Riddle me this...
Why would you arrange to see someone, text them throughout the day to confirm you will be seeing them. And then not see them?
No excuses. No apologies. Not even a cancellation.
Just no answer.
Seem a bit odd?
I thought so too.
So here's the situation:
There's a boy in Sydney
- we'll call him Scott - who I have been seeing casually.
It's not a relationship, there is no commitment. But when I'm there, or he is here, we see each other.
We stay in touch via email and text and, I thought at least, we were friends.
I arrived in Sydney on Friday night and caught up with Scott. All good. We went out with some friends and had a fun night.
Saturday morning, we go to brunch. Everything's normal.
Saturday evening he has a 30th to go to and I am catching up with other friends so we agree to stay in touch but if we don't see each other, we'll do something on Sunday.
We speak later that night and are both exhausted so flag meeting up.
The next day, he's spending the afternoon with his Mum (who is visiting from NZ) but should be done by 5pm so will call me then.
This background may seem trivial but it's necessary to understand how bizarre/incredibly rude/infuriating the following events are.
At 4pm, Scott texts saying he's been a good son, spent day with Mum, will be free by 7 and will call me then.
Sweet as.
Seven comes and goes. So at 7.30pm, I give him a call. No answer.
By 9.30pm, I still haven't heard from him. I call again and leave a message: "Hey, thought I would have heard from you by now. What's going on?"
Then nothing. No call, no text. Nothing.
It is now two days later and I haven't heard a thing.
It is just so strange. Why bother staying in touch if you had no intention of seeing me?
If something came up, fair enough, but surely you could have taken two minutes to text me and let me know.
It's just bad manners.
And completely out of character. Up until this point, Scott has always been reliable and made an effort to see me, no matter how busy he is.
So now I am left confused, annoyed and generally feeling a bit shit, with no explanation on the horizon.
Do these things happen to other people as well or am I just a universal magnet for idiots?
And before anyone asks, no nothing has happened to him. I know for a fact he is fine.
