I mean, that's not actually vastly different from what I said. You put it in clear concise and coherent terms, especially number 3, but where I'm from, guys take girls numbers just to know they can. And they often times do nothing with it. Many girls have had the conversation of "Why would this guy take my number and not use it?" I've had guys that I knew tell me they've done this exact thing and they do it for the exact same reason girls do it. Things happen, and people are people and you can't always account for other people's actions.
I agree on the passive-aggression completely. Girls kind of have to be passive-aggressive. It might not make sense to you guys, but you can get called everything from a lady to a b**** in about 2.5 seconds if you don't choose your words wisely. Everything is a threat to a guy's ego and sometimes blocking you just goes down better than being verbally attacked.
I mean I came in this thread and chose the honesty route, and not what sounded best. I didn't come in here to be best woman of the year, and so when you asked me the question, I answered honestly.
As to me actually setting up a date with someone and giving you all the actual hints that I would go out on a date and then ignoring you? I personally have never done that. At first I thought you were referencing just exchanging numbers and then going ghost. I don't online date or app date- yet- so I don't know what exactly that standard protocol is. Maybe, like I said before, the informality of those alternative dating methods make the girl think it's okay to not communicate in a decent way that they're no longer interested. I have also never personally given out my address and then ignored someone, which seems particularly dangerous. What I have done is met you informally like in a club, a party, or outside, exchanged numbers, probably texted a bit and then gone ghost.
Also I have never hit up a guy out of the blue for anything unless he was my boyfriend. So that's just a sign that the girl is disrespectful. Because after ignoring you she thinks you should still be there when she's done doing whatever it was that she was doing.
I don't. But that is just me. I've never actually been poor enough to endure having to deal with someone just to go out/eat food... But a lot are. They're broke and hungry and I don't think you should even be dealing with people who are that desperate for a warm meal.
I remember one time lurking and I saw a thread a guy made where the girl said something to the effect of her usual dates are to ruth's chris or whatever she said which lets you know 1. she's lying 2. expensive food is an event for her and 3. she gets her worth from outside and not inside. I mean this to say, she went on the date to prove she is worthy of being taken on a date and it has absolutely nothing to do with the guy.
If the girl was worth her weight in salt she wouldn't need external validation. If she's not fine going for coffee or to a museum or something equally inexpensive, then she's not worth dropping a lot of money on. Maybe to weed out these kinds of girls, suggest coffee and you'll get to see who deserves your time and who doesn't.