A while ago, a friend went on a dinner date with a man she met on Tinder. His looks lived up to his profile picture, they had common interests, he was charming, they shared a few laughs. Everything went swimmingly. More dates followed. They continued to hit it off. Then silence. No responses to her messages, no phone calls, no texts. “Has he fallen off the face of the earth?” she wondered.
She was forced to face a harsh reality — he just wasn’t that into her. He’d clearly been seeing several people and had found someone better. More suited to his tastes, whatever. She was hurt and confused — had she misread the signs? She’d genuinely thought she’d felt a connection this time round.
Months later, the man contacted her again. Turns out, he’d been diagnosed with cancer and had been understandably distracted from his romantic life. He explained he needed
