After several good conversations with him, it came time to meet in person, and he was nowhere to be found.

His no-show was a disappointment.

After such a great time talking to him online, you were genuinely looking forward to meeting him in person.

That was not to be.

He never showed up at the date and you were saddened.

To add insult to injury, he followed his no-show by unmatching you on the dating app.

Now, you wonder whether he was a catfish.

A catfish on a dating app uses someone else’s identity as his own.

He uses the person’s photos as his own.

His bio is filled with false information that is made to look enticing to a potential match, but doesn’t represent his own real life experience.

A catfish on a dating app is about deceit and subterfuge.

Some are catfishes for the money, knowing that by entrapping a match emotionally, it is that much easier to get said match to send them money upon requesting it in the foreseeable future.

Some are catfishes for the attention.

He likes it when a match is chatting with him online, giving him attention that he isn’t used to getting in real life.

Whenever a match asks him questions about himself, he is overjoyed, as he isn’t used to this in his day to day life.

He lives a boring life.

A life without much emotional fulfillment.

When a match shows this much interest in who he is as a person while chatting with him on a dating app, he becomes intoxicated with the attention.

Even if he has a partner of his own in real life, she isn’t showing him anywhere near the level of interest that he receives from his match.

The attention makes him feel alive and vibrant.

A catfish who only cares about attention knows that the subterfuge only lasts for so long.

At some point, a match wants to meet in real life.

He knows that this is coming.

He milks conversation with his match until that moment arrives.

The moment where the match wants to meet.

It is once this moment arrives that he knows the game is up.

He doesn’t show up to the planned date and blocks his match on the dating app.

All of this said, a guy that is a no-show at a date and subsequently blocks you on a dating app isn’t automatically a catfish.

There are regular men on dating apps who use their real identity and photos but end up being no-shows on dates.

These are men who never had an intention to meet any match in person.

His goal was attention too.

Just like a catfish.

Yes, catfishes and regular jerks do exist, and have similar behavioral traits on dating apps.

Should you see the same photos he used on his dating profile under a different name and with a completely different bio, as you swipe in the foreseeable future, he was a catfish.

Otherwise, this was a regular guy seeking attention on a dating app with no intention of ever meeting any matches face to face, including you.