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WomanBWarnedthread #1862: Mr 3 Dates and Youre Out!

CaffeineQueenposted 15:49

Ethan Rush might narrowly avoid screwing someone else at the same time, but hell screw you over in a way thats worse. Hes hot but he knows itand totally fakes the charm. Hell take you somewhere flash a couple of times, flatter you til you cant think, give you the best sex ever. Youre so dazzled. Butbefore you know it hes saying goodbye. No explanationjust an it was fun note. He has to be setting up the next date while hes kissing off the last because next day hes out with her. He goes from the next to the next to the next. Dont fall for the irresistible act or try to catch because hell never commit3 dates and youre out.

MinnieMposted 18:23

OMG, I dated him 2 and u r so righthell make u feel incredible but hell never want more than 2 or 3 dates. Then u dont feel incredible. U feel like ur hearts been conned out of u. Hes a total usr.

Bella_262posted 21:38

He took me to this incredible restaurant. It was the most amazing night of my life. But for him? Who knows? All of a sudden its over. I think hes just after numbers. I was so into him. Now I just feel like an idiot.

CaffeineQueenposted 07:31

He had what he wanted and he went on his way. The fact that it was so good made it worse. Youre left hanging, thinking youre half in love with him. And that theres something really wrong with you.

MinnieMposted 09:46

I still dont know why he stopped calling. I thought it was going gr8 but no warning and is all over. Got amazing flowers but that really didnt help.

CaffeineQueenposted 10:22

You got a bunch of flowers too? So did I. Definitely his standard MO. Bet there are heaps of others hes done it to. Hes the one with the problem, ladies, not us. Avoid at all costsdont let him get away with the playboy-rat routine any more!

B ENEATH his jeans and tee Ethans skin burned hot one second and snap-froze the next as he read the website. Hed thought the link embedded in the e-mail his sister had sent would lead to the latest hilarious viral vid.

This wasnt hilarious. This was a horrorfestall about him.

Mr 3 Dates and Youre Out picked up the phone.

Polly, you made this up, he rapped, as soon as his sister answered.

Sadly, no. Polly sounded half-apologetic, half-teasing. Youre internetorious.

But I dont use women. The defensive instinct was impossible to suppress. No more than they use me, he added when she didnt answer. Im a generous date. Good restaurant. Good company. Good timefor both parties.

Generous in what way? Polly asked. Theyre right. You never go on more than three dates with one woman. And you constantly date. Constantly.

And thats a problem because ?

Youre only after one thing.

No, Im not. He enjoyed the company of women, but he didnt sleep around. I dont even go to bed with all of them.

Pollys disbelieving silence echoed. Great. His own sister didnt believe him. Irritated, he glared at the computer, angered all the more by the petty words some bitter ex-dates had written about him. You cannot agree with this. Anyone can say anything they want on the internet. Wheres the verification?

Well, I know the flowers thing is true.

Because she was the florist he just about single-handedly kept in business. So that makes the rest of it true?

His sister remained silent. Stupidly, it hurt more than it shouldthe way a paper cut made your eyes water despite being the smallest of incisions. He grimaced at the stupid cute logo with its blinding bright colours. Who does this, anyway? What kind of person sets up a website devoted to letting bitter and twisted women vent their vitriol?

Hell had no fury, and the scorned woman behind this website must be one manipulative wench. She even had awful tee shirts for sale, so she could make money off the vulnerable and vindictive.

Forget it, Ethan. Polly tried to switch topic. I shouldnt have sent it to you. Youre coming to the christening, right? Alone?

Yeah, Ethan growled. So I can shield Mum from Dads latest. And you were right to send it this to me, but off to believe it. Eyes glued to the screen, he clicked on another couple of entries and seethed even more. He was on there with all the cheats and creepsthough that assumed that what these women claimed was actually true. He knew for sure his thread was fabrication, so he was sceptical. And increasingly furious.

This is defamation. The injustice burned. The internet might be all about free speech, but this is wrong.

It was completely wrong. Damaging and dangerous. A site like this shouldnt be allowed. Someone had to do something about it before some guys life or job was derailed by a bad online reputation.

Ethan Rush never shied from a challenge. And he didnt take anything lying down.

Nadias eyes hurt as she squinted at her inbox. Staying up all night to moderate and update the forum had been such a dumb idea. And shed had to come up with two new blog topicswhich at three in the morning had been next to impossible. Her site had gotten so much bigger than shed ever dreamed it wouldtruly fabulousbut it made focusing on the day job difficult. Unfortunately it was the day job that paid the bills. And it was the day job that was going to buy her the life and respect shed fought for for ever. So she wasnt going to screw it up.