<human>: So I met a girl at a friend's party a few weeks ago, and we really hit it off. Asked her out, and the next weekend we had afternoon drinks and then walked around the park and waterfront, chatted and got to know each other, etc.

She seemed really enthusiastic and we had a great rapport. Asked if she wanted to get together again and she said yes, so we made tentative plans for dinner later that week.

The day before she apologizes profusely but says she has to cancel. Now, we both live in NYC and are both freelancers, so I certainly get that last-minute work happens and it comes first, no big. We plan on early the next week.

A few days ago I check in to see if we're still on, and initially get no response. After a day I figure it could be she's trying to pull a fadeaway or is just actually really busy so I send another text. This time she gets back, apologizes for radio silence, says work has been crazy, etc.

We make a plan for drinks tonight. I just got back from the gym to find--you guessed it--another apologetic text saying she has to work, has two big projects next week, etc. Fuck it, I figure. I tell her to just let me know when she's free.

I'm not dumb...I know this is more than likely her hitting the eject button, but I guess I want to know what other people think about it. Also a serious question to the ladies: what's up with this kind of tactic? I mean, if she didn't feel it and decided she wanted to bail I'd rather her just say so instead of making plans she has no intention to keep.

Any insights?

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<bot>: met a girl I really clicked with, we had one good date, and now date two is very elusive. Is this just her way of hitting the "eject" button?