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Would you bother with someone who's going away soon?

Say you met a girl online and have been keeping in touch with her for about 2 months now. You both have tried to schedule a meet one too many times but it just never worked out. You both joked around about having rotten luck when it comes to trying to meet up.

If she were to tell you that she'll be going away for work for at least 2 months, would you give this up?
You guys have stayed in contact for 2 months already and it'll be about 4 months since you guys first spoke before she gets back and you guys (ideally) meet.

If you've bothered to stay in touch with her for 2 months, is it fair to say that you're quite interested?

I'm rather interested in this guy I met on an app and we've been trying to set up a meet but schedules and work commitments got in the way. Our availability has freed up right now, and he's been quite persistent in getting a date (asking, keeping in touch etc.)

But I had a really weird dating experience last week that honestly freaked me out and made me quite uncomfortable with the idea of meeting a stranger online. The initial phases of us trying to set up dates was when his schedule was the problem. As of recently, it's been all me.

Following that really uncomfortable experience, I'm not in the right state of mind to meet but I'd still like to keep this connection open till things. Should I be open with him and explain that negative experience? I am hoping he'd be understanding and be cool with me reaching out down the road.

Or would most guys think that's ridiculous and just write me off? We've been speaking on and off for about 7 weeks now..