Some first dates go well and some others don’t.
The people who tend to have the most success with the first date are the ones who don’t get carried away with expectations.
People can often get carried away with expectations for that first date based on how well their interaction has been going with the person that they are interested in online.
Always think safety first.
Meet your date at a public place.
Even though it is a public place, you should still ensure that it is an active public place.
He was never serious about meeting you in the first place.
Getting flaked on was probably the last thing on your mind, given how good of a time you have been having with this guy on the dating site.
However, he may have simply wanted to have someone to talk to for a while.
It is, as long as you don’t expect the other person to take down their online dating profile as well.
When you do something like this and expect the other person that you have been on three dates with to do the same, you will be putting a lot of stress on your interaction with this person.
You should also understand that by taking down your online dating profile after going on three dates with someone, you could be setting some very strong expectations for how you want this interaction to turn out.
Ask for a date when you feel that you have spent a sufficient amount of time getting to know this person that you met on an online dating site.
Oftentimes, you will have a good sense of this based on all of the information that you have already gathered about this person so far and the information that you have also divulged about yourself.
You will often know when to ask for a date because you would have gotten to the point where you no longer have the preliminary internal questions that you may have had at the start of your interaction with this person on the online dating site.