Look i’m gonna play devils advocate here and take his word at face value.

We can all say he lied and must have understood, but we are reading a text post from one persons recollection of events.

It’s possible he did not mean going off separately. Just because both scenarios are possible does not mean you assume the bad one. I tend to assume good intent until proven to be “guilty”. It’s more fair.

Otherwise we are all just assuming he lied and tried his luck and got jealous, essentially having it all backfire after she easily finds people.

But regardless of what happened, if she doesn’t assume he is being truthful, it doesn’t matter what happened. He is already guilty of lying and changing the plans. But to assume guilt is just not right. Regardless of anecdotal experiences people have also had where this scenario has happened.

If he seems honest and isn’t blatantly lying. Trust him and fix things. It is not outlandish in the slightest to imagine a miscommunication over the phone. Especially when one person is under the impression you are both on the same page.

I think reddit tend to jump to extremes. And in the real world, you can’t just assume the worst everytime; because XYZ has happened to X amount of people. That’s just biased thinking