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Related: Culture Forums, Support Forumswhen dropping someone off at night, do you wait for them to get inside before driving off?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/i-am-ghosting-woman-shares-video-of-red-flag-when-date-is-dropping-her-off-at-home/ar-AANTPuE?ocid=msedgntpA woman's doorbell camera captured her date driving away before she got inside her house. She called it the "red flag number two" of the evening and pledged to ghost him.
The woman shared a video of the "red flag" to her TikTok account, @Jadealyzaee, on Saturday, and it's been viewed 6.7 million times and liked 1.2 million times since.
"Red flag number 2, I am ghosting," she can be heard saying in the video.
The video sparked discussion in the comments section about what could happen if someone leaves before their date gets into their home safely, as well as other red flags.
Some were just as floored that her date failed to wait for her to get inside, with some noting they do for anyone they're driving home late at night. "Some of y'all's parents didn't raise you properly," a commenter wrote. "You always wait for the person to get into the house regardless of who it is."
"I even wait for my homies to get inside," another said
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Mister Ed
(5,930 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Run over them, back up over them again for good measure, and then peel out so that I look really cool driving off.
I like to make an impression on my dates.
IcyPeas
(21,865 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,001 posts)They might be mugged before they can call somebody inside, if there even is somebody inside.
yonder
(9,664 posts)Mike Nelson
(9,953 posts)... anyone. Unless there is some other reason (you can't see the door and they're gonna call you, for example). If not, you don't really like the person. This woman's date probably decided that was the last date. Maybe she raved about The Donald during dinner.
Demovictory9
(32,453 posts)brewens
(13,582 posts)buddy bartender used to look out for him. He and his wife ran the place we liked to drink at the most. Charlie would be getting too drunk an Brad the bartender would trade him one last drink for his keys.
That was the deal one Halloween about 25 years ago. Brad drove Charlies car home and his wife followed. They got him home and as soon as they drive off, Charlie falls and hits his head. It's a chilly rainy night too. I live about half a mile away and about four AM, I hear this knocking and yelling my name, "please let me in!" I open the door and he's shaking so hard he can barely stand.
I wonder how close he came? He had to have been out for about an hour from what Brad said. The dude thought he was going to make it to work later (at the liquor store of all places) but couldn't make it.
Demovictory9
(32,453 posts)Buckeye_Democrat
(14,853 posts)Especially after I was dropped off at my home by a friend's mother when I was a kid, who had took me to a public swimming pool with them, and I realized the doors were locked and my parents weren't home. I just waited on the porch for about an hour, so it wasn't really a big deal. But my annoyance over their apparent miscommunication, and the friend's mother quickly leaving after letting me out of the car, taught me to always wait until the person actually gets inside their residence.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)Just dropped her off? Yeah, that is a definite drop him like a rock 🪨 moment.
rainin
(3,011 posts)I'll never get that time back.
Tbear
(487 posts)Because one does not merely wait in the car for their date to safely go inside. A gentleman will get their ass out of the car and escort their date to the door and see them in.
How else do you get a good night smooch / hug / handshake?
Jon King
(1,910 posts)Thinking back since the day I got my license the day after my 16th birthday....girls and ladies, always held the door and afterwards walked them to their door. Boys and men, never held a door open, after hanging out they just got out of the car on their own, later dude, see you.
Not saying it was right, but thinking back, it was what it was.
Effete Snob
(8,387 posts)Just kidding.
I go to the door with them. Then, I go inside, look around, check all the rooms and closets, see whats inside the drawers and the refrigerator, and then Ill pop over to the neighbors to ask a few questions about anything they may have seen lately.
madaboutharry
(40,209 posts)They are thoughtless. This is how they are in the world and they will behave thoughtlessly in other situations as well.
What you see is what you get, and what you get is the way its going to be.
Fla Dem
(23,656 posts)Live in a relatively safe area, but I just like to make sure they got in the house ok. I know, they come in and out all the time without my concern, I guess that's just the way I am.
Aristus
(66,328 posts)Courtesy, after all, is courtesy.