A 27-year-old Aussie has been left confused over a man’s behavior following a date the duo shared.

Paige met a man on the dating app Hinge. He was super chatty over text — even if some comments were “cringey”. But, on the date, Paije said it was akin to “pulling teeth” to get anything out of him.

“After about 30 to 45 minutes of getting one word responses from him I just couldn’t bear it anymore. I started monologuing about myself and then did that for the remaining three hours,” Paije told news.com.au.

“And I really did try, its not like I took over the conversation and wouldn’t let him get a word in. It was just 30 minutes of me trying to get to know him, even with basic questions like ‘what kind of music do you listen to?’ and his response was ‘oh a bit of everything.”

“And it gets to a point where it’s like, what am I supposed to do with this? I’ve had job interviews that were more lively and engaging.”

It didn’t stop there. The man complained about other dates canceling on the day. When Paije tried to explain the context of women feeling uncomfortable meeting someone online in real life, the man got defensive. He asked what that had to do with him.

The pair also lived close to each other and when they got to his apartment, he tried to kiss her. She said “no thank you” and he turned to walk inside.

Paije was shocked he didn’t offer to walk her home. Then, the following day, she got a text.

“Hey. So I’ve been thinking about our date last night and I dunno it just seemed like you didn’t wanna be there and like you were really uninterested in what I had to say. It just seems like you’re not into me anymore. I could be wrong though,” the man wrote.

Paije told the man he was right. She said she got over his one word answers very quickly.