8.months now and the last relationship was with his baby mama, but they are over two years now in reality.

I asked him if he is sure he is really over because at the end of the day he is tied with her for the kid and 8 months isnt really a long time anyway. He said he is really over and they talk strictly for the kid and if he wouldn't have to talk he wouldn't. I found that a bit exaggerated tbh. I told him the only reason i am asking is because this is online and a lot of people may lie about stuff. He said he wouldn't lie as he had this experience before being lied too from online so he wouldn't do it.

Just to note here he first started asking personal questions about my situation, dating history and stuff. I told him i had married at 25 for 2 years and then divorced. Im now 32. No kids.

He also told me his baby mama is not a good mum and selfish. I take this all with a pinch of salt tbh.

Another thing that striked me, is that this guy with another guy that had contacted me on the dating site, had extreme similarities. They told me the same things about their life, same area same situation they both told me they gonna move house, both kids the same age, also same chatlines. If this isnt a diabolical coincidence, i would think that these two are related somehow.

The other guy that I am talking about, asked to talk on the phone and he asked me out on the phone call where we said we can meet before i leave on holiday. After the call he never asked me out.

Now it is Thursday and he the guy i dated on Tue, didnt follow up for another date...

OP posts:
Chrissi314 · 12/04/2019 17:50

Past* predictive text

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DointItForTheKids · 12/04/2019 17:56
Confused
mokapot · 12/04/2019 18:28

I’m so confused Hmm

JuniperNarni · 12/04/2019 18:38

Whether they are a dad or not doesn't mean anything. Some of the most immature dickheads I've come across have children. It doesn't reflect what they are like as a person, just means that they have the ability to get someone pregnant.

BabyDarlingDollfaceHoney · 12/04/2019 18:38

That'll be a no then. What a frustrating thread.

Inliverpool1 · 12/04/2019 18:44

So I had a date today that ended at 4pm
He’s already texted to arrange the second... I think that’s standard

Inliverpool1 · 12/04/2019 18:45

Oooops that’ll teach me to read the thread

Crunchymum · 12/04/2019 18:49

Why did the guy you spoke to on the phone show you a pic of his child? Why is the guy you went out with sending you pictures of his kid and other random kids

Are you honestly trying to say there are two people with exactly the same biographies / background, who both have kids, who are related to each other, who are using the same dating site and both trying to date you????

Ask him who the girl child is? If he says it's his niece then maybe the other guy is his brother? Because that is the way this thread is heading isn't it???

Hollowvictory · 12/04/2019 18:53

I think I'm understanding why he hasn't been in touch...

Patroclus · 12/04/2019 19:04

I think the other one you talk to is likely to be his wife.

safiya5 · 12/04/2019 19:07

So hang on, is this right OP -

  • You spoke to Man 1 on the phone, prior to the date with Man 2?
  • You had seen Man 1’s profile and a picture of his daughter?

-Man 1 did not ask you on a date?

  • You did however, go in a date with Man 2
  • You were struck that, on this date, Man 2 said some things that were very similar to things Man 1 had said in the phone?
  • While waiting and speculating for Man 2 to contact you for a second date, you have now somehow seen a photo of Man 2 with his child and another child which looks exactly like Man 1’s child you had previously seen online?
  • You sense a “diabolical” coincidence - ie are they brothers / friends or even the same man (who actually has two DC)?

Please confirm if this is the case?

Patroclus · 12/04/2019 19:10

No idea why people are talking to you like shit.

Chrissi314 · 12/04/2019 19:11

Lol he has gotten in touch already.

I dunno. I think i will clear the air when we meet.

He told me he has a sister not a brother

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PineapplePatty · 12/04/2019 19:12

How do you think they are related OP?

Chrissi314 · 12/04/2019 19:34

@safiya5 yes this is the case .

When and if i see him im gonna ask whats up with that.

I just cant explain anymore i think i have explained countless times already during this thread

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TiredandDone2019 · 12/04/2019 19:35

It's either going to be totally unrelated or a bad experience, I hope it's the former.

Sagradafamiliar · 13/04/2019 08:22

On your very first date you were questioning him on his relationship with 'the kid''s mother and 'the kid' to which he responded by slagging his ex off. I hope you asked him why he doesn't have full custody if she's such a shit mother?
All this stuff about 'the kid', the 'baby mama' and the fact you're suspicious...leave it.

Chrissi314 · 13/04/2019 08:29

Guys do u find guys that have prof pics with sunglasses in their dating prof suspicious??

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DointItForTheKids · 13/04/2019 08:42

I don't believe this Shock Confused Hmm!!!

Grin
Chrissi314 · 13/04/2019 08:56

For those that do online dating of course.
Sorry if i sound too fussy for some, but im trying to find someone for something serious ideally and I wanna avoid to get burnt (ive been burnt before).
So i am trying to be as careful as possible

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SparklyMagpie · 13/04/2019 09:02

Fucking hell 😂😂😂😂

Nameusernameuser · 13/04/2019 09:05

So are you saying; you met a guy on a dating site. 2 men actually. Both very similar. Man 1 you went on a date with, he wanted to put you in a cab, that possibly man 2 was driving. You think it was a set up?
Not sure about the "baby mama" type thing.

Accountant222 · 13/04/2019 09:14

Do you think the two guys are actually one and the same guy ?

Crunchymum · 13/04/2019 09:18

Well you haven't explained things very well OP, as no-one seems to know what on Earth you are talking about Confused

DointItForTheKids · 13/04/2019 09:21

And yet despite all the red flags and possible dishonesty/possibly nefarious actions of this man/these men, you are considering seeing him / them again?!

And yet you're telling us lot hey stop it, I'm just being careful.

But you're not are you, all the red flags and confusion and yet you're fully considering seeing him/them again! That's not cautiousness, it's quite the opposite.

My experience is, if you have to analyse or super-think and try and unpick things (after a FIRST date) that's an immediate "I won't be seeing him again" from me and I give it no further thought. I owe that person nothing other than basic courtesy at the point and certainly none of my emotional energy.