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If You Want a Chance at a Second Date, Avoid Acting Pedantic About Loose Change.
I owed him 30 cents, but that level of pettiness lost him any chance at a second date.
I went on a blind date. It was an internet date so it was the first time I’d met the guy but I agreed to go out to dinner with him. We met at a pub/relaxed restaurant and he seemed very quiet and slightly weird when I first met him but I shrugged. The first thing he said after we greeted one another was “this date is dutch right?”
I agreed of course. I figured maybe he was financially insecure or he’d been taken advantage of in the past so I set out to reassure him. I figured nerves can get the better of some people and he seemed to settle down so when my 10 minute emergency call came in (where your friend calls and if the date is baaaad, you can claim an emergency has come up and flee), I texted an all OK back and just continued on with the date.
He finished his beer and I asked if he was going to flag the waiter for another one. He sneered and said that he wouldn’t be paying the price that the restaurant wanted for a beer. He’d wait.
He was alright but there weren’t any sparks…and then he started to complain a lot. He whined about his ex and I began to think I might have made a mistake…
