Advice about this date suggestion

[Pippipumpkin]

It's an OLD one...not sure why I bother sometimes, but I recently matched with a guy who seems nice. No obvious red flags, been texting for a week or so and then suggestions made for a date. All good. Only he has come back to say the next Saturday he is free for a coffee is at the end of March... He has said he is unusually busy at the moment, but he hasn't suggested any alternatives (e.g. an evening drink mid-week).
So, whilst I don't mind on some levels meeting him at the end of March, I don't want to endlessly send messages for the next 4-5 weeks.

So, thoughts on the following options?

A) knock the whole thing on the head...he's just too busy and/or not interested enough
B) Suggest meeting sooner (I am less keen on evening drinks for a first old date, but have done so a few times).
C) agree to the end of March but make it clear that I am not going to be messaging every day until we meet (I fear that may sound a bit blunt and like I am not interested, but i just done want to invest loads of time and sharing of information with someone i may not click with at all).

I’d knock it on the head; suspicious part of me thinks there’s more at play here and you’ll get to the end of March and he’ll ask to rearrange anyway. Suggest he gets back in contact when he has more time.
Unless he’s going on holiday for a month then I don’t see how he doesn’t have at least an hour one evening.

Yes, I'd say "why don't you just message me nearer the time to arrange something when you're free" and leave it there.

I would write this one off, personally. It doesn’t matter how busy he is/thinks he is. He’s not running the country! You have better things to do than hang on for a month.

He sounds like a married timewaster.

I'd sack him off, that's far too long to wait for a coffee date

I would write this one off. If he is so time poor he shouldn’t be wasting people’s time on OLD.

If he doesn’t have time for a one hour coffee date until the end of next month then he can’t possibly have time for a relationship! Move on.

I'd probably have done a gut response along the lines of "are you serious? No chance would anyone hang around that long 😂" then wish him good luck with that approach and move on. He's being ridiculous and if you accept it, you'll come across as desperate. He's either testing how much you'll hang in there or is putting it off as no intention of meeting really. Just likes to chat, could be attached already.
If you want to hedge your bets though, I'd say he can contact me when he's next free, and you'll meet if your still available.

Id leave this one. He has multiple on the go and your not priority by the sounds of things. Fuck his breadcrumbs and block x

If he hasn't got one hour free to go for a coffee before the end of March, he hasn't got time for a relationship. But this isn't the case, he's checking how keen/desperate you are so he can tailor his approach accordingly. Bin immediately.

Thanks all. Having been on/off the apps for an age, his face is new, so I think he is perhaps a bit green to it all...like I said no bad vibes before this to suggest he is a player. But perhaps he is currently just too busy and maybe not quite ready to actually date.
It's really helpful to have some thoughts about it though so thank you all for responding.

I think some men just dont realise that they have to set aside time for dating if they go on the Apps. I had a conversation with my brother once - and years ago he tried OLD and he said to me that he just found he was too busy to arrange dates - it hadn't occurred to him that he had to MAKE time for it.
Id say - depends how much you like him - if he's new to the whole OLD thing - he may be genuine - perhaps a mid week date hasn't occurred to him? i don't think there's anything wrong with meeting for a quick drink or similar on a week night.

I'd just reply with something like @EvenMoreFuriousVexation said with a suggestion of a weeknight might suit instead of waiting?

But I do agree that you don't want to end up endlessly texting over the next 5 weeks.

And carry on looking for others while you wait ;)