String Someone Along - to deceive (someone) over a period of time: she had only been stringing him along.
Keep someone waiting or in a state of uncertainty; also, fool or deceive someone. For example, "We were stringing them along, hoping that we'd get a better offer", or "She was in tears when she found out that he'd just been stringing her along" or "They kept saying they were interested, but they were just STRINGING me ALONG".
Some people insist on stringing someone else along, making them think they want to see them when all along, they know they don't. They could already be seeing somebody or whatever but they should tell you that and not make you believe otherwise. Then when it's over and they're tired of playing the game, you feel like the fool because you honestly thought they were sincere. It makes you feel like crap.
String Along - deceive somebody over long time: to deceive or fool somebody over an extended period of time, especially by keeping him or her in a state of false hope.
Stringing Someone Along often occurs in gay online chat-rooms.
The anonymity of the internet makes it incredibly easy for unscrupulous people to lie. Some folks use it to enhance certain attributes about themselves, to appear more appealing and attractive, while others deliberately deceive.
You never really know who you’re dealing with when you “date” in cyberspace.
Online dating is a fabulous tool for connecting with people from all walks of life. But, unless you take your online relationships offline, you can’t really trust them.
“Virtual love” is not real love.
MELISSA O'NEIL LYRICS
"String Me Along"
I took my chances
I knew that you were trouble
But you're like a magnet
When you get closer, you pull me onnn
You said, we'll never go wrong
A promise you can't keep
Today, my memory's so long
Long gone (could it be that)
[Chorus:]
I'm better off, on my own
Then you kick and you scream and you break me
I'm thinkin' it's time that I'm gone
Then you push and you pull and you string me along
You play these waiting games
But I'm finally tryin' to stake my claim with you
I'm so tired of holdin' on
When you string me along
I might get stuck in
This tangled web you're weavin'
I'm like your puppet
But you're strangling' my breathin'
You said be patient with me
To be honest, I can't hang
Today these chains don't fit me and
I'm not gunna play in your game (could it be that)
[Chorus 2:]
I'm better off, on my own
But you kick and you scream, and you break me
I'm thinkin' it's time that I'm gone
But you push and you pull and you string me along
You keep on playing games
But I'm finally tryin' to break away from you
I'm so tired of holdin' on
When you string me along
A broken heart, a broken promise
That's all you leave behind for me
Lookin' up to you I lost focus
Now I'll bring it back to where it used to be
You make it so hard to do it
And I know you don't want me to leave, Oh-no-no
Nooo..so you kick and scream and you push and you
Pull, and you string me along
[Chorus:]
I'm better off, on my own
Then you kick and you scream and you break me
I'm thinkin' it's time that I'm gone
Then you push and you pull and you string me along
You play these waiting games
But I'm finally tryin' to stake my claim with you
I'm so tired of holdin' on
When you string me along