# Reason for flaking on a date - is this typical?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reason-for-flaking-on-a-date-is-this-typical/775258>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 20, 2016, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reason-for-flaking-on-a-date-is-this-typical/775258 "2016-12-20T20:29:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reason-for-flaking-on-a-date-is-this-typical/775258/29 "2016-12-21T02:14:54Z")

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Yeah, you should not have changed the date. Should have kept your original plans and at most, sent her some flowers or something saying “looking forward to seeing you”.

Remember, men are NEVER allowed to change their minds without express written permission of women. Women are OTOH, allowed to change at any times. It’s just how things are.

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