My First Tinder Date

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I came from a very traditional background in the Philippines so initially I have a lot of idealistic and almost seemingly impossible expectations in the romance department. I used to be one of those women who is not against online dating but won't want to embark on it. Then, Australia happened. To be frank I was expecting that the male species here would be more daring than the ones in my home country but I was totally wrong. Or at least in this region I am in. Men are too shy. Then I learned about dating apps. The first I've tried was "Zoosk". I made this really wholesome profile and started digging for handsome foreigners. I found a lot of attractive guys but the problem with "Zoosk" is if you're not a premium member you can barely interact with other members. Then my friends introduced me to "Tinder" an app where you can swipe right if you're interested to someone and if he's interested in you too you'll get matched. I got a hundred of Tinder matches but I was quite scared to meet them as some of them seems too liberated and sex hungry. After a couple of chats I finally found someone decent enough to meet. And lo after 24 years of my existence I got my first date ever. He was handsome, he was a gentleman, and he made me feel comfortable. He treated me dinner and asked me to have a drink afterwards. The date lasted almost 5 hours but I didn't notice the time because the conversation was going too well. I was really starstruck by this guy. At the end of the night he accompanied me to my train station and he spread his arms out for a hug. I crept in and clumsily hit his chin with my head and well that was a bit embarrassing . When I got home he sent me a text asking if I got home alright and saying he had a great time I hope I did too. I said I genuinely did. The next day he was still texting until came a time where my phone battery died and I was unable to reply to his text for 5 hours. After that he went cold. I was actually disappointed because I really did like him. I keep on replaying that situation on my mind and asking myself what went wrong. Was he just being polite but didn't like me at all? Did he liked me but not that much? Did he find a more compatible tinder date? Did he think I'm not interested. Gah!!! It drives me crazy. So folks that's my first tinder date. It didn't have a good ending but at least it wasn't traumatic.