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    bloom

    I met a guy from pof, we met up once which was mutually arranged. Next time we were to meet he messaged the night before to say he ‘had bills that week’ and ‘uni transcripts to sort’, could we raincheck? I said yes, we arranged a day the following week. Night before I had to text him, he said he broke his phone and only got the message late. So, that date feel through. We finally met 2 weeks later when I had to text and arrange a coffee date, which just went ok…. I had no messages fro him til I contacted him. was the raincheck a polite no thanks?

    #594776 Reply
    Harline

    Pretty much.

    I would have just said, call me when you are less busy and then you shut up and let him do the work of setting up the date. If someone had told me that he couldn’t meet me for coffee because he had bills that week I would have dropped. Those are pretty weak excuses.

    #594779 Reply
    Nat

    You reached out to him THREE times. Please stop.

    A rain check means “can we do it later”? But it is not usually used by guys in relation to dates. You are not INVITING him on a date, so what rain check? or are you?

    He should have said CAN WE RESCHEDULE.

    Rescheduling for your first date is a bad sign as well. It can happen for good valid reasons, but more often than not..not a good sign. A man should always offer to reschedule for a specific date and time and should explain things very well to you why he had to cancel. If he doesn’t put any effort into doing this, he is stringing you along, and you are being “naive”.

    Do not deal with men the same way you deal with women. They pay very close attention to the power balance and immediately assess how desperate a woman is. If you go after him, you are not valuable, do not have self respect, don’t know men psychology,you are chasing him, all of which speaks against you.

    Ladies stop being naive. If a man is not initiating or asking to confirm or reschedule, do not contact him. Why would you bother? There are other prospects. This is how men think for the most part, so if you chase him, he things you don’t have many options and hence you are not valuable. This “market” mentality is so widespread, so deeply rooted into our society now that you HAVE to work with it, you have to take it into account.

    #594781 Reply
    L

    I have had cell phones for 20 plus years and you know what? None of them ever ‘broke’

    #594782 Reply
    LG

    Bloom “rain check” is lets do it another time…I use it all the time with my friends when I cancel but want to do it another time! I think his interest is low…the fact he did actually meet again was probably to see if there was something there. I would not bother with him…when you have to be the one constantly contacting him that means his interest is very low.

    #594787 Reply
    Amy

    He’s not interested. Stop reaching out.

    #594794 Reply
    Raven

    If a guy cancels @ doesn’t reschedule right then, say ok, delete his number & move on…

    #594800 Reply
    CMCC

    RAVEN, he did reschedule but when that day came his phone was broke so it had to be rescheduled again!! we did meet but it felt like he only did so out of politeness…

    #594802 Reply
    L

    Wait.. so CMCC is also the OP named blossom?

    didnt you just post as CMCC with the guy who had two dates with you and got anither girl pregnant… so this is a new guy?

    #594814 Reply
    bloom

    L, …OP??

    #594818 Reply
    L

    Original poster. You are using two different names to post about two totally different guys.

    #594823 Reply
    bloom

    yes L, two different recent dating scenarios

    #594877 Reply
    Phillygirl

    “Raincheck” means rescheduling. However, the person who asks for the raincheck is the one responsible for making new plans.

    If someone is facing a legitimate scheduling conflict (or sick) they will make every effort to reschedule, usually at the time they cancel. He was blowing you off. He probably only saw you later when he had nothing else going on.

    Never follow up with a man who cancels, that’s his job if he still wants to see you. And certainly don’t reach out more than once.

    If you don’t value yourself properly and refuse to tolerate such nonsense, you will continually find yourself in situations with less than stellar men. See yourself as a prize, not someone who has to accommodate a man who makes zero effort, and shows little to no interest.

    The “broken” or “lost” phone is the oldest and most used BS story to blow someone off. In this day and age ,few people can function 5 minutes without a cell. Come on, most people have them attached to their hand. And on the very infinitesimal chance it was true, he would reach out to you at his first opportunity to reschedule. That is the lamest excuse in the book.

    Please move on

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