r/OnlineDating

I saw this lady over three weeks ago. Date went great, about 5 hrs, and we had been hitting it off super well over text. Due to schedule constraints, she wasn't able to meet until yesterday (Sat). I tried to get her to do a Facetime in the meantime and she agreed, but backed out of it due to getting busy with work. Even on Wed of this week, we had like an hr long back and forth texting convo. Friday night she messages me and tells me she was sick because of getting flu shot and profusely apologized for having to cancel. I was annoyed because we had this scheduled so far in advance and in my experience, women use "getting sick" as an excuse to back out of dates. It's also very disrespectful of my time to cancel. But I want to give her the benefit of the doubt. I asked her to let me know when she would want to reschedule and shd said next weekend. I told her to name the time and I'll make it work and...I've just heard nothing. Didn't even read my message yet after like 40 hours. I know she isn't bed ridden sick because she was posting pictures of her dog on IG.

Should I just cut it off at this point?

I (22m), liked a girl on hinge in August 2025. She matched with me in September 2025, and frankly, I was bad at communicating and messaged her one time on October 3, 2025.

She never responded to the message until October 4, 2026.

We had a very bland conversation tbh, but she’s really hot and I figure I might as well respond in case something actually could come of it (I’m in no need to have a serious relationship with her).

Any ideas on something I can say in a sort of funny way to acknowledge the gap?

So I’ve been talking to this guy online for almost a month now and I feel like we really get along but I still want to keep my personal information safe. He doesn’t live in the same state as me so I don’t really want to give him my phone number yet because I hear that it’s very easy to trace things like my address. At this point, I’m sure of who he is but I still want to be cautious because you never really know anyone’s real intentions.

I’m in my early 30s, and I know some people my age feel a lot of pressure around having kids within a certain timeline. I honestly don’t, at all.
I don’t want to close the door on having children. If I meet the right person and kids happen to be part of our future, I’d be happy with that. But I’m also not dating with a “I need to have kids by X age” mindset, and I don’t feel like motherhood is something I need to force into my life if it isn’t meant for me. I’m more of the mentality of, if it feels right or it’s meant to happen, then it does.
My question is more about how men interpret the Tinder label. Since Tinder only gives me “wants kids,” I’m wondering if having that on my profile makes it sound like I’m dead set on having children or working against a biological clock.
Would you interpret “wants kids” that strongly, or simply as someone who would like children with the right person?
I may be overthinking it, but I’m curious how other people read that label- if at all