Woman flies across globe for man she met on dating app only to be ghosted after she arrived

A woman has revealed how she flew across the globe for a man she met on a dating app... only to be told upon arrival that he still had feelings for his ex.Zena Wozniak, 37, from Los Angeles, recounted the heartbreaking tale in a recent post on Substack.She explained in the now-viral post that she connected with the mystery man, who was referred to as the pseudonym Charlie throughout her post, through Tinder back in 2022.'He was tall, didn’t appear to take himself too seriously and [bore] an uncanny resemblance to one of my all-time celebrity crushes, Paolo Nutini,' she said of the man.'I swiped right, hopeless that we would match. But to my surprise, it was instant.'Wozniak explained that the man told her he lived in England but was visiting San Francisco for a work conference, and the two decided to meet up.They had a whirlwind weekend together, during which they hooked up multiple times and went on a series of dates before it was time for her to return back to LA.Their connection was undeniable, and Wozniak described him as the 'most attractive' and 'most emotionally intelligent' man she had ever been with. Zena Wozniak, 37, from Los Angeles, has revealed how she flew across the globe for a man she met on a dating app... only to be told upon arrival that he still had feelings for his ex Wozniak and the man, who was from London, met through Tinder in 2022 and had two whirlwind weekends together while he was visiting California before she planned a trip to Europe to visit him. She's seen during the Europe trip'Charlie and I spent the entire weekend together without a hitch. We both remarked how natural it felt to be in one another’s company,' she wrote.'As our time drew close to an end he suggested coming to LA the next weekend. He didn’t have plans after his conference and had always wanted to see the desert, he told me. Please do come, I told him. And then stay forever, I thought.'Charlie did indeed come to LA to see her, and the two enjoyed another fun few days together.When he left, she assumed it would be the last time they'd see each other, but in the weeks that followed, Wozniak said she couldn't stop thinking about him - so she started to plan a six-week European vacation that would include a trip to London.She reached out to Charlie and told him she was thinking of visiting and asked if she could stay with him for a week.'He asked if I could stay for ten days instead. He wanted to take me to Kent for a weekend, he said. It was his favorite place in the world, he said,' she recalled.Wozniak said she was so excited she started working out extra to ensure she would look her best when she saw him again.'I prepared for that trip like it was the crowning athletic event of my career. I power walked for an hour every day,' she continued. When she landed in London, he broke the news that he had realized he still had feelings for his ex and couldn't spend any time with her. Even so, he let her stay at his apartment. Wozniak is seen in his apartment She ultimately stayed in his apartment for three 'miserable' days before she went to stay with a friend; meanwhile, he said he was residing at his parents' spare flat. Wozniak is pictured in his apartment While she was admittedly disappointed that she had flown across the globe to see a man who was no longer interested in her, Wozniak said she preferred him breaking the news to her there in person rather than before she arrived'I worked out with weights and did yoga and Pilates and intermittent fasted. I got my hair done and lashes permed.'I bought an impossibly sexy red dress with a low cut back that my tits and a** looked great in.'She and Charlie talked nonstop in the weeks before the trip, but when she jetted off to Spain for the first part, he started to grow distant.'In the six weeks leading up to the trip, Charlie and I hadn’t been in constant contact ... We touched base once a week or so, sending pictures of what we were up to or making plans for our time together,' she said. 'These exchanges were always optimistic and affectionate. But the doubt started to creep in, insidiously, the closer our reunion got. We had barely spoken since I announced my arrival in Spain.'Wozniak explained that she assumed she was just being 'insecure and paranoid' and so she decided to give him space. Later that week, Wozniak said she went onto his Tinder profile and noticed that his location had changed to Kent, where he was initially planning to take her during their time together. She theorized that he had ended up taking his ex-girlfriend instead, which left her even more heartbroken'Knowing I had already flown across the world to see him, the last thing I wanted was for him to feel encroached upon so I intentionally left space to let him lead,' she said.The night before she was supposed to fly to London she 'finally' got a message from Charlie asking for her flight information so he could pick her up at the airport, which eased her fears.However, as she stepped off the plane and reunited with her lover, she instantly sensed something was wrong.'I’ll never forget the sheepish smile on Charlie’s face when I spotted him waiting at the arrivals gate,' she wrote. 'He looked terrified. The expression on his face, like a teenage boy forced upon a karaoke microphone in a crowded room, desperately looking for the exits.'She remembered him 'seeming stressed' the whole drive to his apartment, and incredibly 'anxious' when they arrived and he helped bring her things inside. After they settled in, Charlie broke the news that he 'couldn't go forward with the week as planned.''Things had been so stressful at work for weeks, he said. He was so overwhelmed and felt like his head was going to explode any second. The time we had in California together had been so nice and he thought it could be like that here again but he wasn’t in the same headspace as he was then,' Wozniak explained. Wozniak recounted the heartbreaking tale in a recent post on Substack Following a brief text exchange so she could ask where to leave the keys to his apartment, the two never spoke again. She's seen in his apartment'He couldn’t go forward with the week as planned. He’d been agonizing over how to tell me and thought about calling in advance but wasn’t sure how he would feel when he saw me in person. 'He thought maybe it would be different but it wasn’t and he was so sorry. That he had somewhere else to stay and that I could still stay in this flat, that he would leave the keys, and I could come and go as I pleased and help myself to anything there but that he couldn’t be with me for the week.'Wozniak felt there was more he wasn't telling her, so she pressed and asked if he had met someone else.That's when he spilled that he had actually run into his ex at a party recently and had 'realized how much he still cared about her.' While she was admittedly disappointed that she had flown across the globe to see a man who was no longer interested in her, Wozniak said she preferred him breaking the news to her there in person rather than before she arrived.'After years of being digitally ghosted by men, it was a strange courtesy to be sitting across from him having a frank discussion face-to-face,' she explained. 'It was nice, for a change, to know when the last time we’d see each other was happening.'When it came time for them to say their goodbyes, Wozniak recalled 'sobbing into his shoulder' while 'feeling pathetic and stupid.'She ultimately stayed in his apartment for three 'miserable' days before she went to stay with a friend; meanwhile, he said he was residing at his parents' spare flat.However, later that week, Wozniak said she went onto his Tinder profile and noticed that his location had changed to Kent, where he was initially planning to take her during their time together.She theorized that he had ended up taking his ex-girlfriend instead, which left her even more heartbroken.Following a brief text exchange so she could ask where to leave the keys to his apartment, the two never spoke again.