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[Bayou2000]

I met someone, after a lot of planning due to his overseas work commitments, we had a coffee. It was slightly less exhilarating than I expected, however within an hour of leaving he was asking to do it again. The same planning caper started, with his overseas work and my domestic work travel so my expectations of it happening any time soon are low however I I sent a message that he read 5 days ago. No response. It’s a dead duck, isn’t it?

Yes. Move on.
Next!!

Yes. Time wasting I think

Definitely

He eventually replied almost at the same time I posted this. 5 days however is unacceptable. My nose got the better of me and I did read the reply- as you would expect- he did reference my message but followed it with how busy he had been at work, and then he knew I was not working away. I am not responding as I was working 8 hr days in London, not in a communication vacuum on Mars.
I am 25 odd years away from the dating scene and I am finding the process totally exhausting. The ultra reliance of messaging seems to take away having to do much in real
life away. No one seems to make an effort anymore.

This is my second disastrous foray in 5 months. It’s maybe me but it’s so much harder than I remember.

Don't reply. This does my head in. People are thoughtless... I bet he replied to other prime in that 5 days.
I stopped messaging people that done that to me!
People make time for the people they want to make time for, no one is too busy.

Totally agree. No one is too busy for people that matter to them.

Fuck's sake! It's hard, isn't it?
I'm having similar pointless exchanges with a relatively eligible single man. He is a good friend of my ex husband strangely, and currently going through a divorce. I knew them both for years.
I like him, he's funny. Absolutely zero chemistry though.

We have done 3 'sort of' dates. We are both permanently busy.
We wouldn't be if there was any semblance of attraction though.

You weren't that keen anyway and organising the first date was a mission, just move on!

So hard! I really don’t remember it being this hard, I just used to get drunk, tell people I was crushing on them and we normally fell into bed. What has happened to men??

I thought I had chemistry with this guy and when we had coffee he seemed nervous. For some reason I feel it’s a loose end. It shouldn’t be.