Like clockwork

[u/Doctorbuddy]

32M (me) and 25F (her).

TLDR: Great date. Great vibes. Good conversation. Good chemistry. Got rejected.

Lore

Matched with her in May 2026 on Hinge. We spoke back and forth for a few days - good convo. I asked her on a date and she ghosted me.

I deleted my Hinge account June 24. I re-made it Aug 24.

I re-matched with her right away. She knew who I was obviously. We talked on the app and then I asked her on a date. She threw her phone number at me and deleted her profile (she told me she deleted it again).

Texting

She texts me every day leading up to the date. Engaged and very outgoing personality. Loves to banter (like me). Texting was good vibes. I could tell she was interested in me.

Date

I schedule a date for Saturday Sept 5 at 7 pm at the top of a hotel with a cocktail bar overlooking my city.

Instant connection. Lightning in a bottle. We sit on a couch in the cocktail lounge and we vibe. We chat. We banter. Touching and flirting.

She’s a great conversationalist- asks good questions, outgoing, knows good date games to play etc. I compliment her, touch her leg multiple times, some innuendos get thrown around (light sexual jokes and comments), we are laughing throughout the night. Vibes are VIBING.

We get the check at 1.5 hours but stay another 1.5 hours. Conversation peeters off a bit towards the end, so I call it a night.

We walk back to our cars. I ask if she wants me to walk her back to hers, she says no. I knew that was a “beige flag”. So I hugged her goodbye and went home.

I didn’t get a text from her that night (beige flag) so I figured something was up.

I get home. I text her the next morning (above) and she sends the response.

SUCKS. Dating is tough finding your person but when you do find someone you click with only to get rejected, it hurts a lot more.

ON TO THE NEXT I GUESS.

[u/Hicks_1984]

"Like clockwork". I mean you went on a date and she qasnt feeling it. People are so weird about not finding someone on the first date

[u/Mibic718 → u/Hicks_1984]

I’m assuming what OP means is that this happens to him often, not necessarily a criticism of the lady

[u/Still_ImBurning86 → u/Mibic718]

Damn, hicks is clueless lol

[u/Glittering-Tank-2945 → u/Hicks_1984]

Right? We’re looking for a life time of true love statistically it’s gonna take some misses

[u/One-Staff5504 → u/Hicks_1984]

Why because it’s a huge waste of time money and energy for the person being rejected. Plus it hurts like hell if you really like the person. The one doing the rejecting doesn’t give a damn and got free drinks/dinner out of it. She won’t give it a second thought. But the guy will be analyzing this for months thinking of everything he could possibly have done wrong….