{"id":2900,"date":"2026-02-04T13:54:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T13:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dynenews.com\/?p=2900"},"modified":"2026-02-04T13:54:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T13:54:35","slug":"my-date-insisted-on-paying-the-bill-i-wish-i-hadnt-let-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dynenews.com\/?p=2900","title":{"rendered":"My Date Insisted on Paying the Bill \u2013 I Wish I Hadn\u2019t Let Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thecelebritist.com\/4abb16471247865964b02219166a84897471950d5cc91cc14d8cede6c35b3876.jpg\" alt=\"A charming restaurant | Source: Pexels\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36 ContentRenderer_paragraph-first___d_VF\">When Eric insisted on paying for our first date, I thought I\u2019d met a true gentleman. Roses, a sweet gift, charming conversation \u2014 he was checking all the boxes. When he texted me the next day, I expected a cute follow-up, but my stomach dropped when I read his message.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">My best friend, Mia, meant well when she offered to set me up on a date, but her skills as a matchmaker were completely untested.\u201cHe\u2019s super nice, Kelly! Total gentleman. You\u2019ll love him,\u201d Mia insisted over the phone while I rummaged through my closet.\u201cYou\u2019ve never set me up before,\u201d I reminded her. \u201cWhat makes you think you know my type?\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\">\u201cBecause I know you better than anyone,\u201d she replied confidently. \u201cPlus, Chris vouches for him too. They\u2019ve been friends for ages.\u201dThat gave me pause. Chris, Mia\u2019s boyfriend, was a pretty good judge of character. If he thought this Eric guy was decent, maybe there was hope.\u201cFine,\u201d I sighed. \u201cShow me a picture at least.\u201dA moment later, my phone pinged with an incoming message.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"Image_wrapper__1NP9g\">\n<div class=\"Image_container__oHMMQ\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; When Eric insisted on paying for our first date, I thought I\u2019d met a true gentleman. Roses, a sweet gift, charming conversation \u2014 he was checking all the &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dynenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dynenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dynenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dynenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dynenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2900"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dynenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2902,"href":"https:\/\/dynenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2900\/revisions\/2902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dynenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dynenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dynenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}