Thought he stood me up on our date, turns out he died…
Literally what the title says, I’m in shock right now i don’t even know what to say really. We’ve been on 4 dates and instantly clicked and had so much in common and constantly talked and he was just awesome, slept together on our third date and it was amazing as well.
I really thought I had found a good one. And then right before our 5th date he went radio silent and promptly stood me up at the restaurant. Or so I thought.
I thought “oh well he probably got something better to do thank god it’s only been like 3 weeks and I didn’t get too invested” but I also really liked him and was hella mad.
4 whole days of me delving into every insecurity I ever had trying to find a reason he would ghost me like this and embarrass me by standing me up.
And then I met my friend (his coworker) who introduced him to me. I didn’t want to seem unpleasant or anything so I just told him to tell the guy I’m not mad that he stood me up, to then be met with the saddest look.
Friend: D..did you not know?
Me: Know what?
Friend: __ died. He got into a car crash on the 6th and died. How did you not know that?
I was speechless. For days I thought this wonderful guy ghosted me for no reason and was terribly pissed with him. Turns out he got clipped by a reckless driver and died on his way to our date. I don’t even know how to react. I’m just so flabbergasted right now. I’ve known him for less than a month, how does one even deal with something like this?