I feel very silly about this so please be nice. I (f late 20s) matched and went on a few dates with a really nice guy (also late 20s).
Important note here is I have zero dating experience. I’ve never been on more than a few dates with any one person and the dates are never very good. With this guy I felt a real connection, we were only talking for about a week and a half and saw each other a couple of times during that period. And I’m not saying sparks were flying or anything but there was potential.
I’m really not used to that experience or anybody showing genuine interest in me and I started to get extremely anxious that I wouldn’t be able to handle it. I was imagining all these scenarios where I embarrass myself or mess it up, so I ended up cancelling our next date and telling him I didn’t think I could see him again.
Now it’s been a couple days and I really regret letting my anxiety get the better of me. Is there any point in trying to reach out again. It feels very pathetic to be like “hey nvm about that, I’m just mentally unstable lmao”. And we weren’t talking that long so is it better to just take the loss on this one and try to do better in the future? If you were this guy would you appreciate or be open to receiving an explanation that I cut things off due to extreme anxiety?
Any thought are appreciated, I don’t trust myself right now lol.