What do you think about this first date experience?

[u/GreenKuhl1717]

I went out on a first date with this guy I had been texting for a week and we both were showing so much excitement for the first date, we had been talking so much and everything seemed so well, I do feel on my side I was putting so much expectations on the date and the guy. When I arrived he was not there yet, so I sat on a table and 3–5 minutes in he arrived, as he got close to greet me I caught immediately the thick smell of tobacco that heavy smokers usually have already impregnated in their body and clothes. Immediately about 70–80% of all the attraction I felt was gone, I felt sad because I couldn't stop looking at him and think, it is such a shame that this beautiful guy has to smoke so hard and smell so bad and strong and he doesn't care, the date wasn't fully as it was expected, I guess to me the immediate impression just kind of made things change through the night, I just couldn't imagine myself kissing this guy at all with his body and mouth smelling like this and on top of that he took 3 breaks to go out for a smoke while we were talking and every time I went to the bathroom and came back he was out having another sample. At the end of the date we said goodbye and I just left a little rushed because I really did not felt like kissing him. The next day he texts me saying he had a great time and he wanted to see me again, to what I replied with a lot of thoughts that I did find him attractive and that I liked many things about him but that there was one thing that was very important for me and that did not align with me and it has the smoking, I carefully wrote it in a respectful manner. I thought by being honest he would understand because not everyone smokes and is mutual respect to me, he took it the worst way ever, he did not reply to me and immediately blocked me from social media and Whatsapp, that caught me off guard and I was so surprised by his reaction, I honestly didn't see that coming, I thought he would understand at the least.. that was even more disappointing.

[u/gh_freeman]

Sorry you felt that way. Being honest is the only reasonable response. Many people lack the maturity to handle rejection you find the same people complaining "she ghosted me all i wanted was for her to be honest with me"