16 August 2015

Disappearing Act

It's always disappointing when you spend weeks exchanging emails with a guy and then he disappears. For weeks you imagine what he's like in real life, and you form a tenuous attachment to your idea of him. Maybe the two of you even discuss date plans, but never set a time and location. Then, suddenly, he's gone. There's never a reason given or any form of closure. One minute you have a connection and you're excited--maybe even fantasizing about fun dates and more--and the next you're rejected.

It could be the result of misphrasing something that unsettles him, bad timing, or you reminding him of someone he used to love and now hates (or his mom and sisters), and other times it could mean he's already started dating someone else, but otherwise would still be interested. I am guilty of blocking/deleting people who say something creepy that might have been innocent but badly worded, people who remind me of exes, and guys who call me pet names like "sweetie" or "baby" prematurely. Who knows why someone blocks you; you certainly won't get an answer. You're just tossed in the trash heap like all of the toupee-wearing 55-year-olds who claim they're 42. Back to the drawing board.

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