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Alexis at Whywasidissed wrote in to say:
Dating can be difficult, and watching a relationship – or something that could have been a relationship – come to an end is even more difficult. These difficulties are compounded by the fact that often, you’re left without answers.
Calls go un-returned. Emails, unanswered. It’s like one half of the relationship fell off the face of the earth.
But it doesn’t have to be that way. You can get the answers you’re looking for with WhyWasIDissed.com. We use e-mail to contact the gal or guy who’s been giving you the brush-off, ask them a few key questions, and report back to you with our findings. So you’ll have a better answer about what went wrong, and how to avoid those pitffalls next time.
She brings up an interesting point. I was talking to a bunch of single people at a party recently and the conversation came around to what happens after you go on a first or second date and you realize that it’s not going to work out with the person.
Some people admitted they let things cool off by simply not contacting the person. Others said they would at least appreciate an email saying “I’m just not feeling you.” Whywasidissed takes care of the latter situation.
As a third party service there are issues of trust and accountability that would be alleviated if the service was baked directly into dating sites.
I’m not sure I would want a third party reaching out to someone I went on a date with and the trail turned cold after a few dates. How would the other person react to being contacted by a website asking them why they didn’t want to continue the relationship?
Would you respond to an email asking you about a person you dated a few times?
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If I receive an email from a third party website I’d just think it was weird and even more reason for me to block that person.