Well, it seems that everyone lost in this story. The truth is, dating is really difficult, because the implied stakes are so high. This magnifies each person’s imperfections, awkwardness, insecurities, etc. From the story, at least, the guy didn’t seem like a complete A-hole. He did seem immature and inexperienced with women. Both he and the author seemed to be unable to relate to each other as fellow humans, warts and all. As an older person who has dabbled in the dating world, I just find this so frustrating. Quit making it so difficult people! (I’ll try to do my part, but no promises. 😆)