NC for this one as I’m laughing about it because I don’t want to cry. AIBU to feel jaded with online dating and think it’s all a waste of time?
Earlier this week it was my birthday (mid-50s). I’ve been on dating sites for a while now and generally meet nice people and I’ve several friends who have met lovely partners in this way, but I’ve not found a romantic spark.
I started messaging with this guy last week who then suggested talking on the phone. When I went mentioned it was my birthday the next day, he insisted I was not to spend it alone (despite I was quite happy to have a quiet one for a change). So we agreed to meet up at a local pub. I got myself ‘dolled up” and bravely walked in the pub alone. I couldn’t see anyone who I thought might be him so I text him to say I was there. No response.
At one point a chap walked in, and I was unsure if it was him so I smiled, and he gave me a strange look and then went and sat with another couple 😂.
I bought myself a coke, and then text again, asking if he was near. I sat there for half an hour, on my own, on my birthday, until I gave up and went back home.
When I got home, he was then online for 25 minutes before finally reading my two messages, replying that he was sorry, and he’d come home from work and fallen asleep. I didn’t reply and haven’t heard from him since.
No second chances from me for this chap as I don’t care what his excuse is, and I sense I can smell a rat! But please cheer me up with any stories you have of being stood up whilst I try and work out how to meet someone nice who does deserve my time and attention; and keep me smiling in the meantime.