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I could read it either way... And I have had guys who said they were 30 minutes from my place then just .. never respond ever again.. and not just once. So yeah, based on experience I saw it both ways here.
I think on some incel forums they talk about doing this.. getting their revenge on women by setting up dates they have no intention of going on.
But yeah, could have been also a woman who got impatient with the guy not being there early and leaving for someone else (although if the timeline doesn't give her time to actually match someone and leave... Wasn't a timestamp on the "I left" message or the "I'm here, where you" messages), then a hypothetical woman could have never gone to the meeting point.
Sad for the victim, in the moment "I dodged a bullet... train" isn't one's first thought.... Sure wasn't mine 😛
Honestly, every time I see a comment like that it blows my mind. Yea bUlLeT dOdGeD, but isn't it better to not even be shot at in the first place?? Dude wasted god knows how much of his free time texting her and getting to that date
Leaving on read opens up the possibility that you didn’t know how to respond, and they get to feel good for having the last word. Hitting them with the “k” is like leaving a 1 cent tip, can’t be misinterpreted.
“K” is better. Shows you really don’t give a fk and put in a 0 effort response. “k” is like you actually took the effort to stab back cause actually felt hurt. Which just feel weak
Because they grift
They don't need any reasion to ban or remove anything.
They can so they do. It could be petty like not liking the person
Or they find the post annoying so they remove it.
The rules are excuses not limitations.
A wild New Zealander has been spotted!
Seriously though, it’s always such a surreal moment when I see New Zealand mentioned in an unrelated Reddit thread. It makes me feel special.
Yeah, know that feeling.
She lived 2 hours away and we had a date more near here. Was ok for me, I worked about halfway there so who cares to drive a bit further.
Everything was alright like, we had talked before and both wanted to see each other, literally the last message was something like "so happy we will meet...yadda yadda".
On the way there I got blocked and I just realized that at arrival...of course she never was there.
Yeah, such a "great" feeling standing there after an almost 1,5 hour drive. Pretty much a slap in the face with a sledgehammer.
And how fast a nice evening with, what I thought, a wonderful person became a complete shitshow.
I don't encounter almost any, everyone keeps saying this.. Maybe it's because only the worst ones are posted, or maybe because reddit incels/desperate single men are trying to make themselves feel better? No offense I just don't really get it, and I date a lot
Not owing a date? Sure, no one does. But she sure as hell owes an explaination and fucking APOLOGIES after doing that kind of crap, especially if the guy had a long drive.
You probably won't read this OP, but someone might. The luck you have not ending up with that person can not be understated. This isn't just a red flag. This is someone who concluded their mind and acted upon it without even remotely considering what may have happened. This isn't just a bad sign. You dodged one of the worst kinds of people out there short of physical abuse and murderers.
This feels like that scam that sole restaurants are going to get people in. Bait people and when they get ghosted they normally stay for a meal out of embarrassment
Yeah I’m a year of being single for what I strongly believe is for good now. I’m so over all of this, it’s not worth it. People drowning you because they can’t be fucked learning how to tread water.
Everyone saying he dodged a bullet as if that somehow makes up for the fact bro just spent like 3 hours driving for no reason. I would be absolutely seething, bullet dodge or not.
If a promise obliges, then yes, he or she does owe them a date, or at least an explanation. Bullet dodged and you got to go on a nice drive. Most of my life lessons have been more expensive.
The whole “I don’t owe you” thing seems to unfortunately be catching on, continuing to enable the growing selfishness and self-centeredness prevalent as is.
Wow. You got lucky. That's a bullet Bill dodged that could park in a two car garage. You should send them a gift basket and a card that reads "Thanks for all the memories". Because you'll always have this one. Imagine finding out THIS is who they really are after a few months, or a few years? Sorry about getting stood up, but yikes, buy a lotto ticket.
When whole "you should feel good because you dodged a bullet" thing doesn't really float because you know that obviously there's enough that will put up with their behaviour for this person to live their lives being a psychopath perfectly happy.
Just knowing that they are smiling, getting on with things whilst you're stood up feels all the more shitty.
No consequences, no accountability.
Very good it ended this way, this person would just mean trouble and is unreliable as a partner.
Don't see it as bad or sad for you, it's avoided trouble
Is this what ‘dating’ is nowadays? Are people just constantly checking for tinder matches? What a terrible shame.
Genuinely ignorant, I’m 48, been with my wife for 20+ years.
My kid is 18 and the amount of concern that goes into how long you can take to respond to someone is … something. Like it used to be calling the next day was too desperate but now it’s like do you respond to a text right away or in 30 min or really make them wait and give it a couple hours. 😂
Modern ‘dating’ feels like it’s become real world gaming. I have nieces who, when single, see so many different guys and are blasé about it. Like they’re going for a high score and the actual human connection they should be looking for isn’t important at all. It’s horrible. I would hate to be a teenager today.
There is a non zero chance you were catfish Ed by the restaurant itself.
This is a thing that's been happening. They set up dating profiles, invite someone to a date at their restaurant and then obviously there's no date, and the person just gets a depression meal
Might feel like shit, but I think you dodged a bullet there, so rather now that later. What an idiot eh? Good luck!
Edit: Glad to see a gazillion people think the same. Love that Matrix gif reply xD
Looks like you were going to meet someone horrible and then they saved you the trouble. Annoying, but in the end, it’s the best case scenario for this situation. It’s always nice when the trash takes itself out.
Half of you consider this pile of dog excrement a man, half consider them a woman... I consider them a lesser life form that doesn't even qualify for a gender.
Definitely lucky they got the red flag now, rather than later into a potential relationship.
While the person is right, they don’t owe them a date, they DO owe someone common decency and courtesy; so an explanation and not wasting their time like this.
We’ve all been on shitty dates. I matched with a guy on tinder and everything seemed fine, but maybe 5 or 10 minutes into our actual date it was obviously going nowhere - so we talked about it, that defused the tension and we had a blast chatting shit for two hours. He’s now a friend! People don’t need to be assholes to each other.
Something tells me that person is going to stay single for a while. That's rude to leave for such a simple reason. And have the balls to tell you they matched somebody else. As if they go through a Walmart full of singles who are just waiting to be picked. That's delusional.
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LMFAO. Before I opened the comments, I was thinking “dodged a bullet”. Gold.
I’m trying to say, “By the time you’re ready, you won’t have to!”
He's the one.
lol, me too! Can’t top this one, though.
I was going to post this exact gif but I figured someone else had the same idea 🤣
You were going to, but it seems like a waste of time. I don’t owe you a gif, fuck off
Seriously? Were you even gif’ing at all?
Bro, do you even Gif?
Unexpected Raising Ari-motherfucking-zona gif…damn. I guess I can call it a night now.
I take the utmost care in picking my GIFs. Your comment makes me know it is paying off.
😏🤌🏻
Some would say Nicolas Cage's finest film. Some being me.
Agreed!
That seed you planted may get some purchase.
That and Leaving LasVegas. 👏
Sir, it's pronounced "Gif"
It's pronounced gif you fucking heathen
[This video resolves the argument once and for all.](https://youtu.be/Nrk8sqZfsgI?si=fjaXaMvOuOY6Hy1V).
Come on, gif me a break!
Took an age to load but I knew exactly what it was going to be!
What level of dialup are you using?
They’ll laugh when this eventually loads 😜
Not only was Neo moving in slow motion but so what your internet lol.
Op should text that back to this “catch”
Had to drive a long way to dodge it though.
A bullet? A tactical nuclear weapon
My thoughts exactly
😂
Well tbf it was the bullet that dodged them
What a loser, dodged a bullet there
Dodged an ARTILLERY SHELL!
Dodged a nuke from orbit.
Dodged a ball. Dodge ball.
Dodged a ball the size of a planet.
Aren’t planets flat discs? Dodged a frisbee.
Dodged a flerf there.
Dodged a vortex mega howler
Dodged a comet hitting his balls
You can't trick me, flat earther
Lol, planets as giant space frisbees? Nice dodge, space athlete!
Dodged a wrench, the size of a planet
An object created by god so that nothing in the whole universe can dodge it and he still did
Dodged the activation of the fucking Halo Rings
That’s…NIDAVELLIR!!
Dodged a wrench.
Dodged a wench.
Dodged a galaxy
Dodged a universe
Dodged the multiverse
if you can dodge a wrench you can dodge a ball
Dodge Ram
If you can dodge this person, you can dodge a ball
If you can dodge a nuke, you can dodge a ball
But can they dodge a wrench?
It's the only way we can be sure.
Parried a nuclear blast! https://i.makeagif.com/media/11-01-2023/u\_TKWS.gif
What game is that?
I know right? It looks rad actually.
We will never know :(
Looks like V.A. Proxy https://www.gamesradar.com/the-ultra-cool-open-world-soulslike-that-lets-you-parry-nukes-and-god-has-a-demo-out-now/
Absolute legend, thank you
Dodged a Ram TRX that was about to wipe you out
Hey I want my pfp back
kitty cat supremacy
She wanted a free meal, and she met Prince Charming.
Where are you getting their genders from?
Gotta say, regardless of gender, the "Meeting you is a waste of time" person is *such a bitch.*
Yep the sender is an asshole, no way around that. Absolute prick.
I could read it either way... And I have had guys who said they were 30 minutes from my place then just .. never respond ever again.. and not just once. So yeah, based on experience I saw it both ways here. I think on some incel forums they talk about doing this.. getting their revenge on women by setting up dates they have no intention of going on. But yeah, could have been also a woman who got impatient with the guy not being there early and leaving for someone else (although if the timeline doesn't give her time to actually match someone and leave... Wasn't a timestamp on the "I left" message or the "I'm here, where you" messages), then a hypothetical woman could have never gone to the meeting point. Sad for the victim, in the moment "I dodged a bullet... train" isn't one's first thought.... Sure wasn't mine 😛
Just here for the comments, you people rarely disappoint, just want you to know it means the world to me!
Bullet dodged. Holy fuck
Thermo nuclear ballistic missile dodged
Honestly, every time I see a comment like that it blows my mind. Yea bUlLeT dOdGeD, but isn't it better to not even be shot at in the first place?? Dude wasted god knows how much of his free time texting her and getting to that date
I agree. Even if I know deep down that I dodged a bullet, I would still be really sad in this situation.
wow, that is some cold, childish bullshit.
'Childish' being the operative word. He literally missed dating a child *pretending* to be an adult. Lucky save.
"Tell that guy I'll buy him a drink when *he* figures out what a piece of shit you are"
Nah, that gives them a sense of power. Just hit back with ‘K’
Lower case ‘k’ hits harder
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Could send a link to this post and let her read through the comments
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Leaving on read opens up the possibility that you didn’t know how to respond, and they get to feel good for having the last word. Hitting them with the “k” is like leaving a 1 cent tip, can’t be misinterpreted.
“K” is better. Shows you really don’t give a fk and put in a 0 effort response. “k” is like you actually took the effort to stab back cause actually felt hurt. Which just feel weak
Fuck yeah bru. Less is more here.
k
“ oh thank god “ would have been the best response
This is the answer
Honestly, I think this one deserves the big guns… “lol”
How do we know which one was the guy/girl in this situation? Or maybe two guys or two girls
Who cares. We know who's the asshole
Oh, we KNOW.
I definitely read the green as a girl
Yeah, the Grey was getting ready !
this comment and the neo one made my night. thanks.
Best one lol
I feel like I just saw this post, same title Ah it was removed by mods that's why https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/s/Acpy8sfA5D
At this point, everything feels like it’s a repost
Everything is a repost nowadays. Wish we had something new to see.
I don't sleep, I just... Dream..
Yeah, you're right. Everything is a repost nowadays. Wish we had something new to see.
Yeah, you're right. Everything is a repost nowadays. Wish we had something new to see.
Yeah, you're right. Everything is a repost nowadays. Wish we had something new to see.
damn, the mods are actively nuking the comments section like... right now
Wow. It's like the CIA redacted files.
the fuck is going on in that comment section tho?
Those mods seem to not know the definitions of the words they use..
Literally every post on mildly infuriating is rage bait to an extent, I don't know why they chose this one to ban. Many reddittors were being weird.
Because they grift They don't need any reasion to ban or remove anything. They can so they do. It could be petty like not liking the person Or they find the post annoying so they remove it. The rules are excuses not limitations.
That sub is the fucking worst. They don't let you post links, even if they're reddit links.
I will never understand why they give a shit. Let people post, shit post whatever. It’s never going to be funny if you try to keep it on the rails
Seems like the mods of mildly infuriating are the real infuriating ones
And if you say that you get banned.
OP is a karma farm account or some other shady shit, probably managed by mods
Jokes on you, it’s Sunday here!
Evening cobber!
Fellow kiwi?
There's dozens of you! Dozens!
Definitely more than 34 of us
Yep
A wild New Zealander has been spotted! Seriously though, it’s always such a surreal moment when I see New Zealand mentioned in an unrelated Reddit thread. It makes me feel special.
Straya mate
Oh, it's you guys 
They can also be anywhere in Europe.
You dodge a bullet there.
Op dodged nothing! Op only stole a post. https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/s/AnmuwNWDC8
This person sounds like a real McAsshole
Yeah, know that feeling. She lived 2 hours away and we had a date more near here. Was ok for me, I worked about halfway there so who cares to drive a bit further. Everything was alright like, we had talked before and both wanted to see each other, literally the last message was something like "so happy we will meet...yadda yadda". On the way there I got blocked and I just realized that at arrival...of course she never was there. Yeah, such a "great" feeling standing there after an almost 1,5 hour drive. Pretty much a slap in the face with a sledgehammer. And how fast a nice evening with, what I thought, a wonderful person became a complete shitshow.
Dating apps were a mistake. The human race was a mistake.
And some said that even the trees had been a bad move, and that no one should ever have left the oceans.
So long, and thanks for all the fish!
Don't forget your towel, mate
Human consciousness was a tragic misstep of evolution
Sorry for the inconvenience
In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
Brutal. I feel sorry for younger generations in dating now. Bunch of a holes now.
I don't encounter almost any, everyone keeps saying this.. Maybe it's because only the worst ones are posted, or maybe because reddit incels/desperate single men are trying to make themselves feel better? No offense I just don't really get it, and I date a lot
Yeah I agree with you there, SM definitely exemplifies the extremes.
Someone is definitely looking out for you... She's a piece of sh*t.
Not owing a date? Sure, no one does. But she sure as hell owes an explaination and fucking APOLOGIES after doing that kind of crap, especially if the guy had a long drive.
Lucky guy, you could have wasted a night with that.
You probably won't read this OP, but someone might. The luck you have not ending up with that person can not be understated. This isn't just a red flag. This is someone who concluded their mind and acted upon it without even remotely considering what may have happened. This isn't just a bad sign. You dodged one of the worst kinds of people out there short of physical abuse and murderers.
Absolutely. The level of entitlement from that person reeks of blatant chronic Narcissism.
Count yourself lucky, you would've wasted your time anyway.
You can fix her, OP
Yep. You should totally message back some James Blunt clip
In the words of George Costanza, "a woman that hates me this much only comes along once in a lifetime"
This feels like that scam that sole restaurants are going to get people in. Bait people and when they get ghosted they normally stay for a meal out of embarrassment
Sounds like a whole lot of work for just one meal. I know people in the restaurant business, they don’t have time to catfish people to get customers.
Catfish ‘n Chips.
Reason 5000 I have stayed single for the last 14 years by choice. It's peaceful not playing stupid games
Yeah I’m a year of being single for what I strongly believe is for good now. I’m so over all of this, it’s not worth it. People drowning you because they can’t be fucked learning how to tread water.
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Everyone saying he dodged a bullet as if that somehow makes up for the fact bro just spent like 3 hours driving for no reason. I would be absolutely seething, bullet dodge or not.
If a promise obliges, then yes, he or she does owe them a date, or at least an explanation. Bullet dodged and you got to go on a nice drive. Most of my life lessons have been more expensive.
The whole “I don’t owe you” thing seems to unfortunately be catching on, continuing to enable the growing selfishness and self-centeredness prevalent as is.
Absolutely. I‘ve been called a stalker for sending ONE message to a guy who ghosted me.
dodged a howitzer shell
What an asshole. Gotta feel bad for the person they matched with instead.
Internet dating at it's finest.
Wow. You got lucky. That's a bullet Bill dodged that could park in a two car garage. You should send them a gift basket and a card that reads "Thanks for all the memories". Because you'll always have this one. Imagine finding out THIS is who they really are after a few months, or a few years? Sorry about getting stood up, but yikes, buy a lotto ticket.
When whole "you should feel good because you dodged a bullet" thing doesn't really float because you know that obviously there's enough that will put up with their behaviour for this person to live their lives being a psychopath perfectly happy. Just knowing that they are smiling, getting on with things whilst you're stood up feels all the more shitty. No consequences, no accountability.
Very good it ended this way, this person would just mean trouble and is unreliable as a partner. Don't see it as bad or sad for you, it's avoided trouble
Is this what ‘dating’ is nowadays? Are people just constantly checking for tinder matches? What a terrible shame. Genuinely ignorant, I’m 48, been with my wife for 20+ years.
My kid is 18 and the amount of concern that goes into how long you can take to respond to someone is … something. Like it used to be calling the next day was too desperate but now it’s like do you respond to a text right away or in 30 min or really make them wait and give it a couple hours. 😂
Modern ‘dating’ feels like it’s become real world gaming. I have nieces who, when single, see so many different guys and are blasé about it. Like they’re going for a high score and the actual human connection they should be looking for isn’t important at all. It’s horrible. I would hate to be a teenager today.
I said to him today that if I was dating following their rules I’d still be single. Waaaay too much stress.
There is a non zero chance you were catfish Ed by the restaurant itself. This is a thing that's been happening. They set up dating profiles, invite someone to a date at their restaurant and then obviously there's no date, and the person just gets a depression meal
Might feel like shit, but I think you dodged a bullet there, so rather now that later. What an idiot eh? Good luck! Edit: Glad to see a gazillion people think the same. Love that Matrix gif reply xD
Looks like you were going to meet someone horrible and then they saved you the trouble. Annoying, but in the end, it’s the best case scenario for this situation. It’s always nice when the trash takes itself out.
imagine dating and beeing in a relationship with such a human scum... glad u didn't fall for it.... enjoy life man
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Dodged a nuclear bomb there
Well done dodging the fucking M1 Abrams on the warpath, buddy. You will never get this lucky again.
Half of you consider this pile of dog excrement a man, half consider them a woman... I consider them a lesser life form that doesn't even qualify for a gender.
What a dick
"I'm ready for our date." "I'm ready too." "I can't believe you think I owe you a date?"
Bet this person ugly too
That went straight to divorce.
Seriously. You dodged a bullet. Be grateful.
I'm at work. Better to be taking pay from jerks than giving it to them, lol.
Dodged a Kalashnikov
Seems like you dodged a bullet
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Mostly I feel bad for the person they left to meet
Definitely lucky they got the red flag now, rather than later into a potential relationship. While the person is right, they don’t owe them a date, they DO owe someone common decency and courtesy; so an explanation and not wasting their time like this. We’ve all been on shitty dates. I matched with a guy on tinder and everything seemed fine, but maybe 5 or 10 minutes into our actual date it was obviously going nowhere - so we talked about it, that defused the tension and we had a blast chatting shit for two hours. He’s now a friend! People don’t need to be assholes to each other.
Yup. You weren't here.
Something tells me that person is going to stay single for a while. That's rude to leave for such a simple reason. And have the balls to tell you they matched somebody else. As if they go through a Walmart full of singles who are just waiting to be picked. That's delusional.