I was out last weekend solo at a live music event in my town, hanging out on the balcony of the old time saloon where the music was at. I noticed there was a group of 3 women chatting near me. One of them (late 20s, very cute), kept looking back at me and giggling with her friends. Pretty soon, she came up to me and introduced herself. I noticed the signs right away that she was interested, she had that "sparkly" look in her eyes and was soaking in everything I said.
Her friends wanted to go, so we only chatted a few minutes. She looked disappointed and said "oh, my friends want to go and they're my ride. I know this is very forward of me, but can I get your number?" Me being so used to having to ask for a women's number, immediately pulled out my phone and said yes. She put her number in my phone and watched over my shoulder as I texted her my name.
She texted me back and said hi , and said it was "actually so nice to meet you!!!"
The next day (Sunday) I sent her the following text "would you like to grab lunch tomorrow with me? :)" which I figured was a low pressure invite as we both work in the same area of town, yet I never heard back.
It's been almost two days now. Maybe Monday was a bad day to ask for a date? I know this seems neurotic but I've been ghosted so many times since I've been back on the dating scene, it gives me a lot of anxiety to not know what is happening.
Is this a common situation? I just don't understand why a woman would express intense interest and then not respond when it comes to an invite.