D,

I’m sorry it didn’t work out with the latest guy and I can understand you’re really frustrated. Surviving D is a great place to learn things especially in the dating world. I’ve noticed in several of your posts you will text guys 3-4 times with out a response. IMO that makes you come off as being needy and sometimes unstable. Rarely should you double text without a response. NEVER do you quadruple text.

Your latest situation IMO should be handled as follows:

I’m sorry to hear about your son and I completely understand. Text me later and let me know how’s he’s doing. Then you wait. He doesn’t text you move on. He texts you let him set up the next date. If he doesn’t set one up in a reasonable amount of time you move on.

It’s really that simple.