Bad things that every dater will experience

If you're dating in the 21st century, it's inevitable that you'll have these experiences:

1. You go on what feels like a fantastic first date. Great conversation, wonderful chemistry. But when you text them afterwards (maybe later that night or the next day), they ghost you or hit you with a rejection.
2. The person you're seeing tells you they're just not ready to date anyone right now. Then you find out through social media that they're dating someone else.
3. You've started dating someone, and you're both in agreement that ghosting sucks. They tell you that they would never ghost someone; they'd rather be upfront and break up. A few weeks later, they ghost you.
4. You're seeing someone who's starting to fade on you. They're texting you less, responding to you slower, hanging out with you less often, etc. You ask them what's going on, and they say, "I'm just really busy with work/family right now. I still like you." But they keep fading away, and eventually they go completely silent.
5. The person you're seeing breaks it off, telling you they're not over their ex. Then you see them active on Hinge/Tinder/Coffee Meets Bagel.

You'll go through all these, and possibly even worse. But in the words of Kelly Clarkson: What doesn't kill you makes you stronger!

Submitted October 27, 2020 at 12:00AM

If you're dating in the 21st century, it's inevitable that you'll have these experiences:You go on what feels like a fantastic first date. Great conversation, wonderful chemistry. But when you text them afterwards (maybe later that night or the next day), they ghost you or hit you with a rejection.The person you're seeing tells you they're just not ready to date anyone right now. Then you find out through social media that they're dating someone else.You've started dating someone, and you're both in agreement that ghosting sucks. They tell you that they would never ghost someone; they'd rather be upfront and break up. A few weeks later, they ghost you.You're seeing someone who's starting to fade on you. They're texting you less, responding to you slower, hanging out with you less often, etc. You ask them what's going on, and they say, "I'm just really busy with work/family right now. I still like you." But they keep fading away, and eventually they go completely silent.The person you're seeing breaks it off, telling you they're not over their ex. Then you see them active on Hinge/Tinder/Coffee Meets Bagel.You'll go through all these, and possibly even worse. But in the words of Kelly Clarkson: What doesn't kill you makes you stronger!