Broke Up, Feeling Depressed

[Wingus Dingus]

14. My son is having some of the same problems you describe in dating online--

getting ghosted a lot, that sort of thing. All the women he's met or dated have real issues, too. Abusive ex-husbands that stalk him and the woman when they go on dates, serious mental-health issues, dishonesty...one girl told him after a month of dating that he would never be allowed at her apartment because "her roommates don't like him". He told me he never even met her roommates. I think she was probably living with a man and was cheating on him with my son.

The last woman he met online he dated for five months. He was in love with her despite her depression/mental health issues, wanted us to meet her. She ended their relationship abruptly via a text message while he was at work (she knew he was at work, he works the same hours every day/week), and then cut off all communication. He was devastated, and still had to go through the rest of his workday trying (and failing) to focus and hold it together. Deliberately cruel person. That's the kind of garbage girls he's been meeting online. I wish he could meet someone who is at least kind and somewhat stable. Edit to add: I don't have any advice for you, just letting you know there are other guys in your situation. It sucks.