On A Date, The Guy’s Credit Card Got Declined For Their $40 Meal, So She Was Forced To Pay
This 23-year-old girl works for a major hospital as a healthcare worker while completing her master’s degree.
She makes about $90,000 a year, and she has long-term aspirations for her career. She expects to be able to find a guy who shares the same view about advancing in life.
Around two weeks ago, she started dating a 29-year-old guy that she really gets along wonderfully with.
She talks to this guy for a minimum of an hour every single day, and she always gets excited to spend time with him.
Their first date was so casual that he didn’t have to spend any money on her at all. Yesterday they went on their second date, and they picked out a local chain restaurant.
He ordered a wrap, and she ordered a chicken salad. They didn’t get any drinks or sides, so it was a basic meal that ended up costing $40.
When it came time to pay, he picked up his credit card but whispered to her that he hoped it would go through and that he probably would have to do an instant money transfer.
It was super awkward as she waited to see if his card would be accepted, but no, it got declined.
Now, she has experienced this in the past and has been able to laugh it off and grab another credit card, but that wasn’t the case with this guy.
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“However, he had no other card and was waiting for me to offer to pay,” she explained. “The workers were staring at us, and there were people waiting for us, and I was so uncomfortable. So, then I had to pay!”
“…I have no problem with paying. However, I am traditional, and I think that it is important in the dating or “courting” stages that a guy pays for a girl, especially when he is the one that asked her out.”
“This was the first time that he had ever paid for me for anything, and it was only a $40 meal. It would have been one thing if his card declined, then he had another one to pay or had cash or his bank suspected fraud, and he sorted it out. But it was the fact that he almost expected to not have enough money and was preparing for it to decline. Then wait for me to offer to pay.”
She just doesn’t think this should be happening when you’re 29-years-old, and this date has left her feeling like she should break up with him.
Although they have a good connection, and she likes him a lot, this has left a bad taste in her mouth.
She wants a guy who will take her out for dinner and events and not have to be concerned about picking up the tab.
“I want to be wined and dined by a man because I do it for myself every…time,” she said.
Do you think she should stop seeing this guy over having to pay for their last date?
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