After matching with a guy from a dating app, TikToker Zora Wilde (@zora.wilde7) met up with him at a coffee shop. When it was their turn to go up and order, he ordered himself a coffee and a scone. He didn’t ask what she wanted at all.
Zora went up after and bought herself a coffee. He proceeded to eat half his scone and ask her if she wanted the rest of it; otherwise, he was going to throw it away.
So, she accepted and ate the remaining half, slightly regretting not ordering any food of her own.
Eventually, the date wrapped up. When she got home from the date, he texted her, asking for her Venmo. She thought he was making a nice gesture and offering to pay for her coffee.
Possibly, he got nervous and forgot to do it when he was placing his order at the coffee shop. She took it as a small green flag.
But when she sent him her Venmo, he requested $1.25 for the portion of the scone she had eaten. She was stunned and confused. This was her first date in 12 years, so she didn’t know if his behavior was normal dating etiquette or if she had encountered a rare specimen.
“I have no issue with going 50-50 on a first date, but his sending a Venmo request for a few bites of something he offered and would have thrown away is what I had an issue with,” she pointed out in the comments.
The comments section was in disbelief and quickly reassured Zora that this was not normal dating culture. It was just someone being extraordinarily cheap.
A first date that includes sending a Venmo request for a half-eaten scone is not showing basic courtesy or setting the stage for romance.
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“I would’ve walked off after he didn’t even ask for what I wanted,” stated one user.
“Never go on a coffee date. If you do, and you pay for your own coffee/food, take it and walk out and leave him there alone,” suggested another.
“People act like coffee dates are such a good way to get to know each other. I’d leave if this is how a date treated me. This is why I don’t want to grab coffee,” commented a third.
“Wow, that is most strange and disrespectful. I can’t understand what the world of dating has come down to nowadays,” wrote someone else.
First dates don’t require lavish spending, but they do call for a baseline level of consideration—and this guy clearly didn’t have any. If he was that concerned about $1.25, dating probably shouldn’t be in his budget.
While Zora may not have found romance that day, she did gain an unhinged story to tell.
By Emily Chan
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