For some singles, going on dates is simply about having a lively night out with no long-term plans.

But for Big Apple romantics, the “it’s not you, it’s me” texts still sting — especially when a seemingly great date lasts for hours on end.

Dedicated dudes are going on “marathon dates”— epic, romantic odysseys lasting from four to a whopping 10 hours, if not more.

They get dinner, grab drinks, gallivant around the city — and then get ghosted by the gals.

Now, they’re wasting no time airing their gripes.

Jose, a pilot from Queens, told The Post of being set back well over $900 after taking a lucky lady on a five-hour, private day flight to Niagara Falls — only to discover soon after that she’d blocked him without a word.

“My heart was shattered for, like, a week, but my wallet hasn’t r

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