I have texting with a GENTLEMAN for quite a few months he DISSAPEARED last week?

Abducted by aliens?
Turned into a covid vaccine zombie?
His wife caught him?
It's 2021, maybe his husband caught him?

yeah ... probably could not handle the pressure or he could have bumped into his soulmate .... speculation galore!!!

I was stood up once by a dude I was to meet for the first time and have dinner with. We hadn't talked much nor for long. I somehow felt in my bones he was going to be a no-show after I declined him picking me up at home. I don't want a stranger to know my address.
Since I had that strong feeling I had dinner at home before I left to meet him. And he indeed didn't show. I shrugged and went home, and was happy I was smart enough to already dine beforehand :)

But ghosted after such a long time, nope.
I wouldn't just text for that long either. You don't know what you're dealing with until you meet. And if they hold off meeting you know something isn't right.
However harsh it is, probably is like Slim Gym says: he met someone and fell in love.

Thanks sparkling I appreciate you sharing it all makes good old fashioned sense, Bev

Not much of a gentleman if he was a no "call" no show. Even in my lifestyle, I never fail to meet without an explanation of why. You may have dodged a bullet by his neglect. Don't give up. The next one might be that guy you are seeking

His loss

No problem. I am aware that in a big country as the US it isn't always easy to meet someone. My country is minute in comparison (The Netherlands).
But I too learnt the hard way that chatting-only can be very misleading. My one date-from-hell was with a man I had chatted with a little longer (not months though) but very often, daily, as we both felt this connection and were drawn to one another. We both felt we had found the match from heaven. He was as eager as me to meet as I was, even though he had to drive for almost 3 hours.
But it turned into the date from hell the second I got out of my car and received his first comment when he saw me.
I tried to stay polite, after all he'd driven far for me on a very hot day. But half an hour in I walked out on him and went home. Steam out of my ears as he had been nothing but rude for the full half hour.
That's how I learnt to never assume anything anymore from chatting-only.

On the up-side... I have also had men on chat who told me after 1-2 great conversations that they had met someone shortly before bumping into me online. And even though they like me they wanted to give it a chance with that other lady.
So there ARE good guys that are honest.
So indeed, never give up hope!!

I’ve been stood up 3 times. Twice by the same guy. More fool me for giving him a second chance These were local guys from another dating site.

The excuse given by the guy that stood me up twice was that he bottled it because he thought I was out of his league

WE ALL DESERVE RESPECT LAST EVENING I WAS HANGING OUT CHEAKING MESSAGES LONE BEHOLD WHO SHOULD TEXT ME YES TOBY KEITH THE COUNTRY WESTERN ICON, HE SAID WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON HERE? YOUR TO BEAUTIFUL, HUH I SAID I HAVE FRIENDS ON THE FORUMS, BUT IN HIS PROFILE HE WROTE DRINKS DAILY, RED FLAG, divorced 5 MONTHS IM LOOKING FOR A REAL WOMAN NOT A MODEL OR A ACTRESS, THEY ALL USED ME FOR MY MONEY HUH BUT HE ALLOWED IT I SAID IM NOT A DRINKER NOR DO I DO DRUGS, I HAVE MY HEALTH ISSUES, I ENJOY COUNTRY MUSIC THE OLDER MUSIC, BUT NOT TO SELL MY SOUL CHARLIE DANIELS SAID IT WELL HE DELETED HIS PROFILE THIS IS MY STORY, LOL BEVERLY

Yeah it sucks and today’s his birthday

Possible he realized you were just scamming him!!?? Always two sides to every story!!!!

I meant to say I never said you were doing that but possible he thought so because honestly!!!! Every single last "person" I have dealt with here has been either fake or a scammer !!!!

same

Hey Coldersky. (minus the halo)

A week isn't long any hooz. sometimes real life takes over.

Been ghosted loads of times. They're like Phantoms.

Just as well there's no pheromones eh?

Omg i know the feeling lol but life must go onnn~~ there's plenty of fishes in the sea but the thing is that the amount of time, feelings, efforts are wasted on the WRONG person.

yes alot of fakes n scammers it seems on here

Was texting a girl getting on well then suddenly blocked I was like omg what have I done or said question every sentence messes with ur head

All to common on dating sites, if they are local it's better to arrange a meeting just for coffee and chat as soon as possible, and save wasting your time in messaging people who turn out to be fakes.

try being ghosted after physically dating a girl with a daughter from another marriage in person irl.... for 5 years