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I went out on a couple of dates with a man a few months ago, and it didn’t work out. Tonight he tried asking me out again, and I very gently let him down. At which point he decided to become incredibly abusive. Shaken up and trying my best not to feel guilty....
I really wish there was a register for men like this, because if his reaction at being told ‘No’ by someone he barely knows is anything to go by, I’ve just dodged a serious bullet. I dread to think what has happened in his past relationships. Very, very scary.
Have blocked him and, thankfully, he doesn’t know where I live. But as someone with trauma in my past, this experience - he was someone I met via Tinder - has really scared me.
It was all just words, but I don’t doubt from suddenness of the outburst and the violence of them, that he would be someone capable of turning it physical. I am willing to bet he has a history of bad behaviour towards women.
I will never use online dating apps again (and not just because I don’t need to at the moment!) because it makes it so easy for dangerous people to conceal their identity and prey on unsuspecting women. There are no checks/verification etc.
Feeling rather bloody lucky. I wouldn’t have gone out with him again because something didn’t feel right to me, and now I’m wondering whether that was an instinct warning me? A lesson here: always trust your gut if something seems off.
