Never take the word of a man you just met. TikToker Amy (@crazyeeamy) thought she was walking into a promising first date. She met a guy on a dating site, and he seemed very confident and generous.
Instead, she walked out of the date a couple of hundred dollars poorer.
So, they went out for their first date at a restaurant. From the start, he came on strong. He complimented her diamond earrings, and when she told him that they were fake diamonds, he offered to get her some new ones later.
He claimed he liked to “treat his women and give them the world” because they deserved to have “everything.”
They ordered a bottle of wine to start, along with some appetizers. He got the prime rib with extra sides and told her to order whatever she wanted.
She got something small since she wasn’t very hungry. Throughout the dinner, he kept painting himself as a larger-than-life figure.
“We get our food; we eat,” said Amy. “He keeps talking about how he wants to take over the world and needs a woman by his side to do that with.”
But when the check came, the energy shifted. He revealed that he didn’t have enough money to cover it, so his plan was for them to dine and dash.
She immediately refused and demanded that he pay the bill because she definitely did not want to go to jail over some food.
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Amy ended up having to pay the $200 bill herself. The next day, he texted her, asking what she was doing, as if the previous night hadn’t happened.
In the comments section, several TikTok users shared similar stories about their dates making over-the-top promises/gestures and underdelivering.
“I had something like that happen. He invited me out, told me to order anything, and he drank five beers to my one margarita. He ordered three appetizers, and his meal, and I ordered mine. Check came and he informs me if I pay for this dinner, he will pay the next time. Next time? There was no next time. I paid and then blocked him,” commented one user.
“I had a date where the guy was 40 minutes late, then he sat and had a beer, then his card wouldn’t pay for the two drinks, so I had to pay,” shared another.
“I met up with someone to play pool and got drinks and some food. I got the whole bill,” stated a third.
If there’s a lesson that can be taken from Amy’s story, it’s that confidence is cheap, but prime rib isn’t. Anyone who talks big about giving you the world should at least be able to foot the bill for one meal.
By Emily Chan
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