I flew across the country to meet a date – and he ditched me while I was napping

A woman who flew across the country to meet up for a date has revealed how the romantic journey went very wrong.

They say distance makes the heart grow fonder, but what do they say about flying across the country only to get ditched by your date while taking a nap in a shared hotel room?

It happened to TikToker @sdenoyer – and online commenters had a lot to say about it.

The woman, who goes by Samantha, revealed she booked a cross-country flight to go on a date with a guy who she met through a mutual friend and had only seen on FaceTime, the New York Post reports.

The first night they met in person, they stayed at his hometown house, before heading to a hotel and brunch on the second day.

In the now-viral TikTok, which has been viewed 1.8 million times, Samantha wrote: “I flew across the country to meet a date – when I woke up from a nap he was gone along with all of his stuff,” and panned over to the empty side of the bed.

The woman shared the ordeal on social media.

The woman was ditched after flying to meet a man across the country.

She also shared the string of text messages she “blew up his phone” with – but got no reply.

“This is so f***ed up,” she wrote.

“You could’ve done this earlier so I coulda changed my flight wtf?

“Also you took my vodka?” she said, explaining in a follow-up video that the two drank and played board games before he dashed.

Samantha said she tried calling him numerous times but he didn’t pick up. Their mutual friend gave him a call, and he answered with loud music booming through the phone.

Much later, he responded, saying he had a “family emergency”.

TikTok users had plenty of questions and comments on the wild situation.

“WHY do men do this – someone explain,” one asked.

A woman on TikTok said the man she flew across the country for grabbed his things and left her in a hotel room while she slept.

“First off. Why would [you] EVER buy a flight to see a guy, babes STAND UP lol,” another said.

“Damn you are hella desperate,” another commented.

“I cannot wait until you reach the point where you take one no response as your closure.”

Others suggested that she’d hear back from the guy in the next few months.

“Three months later, ‘Hey stranger,’” another joked.

One user even offered a helping hand.

“Are you safe do you need help or money or a friend wherever you are?”

Samantha agreed with many of the comments, saying the whole experience was a “huge lesson learned”.

This article originally appeared on the New York Post and has been republished with permission