• How to save on a date...oh boy

    From Lenona@21:1/5 to All on Mon Mar 17 22:24:15 2025
    This is about online dating and the people who ignore it when you say
    you don't WANT to be a parent OR stepparent.


    https://www.reddit.com/r/childfree/comments/1jdm3hu/hinge_bio/

    Comment:


    TangledUpPuppeteer

    22m ago
    I had this happen once to me. He showed up (late) with his kids in tow
    to our first date. Which he failed to mention — that he had kids or that
    he was going to bring them. What a joy! My bio says I am CF and I don’t
    ever want children and I don’t want anyone that has children. He kept
    all of it quiet until that dinner.

    I stood up after he got them situated, and I said “happy to have kept
    the seat warm. Have a great dinner!”

    He was shocked! “What do you mean? Where you going? Why are you
    leaving?”

    “I came to meet someone for a first date. To get to know them. I did not
    come here to be a playground monitor. I’m off the clock, and you
    couldn’t afford me. I wouldn’t accept my jobs paying me in dinner, I don’t accept it now either.”

    “This is a date, not a job interview!”

    “Not from where I’m sitting. Look up Nanny’s. You’ll have better luck, I
    think.”

    I turned around and left. I figured for the inconvenience he caused, he
    should be stuck with the bill I racked up while waiting: one glass of
    water, so $0. I saw the waitress and handed her $1 for her tip for
    bringing me one water.

    By the time I got home he had messaged me that I was a bitch and the
    least we could have done was gone halfsies. Yeah; no. I spent $1 for the
    joy of waiting for him to show up late, I spent $0. I’m not paying half
    for food I wasn’t even there to consume. He can feed his own kids.

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