He drove up to me with his passenger side near me and we began to chat. I met him, both of us in our cars, on the other side of the mall. I then understood his point about being reserved about where we went on our dates and why he was hesitant to introduce me to the people in his life. Then, he asked me if I would drive around to the other side of the mall which was much less busy and meet me there. We chatted on the phone and I tried to get him to come inside. First, he called and told me that he was in the parking lot and that he was too scared to come into the coffee shop in a local mall where our date was to be. One man did meet me, but he wouldn’t get out of his car. I suspect that the men who stood me up were scared to actually meet me. I’ve had a couple dozen men ask me for a date, but only about a dozen have shown up. Maybe some are married, and maybe some are just plain scared to ask me for a date. I’m assuming that these men have some reservations about going out in public with a trans woman. Most of the hits and flirts, however, never turn into a date. I joined a trans dating site in 2008 and I still get a fair amount of hits and flirts from men. There is an ample selection of porn centered on trans women on the Internet. You may or may not know it, but there is a good percentage of men who prefer trans women as their romantic partners.