He woke up with a cold…. First date

[WorriedWarrier]

Supposed to meet this lunch time…. He’s woken up with a cold.

He doesn’t want to meet, right?

What do you mean so you're not tempted? Just don't message him? It's not hard!

Not most of the ones I know. With many employers, you have to have your head hanging off before they're OK with you having a single hour off! You are very fortunate if your employer is OK with you ringing in sick every time you have a sniffle, and you sneeze more than 3 times in a row!

So much going around at the minute! It's a bit wimpy if he cancelled for a run-of-the-mill cold though.
My general rule is that I give people the benefit of the doubt until they give me reason not to!

Do you still feel the same now the OP has said she's done the same to another man?

@SoupDragon
She won't and you won't get a reply to a sensible question. Her answer was so ridiculous it makes me think @TheAngryFeminist is a parody.

I did have a cold and I deleted him number (reinstalled what’s app)…. Felt the convo was going that he wasn’t interested anyway

This has to be a joke😂

OP are you annoyed because you know what he's feeling because you did the exact same to somebody else?

Woke up with a cold two days before we were supposed to meet and told him? But deleted his number as never saved it and reinstalled what’s app?

yes the same….

thing about online dating is I think you have to strike whilst the iron is hot…. Two weeks later “hey do you want to meet”.

Last month I went on a date, I wish the guy had cancelled.
He didn't tell me he had come down with a cold and tried treating it with lemsip
I'm from a vulnerable household which he knew and ended up sick 🤦🏻‍♀️
It was the first of red flag behaviours
If he doesn't rearrange then you had a lucky swerve. Give it a week or two and you'll know if it was an excuse or not

There are particularly nasty colds going round at the moment.

I would take him at his word until proved otherwise. Has he mentioned rearranging another time ?

Good Lord I’m glad I’m not a man (or lesbian) having to date women. Some of you on MN are the oddest bunch.

Deleting, blocking, accusing, judging, over thinking etc all because some guy has a cold.

This guy probably felt the same about you really.

Very offputting for someone to turn up on a first date all sneezy and snotty. I’d much prefer he cancel. Totally different from a work commitment.

It’s not because someone has a cold.

its been rejected and being a spinster lol

Felt what?

Nope…. Which is why I’m suspicious

He had another offer. Plain snd simple

He is messaging multiple women. Somebody else said she wanted to meet and you were bumped

Brenda Rhinovirus

The stealer of dates

Maybe he over-thought everything and talked himself out of it. Maybe you give off a ‘vibe’ he’s uncomfortable with?

just like the OP did to someone else...?

Might just be a cold 🥶.

Why don't you woman up!

Give him a chance - he might not want to meet you while he's got a dripping red nose, and sneezing, or with all the coughs and flu type illnesses that are going around at the moment, he might be worried that you'd think he was ignorant to turn up to a date, clearly suffering from something. Text him to say you hope he's soon feeling better, and are looking forward to meeting him. If he doesn't respond .... you've got your answer!