Big oof... Reminds me of the shit I used to deal with when I was still trying to get myself to date humans; so many folks that'd set up a meet...
But when I get there, nobody is around, I wait an hour, return home and send them a message... And there's just no response.
I've never understood why they did it... Not like it was some illegal meet-up, do some people enjoy catfishing and wasting the time of others so much? Is it some weird attempt to tie folks up with fakes and make it harder for them to form actual connections? It baffles me.
...At least here, I could understand the logic, if it were some kind of weird sting operation...
Gotta be way more cautious when the subject is something you simply cannot discuss openly IRL.