I have had extremely bad luck with online dating, whether on the free or the paid sites. I recently was having what I thought was a good connection with a woman until we were supposed to finally meet. The day before, she stopped returning texts and blocked my number, she deleted her profile and couldnt be reached. After a week of silence she started texting me again and claimed that her phone wasnt receiving my calls or texts. I was feeling desperate so I ignored the obvious signs of problems and we started talking again. The next time we were supposed to meet almost the same thing happened. We were supposed to meet at 4pm, I called her and she was running errands instead and said she would call me when she was done. She never called and wouldnt return my calls or messages. After a couple angry texts she finally responded with what were obvious lies. I just want to know what the motivation may be for someone to string along another person like that.

They are called Catfish!

Yeah, also shows, being "desperate" and online dating don't go together.

Sorry to hear what happened to you, unfortunatley it is so easy to hide behind a screen create any persona you want to be and i have had a similar experience to yourself, please do not let it put you off dating sites because there ARE genuine people out there! The one thing I can not understand is WHY? Why play games with a persons head KNOWING you are going to hurt them deeply? My experience happened a long time ago and hindsight is a wonderful thing it was the first time I had experienced the devious mind of a pathological liar , the knock on effect can be mentally horrendus,fortunately I did not tar all men with the same brush and have met some wonderful guys , since that horrific episode in my life I always insist on a picture, and contact details, genuine people have no problem with that... good luck! Xx

Don't you watch the show "Catfish" on MTV? That's an eye opener.

I must watch this "catfish " thanku xx

Hmm. Stood up ..I've been stood up side down..lol.. I've been stood over..mmmmm

We had each others contact info, spoke on the phone, exchanged pictures. That is why I am so confused. Things seemed to be going really well and then nothing out of the blue. I'm over it now, I was just frustrated at the time.

Welcome to the internet dating world.

Lot of nutters out there.

Put it down to experience and never relax until you have met in person and their picture matches them in real life lol