I flew to a Hinge date's hometown for a second date after we got matching tattoos together - only to be ghosted for 'coming on too strong'

A singleton sewage matching tattoos pinch a caller emotion liking connected their first Hinge day - only for him to shade her for 'coming connected excessively strong' erstwhile she took a level to his hometown to meet up for a 2nd date. 

Cora Hayes, primitively from Melbourne, was backpacking crossed Europe erstwhile she matched pinch Jack online and they met up successful Edinburgh, pinch nan duo opting to get nan 'exact same' citrus tattoo wrong 24 hours of meeting.

The brace had an 'instant connection' and decided to meet again aft nan 22-year-old completed her travel astir England.

However, aft readying a romanticist getaway and forking retired £140 to alert from Birmingham backmost to Edinburgh for nan pair's 2nd date, nan unit adjunct was near successful a 'panic' erstwhile she was 'ghosted' conscionable 2 days earlier nan flight.

Despite not knowing anyone other successful Scotland, Cora decided to alert backmost connected 20 June anyhow and heard 'absolutely nothing' from Jack, who later blamed her for 'coming connected excessively strong'.

The 22-year-old managed to make nan champion retired of an 'awful' business by befriending 2 girls successful her lodging who she convinced to get nan aforesaid citrus tattoo to 'change nan story'.

Taking to TikTok, Cora shared a clip explaining nan business captioned 'I cannot judge this happened', earlier showing nan citrus tattoo and putting her manus complete her rima successful disbelief.

Another clip shows nan solo traveller opinionated successful an Edinburgh lodging captioned 'currently successful a lodging 17,000 kilometres distant from location pinch thing but nan apparel connected my backmost and this bag. Still vibing though'.

The unit assistant, who is from Melbourne, Australia, was disappointed that her four-day whirlwind romance pinch Jack came to an abrupt extremity arsenic they had planned to sojourn nan Scottish Highlands together.

While Jack blamed 'family issues' connected cancelling their plans and ghosting her, Cora believes he was making it up arsenic he later admitted she had 'come connected excessively strong'.

However she believes spending 4 days successful Scotland again without him and gathering caller group was 'empowering' and says Jack will ne'er hide her now because of nan tattoo.

Cora said: 'We had an instant connection. I sewage on good pinch him and we deed it off. 

'When I sewage to Birmingham I thought it could beryllium something.

'We started talking astir tattoos astatine nan barroom and 1 of his friends was joking and saying that Jack would ne'er get 1 but he said he would. 

'I said I'd get 1 excessively and it became a joke of nan nighttime that we'd get 1 nan adjacent day.

'The adjacent time came information and we went to a tattoo parlour and sewage matching tattoos of a small lemon. 

There was nary logic but we some agreed connected nan citrus and sewage nan nonstop aforesaid tattoo astatine nan aforesaid clip together.

'I messaged him saying I had immoderate spare clip while travelling and that I could travel back. He said 'yeah, travel back. I'd emotion to spot you again'.

'We spent nan adjacent fewer days readying what we were going to do. We were going to thrust up to nan Highlands successful Scotland. We some agreed that I'd travel back.

'I booked flights and during this full point we were successful changeless communication. I sent him my formation specifications and made judge nan days worked and everything.

'Throughout that full clip we were still messaging and things were going well.'

However, nan singleton claims Jack cancelled their plans conscionable 2 days earlier her flight, blaming it connected 'family issues' earlier 'ghosting' her wholly and leaving Cora successful a 'panic' pinch nary accommodation booked.

Cora said: 'It sewage to 2 days earlier I alert retired and his messages started getting little predominant conscionable randomly. No rumor had happened. I benignant of had an inkling.

'Then I sewage a connection saying 'hey, I'm really sorry, family things person travel up, I can't do this weekend. I dream you get location safe'. 

'He knew I wasn't going backmost to Australia for a period but he didn't effort to move nan dates.

'I judge he made it up because he later apologised and said he felt I came connected excessively beardown and he didn't want to get wounded because I unrecorded successful Australia. Who would dress up a dishonesty alternatively of conscionable being honest?

'This was our first and past interaction aft nan ghosting, which started nan 19th of June, nan time earlier I flew and continued nan full clip I was successful Edinburgh.

'I was successful existent panic mode. I didn't cognize what to do and if I should spell backmost location and conscionable not spot him.'

The 22-year-old decided to alert to Edinburgh anyhow and shared a lodging room pinch 2 girls for 4 nights, who besides sewage matching citrus tattoos pinch her.

However she heard thing from Jack - contempt him apparently still looking astatine her societal media stories showing disconnected that she was successful Scotland again.

Cora said: 'My friend suggested I spell backmost to Edinburgh because location was truthful overmuch much to spot and conscionable not spot aliases talk to him.

'I booked a lodging to enactment location for 4 nights. I heard perfectly thing from him. I was posting instagram stories successful Edinburgh and he was viewing them. I heard perfectly nothing.

'No matter really you consciousness astir nan situation, ghosting is not an excuse. That's nan portion I can't wrap my caput around. Just show maine it's not going to activity out.

'To time off personification successful nan acheronian for illustration that is beyond crazy to me. I don't cognize really you tin do that. I deliberation it's atrocious - while they're successful your location town.

'There is simply a affirmative outcome. I did extremity up gathering 2 girls successful my lodging from Australia arsenic good and told them nan logic why I was back.

'The adjacent time they ended up getting nan aforesaid citrus tattoos arsenic me. So now I tin alteration nan story. It was a very saccharine ending.

'It's very empowering. It's benignant of for illustration a f**k you. For him, nan tattoo's still nan aforesaid communicative but for maine it's changed to a communicative of relationship and girlhood. He's ne'er going to hide me.'

The solo traveller admitted that she still 'loved Edinburgh contempt that 1 situation' and urges others to 'know their worth' if they are ever likewise ghosted.

Cora said: 'He's shown his existent colours. He's nan type of personification that ghosts you aft paying money to spell spot him connected his request.

'I decidedly loved Edinburgh contempt that 1 situation. When I went back, I did still usage Hinge to meet different people. Everyone other I met location was truthful lovely.

'I was blaming myself and thought I wasn't bully enough. I was self-blaming. But nan measurement personification treats you is simply a reflection of themselves and not you. You conscionable person to cognize your worth.

'Just retrieve you're a bully personification and that you're loved. There's truthful galore different group retired there. There's a batch of emotion retired location moreover if it's not romanticist love.'