Awkward date 🫣

[Scarlet29061991]

I need the advice of people that have been on a lot of dates.

I met up with a younger man and Christ, it was just so awkward. I felt like I was the one making more of an effort to ask him questions about himself. I'm not the most confident person when meeting new people but he seemed less talkative and more shy than me.

There was long awkward silences and we were both just fidgeting and looking around. He also suggested going to an hotel room but I said no as I don't do that on a first date. 😐

He seemed he wanted it to end and so did I. I wasn't having a good time.

Is it his age? Shall I only try with men my own age or older?

He sounds awful, I reckon you were as well to bin him off. I hope you meet up with somebody far more worthwhile .If possible just forget him and put it down to experience yet what an awful experience for you to go through. I imagine he would only go on to finish it once he got what he wanted. I wonder do any of your friends know a decent single man. A friend of mine was introduced to a man from a friend knowing the man and they are still together many years later. Can you join in n activity eg pub quiz and get to know likely men first and then date them instead of online situations.

I think it's very unfortunate for you that you were conned into meeting this ghastly shit head of a man, and that he's knocked your confidence so much that you are stilll worrying about it.

He wasn't successful with you, because you were wise enough to recognise what an idiot he was... and he won't be successful with others because he sounds like an utter loser.

Chalk it up to experience, be kind to yourself and don't doubt yourself... Don't change a thing about yourself to how you interact with people just because you came across a really horrible idiot. :ucky escape. Treat yourself to something nice soon and spend time with good friends and you will soon feel better

I use FB a lot and have never added anyone I don't know. I think that's really weird.

But anyway, don't overthink it. It sounds like he was only after a shag, but either way you just didn't click. You're not going to click with everyone you meet and it isn't necessarily that either of you are at fault. I mean, most of us learn by about age 20 that not everyone will like us and that's fine.