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‘I flew over 1,500 miles to meet man I’d been talking to online — only to be ghosted’
By SWNS,
2024-04-15
A woman flew 1,151 miles to meet a man she’d been talking to online for three years – but he never showed up and ghosted her.
River Blake, 23, flew cross-country from Lafayette, Louisiana, US, to Rapid City, South Dakota, with a one-way ticket to meet her ‘date’.
She says the eight-hour flight was paid for by her date – but after he didn’t show, River was forced to pay $1,290 to cover the cost of overnight accommodation and a last-minute ticket home for the following day.
River Blake, 23, flew cross-country from Lafayette, Louisiana, US, to Rapid City, South Dakota, with a one-way ticket to meet her ‘date’. River Blake / SWNS
River hasn’t spoken to him since and vows only to focus on her career from now on.
River, a model, from Lafayette, New Orleans, said: “I spent three to four hours at the airport running in circles – and when I realized he wasn’t coming to get me, I left.
“I booked a Hilton for two nights, met a nice guy through a friend, and he showed me the city.
“It definitely still hurts – it really rubbed me up the wrong way – but at least I got to do some sightseeing.”
She says the eight-hour flight was paid for by her date – but after he didn’t show. River Blake / SWNS
River’s date first slid into her DMs in 2019 – saying he’d spotted her modeling work and thought she was “beautiful”.
They both had a lot in common – including a passion for truck shows and working in social media full-time – giving them plenty to talk about.
Despite living in different states, the pair spoke almost every day for five years and had lots of mutual friends – leading River to believe he was the real deal.
“I spent three to four hours at the airport running in circles – and when I realized he wasn’t coming to get me, I left,” Blake said. River Blake / SWNS
She said: “We FaceTimed every night – but our relationship was kind of weird – like, wishy-washy.
“Sometimes he’d disappear for a bit, then reappear like nothing had ever happened.”
On February 9, 2024, River’s date told her suddenly that he wanted to fly her out one-way and to move her in with him.
She says he’d told her he was building a house and wanted her to come in and help him decorate it.
He paid for her plane ticket, and on February 17, River set off at 5.30am from Lafayette Regional Airport and got three connecting flights to Rapid City, South Dakota.
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