What's the best way to reject a date?

After Izzy went on a few dates with a guy she met on a dating app, he ghosted her and disappeared to a new city. "But it's definitely not OK to ghost someone after a couple of dates, because it's bad dating karma. "We know that it's generally not true when people say they're 'not ready for a relationship yet' or they're 'really busy with work'." For Ash, taking 30 seconds out of your day to send someone "a really neutral, simple text" is the kindest way to reject someone. "It really does make a difference to craft a succinct, polite text with no blame on either party, so then you can both free up some mental energy and go back to dating," she says.