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Woman perplexed after man asks her to ‘step outside’ 2 minutes into their date
There are good dates and bad dates. But a womans experience of the shortest date ever is nothing like youve ever heard.
Unlike meeting someone organically, matching with people on dating apps can be a nerve-wracking experience. Here’s another story that might make you want to stop using dating apps altogether.
Woman narrates the ‘shortest date ever’
Little did TikTok user Maggie Smith know her latest planned date would be the last one when she agreed to meet a man she met on a dating app.
In a video that’s amassed over 13 million views, she details the “shortest date” ever, which she claims lasted less than two minutes.
She matched with a man on an unnamed dating app and they decided to go to a restaurant for their first date. They hugged upon seeing each other and the man entered the restaurant as Maggie followed him.
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Soon he asked her to step out “for a minute” and said: “I am not trying to offend you, but I am not feeling it.” Maggie, unable to wrap her head around what had just happened, just walked to her car in silence.
Thus ended the first date leaving her confused and disappointed. At the end of her video, she says “Dating when you’re fat sucks”, which prompted social media users to shower her with love and support.
The viral video was met with overwhelmingly positive and negative reactions. When some users assumed Maggie was rejected by the dater because her pictures on the app were “deceiving”, the rest of them called out the trolls for “body shaming.”
In a follow-up video, Maggie reveals all of her photos on the dating app, which appears recent and unedited.
How to cope with rejection healthily
Maggie felt online dating was detrimental to her mental health, so she decided to delete them and focus on herself. A dating expert has similar advice about coping with rejection healthily.
UK’s top celebrity dating coach, James Peerce, told The Focus that daters should stop taking rejection personally as it often has to do with the other person.
A left swipe isn’t a reflection of your worth. Everybody has unique tastes and preferences, so tell yourself the match wasn’t meant to work out.
You can treat it as a “personal cupid” guiding you towards better matches and potential partners or turn the negative experience positive to focus on making better choices.
Last but not least, you’re more than a left swipe. “True self-love acts as a shield against the sting of rejection. When youre grounded in self-worth, rejection becomes as inconsequential as the water off a ducks back,” he said.
