He Showed Up To A Date 10 Minutes Late And She Left Before He Got There So He Broke Down
A man lives in a pretty big city somewhere here in America, and so it’s quite easy for him to find women to date due to the sheer volume of women who live where he does.
3 years ago, he decided he would take a break from dating, and recently, he decided to dip his toe back into the dating pond.
He went to a speed dating event and he met a woman that he was interested in. He exchanged numbers with her and they began texting before talking about going on an official date.
They made plans for a Thursday evening, but then he, unfortunately, sprained his ankle and had to cancel on her because of the pain.
That Friday, he spent the entire morning putting ice on his ankle and he thought he was up to go on a date after all.
He texted his woman to see if she was available that night at 7 p.m. and she said yes.
“Now, I don’t go on many dates so I was excited and decided to override the slight pain in the ankle,” he explained.
“I dressed up, took the subway, and got to the location before time only to realize that although the name was the same, the actual location was about 2 miles off.”
He didn’t immediately realize his mistake though because his date texted him to say that she was running late.
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He waited around…then noticed he was not at the place he was supposed to be. As soon as that dawned on him, he sent his date a text pointing out that he was at the wrong place.
He said that he was really sorry for being late now and gave her an update on his ETA. His date also happened to be running late, so he figured there wouldn’t be a problem.
“I was about 10 away when she texted that she’d reached our meetup point and asked where I was,” he said.
“I told her like 10 away and she replied that she couldn’t wait and that she was leaving. I was jumping turnstiles trying to catch my train.”
He saw her text 2 minutes after she had sent it to him, and he was only one subway stop from the correct location.
He immediately texted her to say sorry again before requesting that she wait for him since he was so close.
“She replied, “I left. Sorry.” I asked her if we could reschedule for another day. No reply,” he continued.
“I got off the train at the designated meetup spot, stunned slightly. In a daze, I took another random train cause I had no other plan for the evening.”
“On the train, I was suddenly overcome by emotion. I had been on two dates recently where the girl was late by 20-30 minutes on average. Both times, I waited for them, didn’t kick up a stink when I met them, accepted their apology (not needed), and had a great time with them.”
“So I broke down on the train slightly because I was confused.”
He couldn’t figure out if he was a massive jerk for making an honest mistake, or if all the girls that he had previously gone on dates with were truly terrible, or if he was just someone who let people walk all over him and waste his precious time.
Regardless of what’s true and what’s not, none of those possibilities add up to him feeling good about himself, and he’s still left feeling awful.
“I’m an average looking guy so dates are few and far between,” he added. “This experience has sort of maligned my past dates too now in hindsight.”
“I’m not looking for sympathy nor trying to malign that girl. Some people are punctual and tardiness could be a dealbreaker. But since I’m assuming she had already set a couple of hours aside for the date, what was the harm in waiting a few minutes.”
Do you think it’s crazy that his date just couldn’t wait a couple of more minutes for him? Because I sure do.
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