Love, Money, Parenting, Awkward and Dating: What were you thinking?

What were you thinking?

By Anonymous - 08/08/2023 10:00

Today, assuming he'd be okay with it, I brought my two kids with me on a first date, as I didn't want to pay for child care. My date made me pay for the kids' meals and my own, then blocked my number afterwards. FML

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By Anonymous - 26/04/2022 06:00

Today, I was on a date, and I mentioned that I'm divorced, he was fine with that. I said I have two kids, he was fine with that. I mentioned the youngest is autistic, he was not fine with that, got up, and left so fast saying he wants nothing to do with kids like that. I was left with the bill. FML

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By Anonymous - 06/09/2020 16:01 - United States - Saint Paul

Today, I was on a dinner date. Went really well. She said she was excited to have date number two. It came to paying. I went up to pay. Turned around. She had gone. Number blocked. FML

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By Anonymous - 09/03/2011 16:07 - Canada

Today, I went on a dinner date with the guy I like. He ate all his food then started eating off my plate, going on to eat over half of my food. When the bill came, he made me pay for it. FML

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By bad date - 13/06/2012 04:42 - United States - Bennet

Today, my date made me pay him for picking me up, and taking me back home. FML

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By steak through the heart - 18/11/2014 18:57 - United States - El Monte

Today, I went on a date. I took her out to an expensive steak house. When she was done eating, she got up, said she was married, and told me she only accepted the date because I'd be paying for it. FML

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By wolfwolfy - 13/03/2010 07:18 - Canada

Today, I was on a first date. When the bill came, he refused to pay for my $6 salad. I had to go ATM-hunting to pay for my $6 salad. FML

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By beta - 08/01/2019 12:00

Today, my date unexpectedly brought her friend to dinner with us. They seemed bored of me after ten minutes and left me out of their conversation for the rest of the night. Oh, and they made me pay for both of them. FML

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By Lori - 04/11/2015 18:46 - United States - Littleton

Today, I agreed to go on a date with this really nice guy. Halfway through the date, he started talking about his wife and kids. FML

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By Lonely Gay - 22/02/2012 09:37 - United States

Today, a first date with a guy went so badly that he actually paid me to never call him again. FML

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By anonymous001 - 08/01/2013 19:58 - Canada - Toronto

Today, I went to the movies with my crush, who had asked me out on a date. Assuming he'd pay, I left my money at home. When the time came to buy the tickets, he only bought one for himself. FML

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Razath 17

Tuesday 8 August 2023 10:13

You didn't want to pay for child care, but wanted your date, on a first date, to pay for everyone's meal - without even checking with them first? Nuh-uh. They usually say that assuming makes an ass out of you and hey, it really did this time. 110% YDI.

RichardPencil 30

Tuesday 8 August 2023 11:39

What happens when you ASSUME? You make an ASS out of U and ME (and your kids.) On what planet would bringing kids on a first date be okay? Yours kids shouldn't know anything about the guys you date until you've gotten to know them well enough.

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Brightside86 30

Wednesday 9 August 2023 3:35

I think this would have been fine if he wasn't blindsided. Pretty weird for a first date but if he knew what to expect not a deal breaker.

Taurus_ChicKa 36

Sunday 20 August 2023 7:46

You absolutely deserve it. Why would you possibly assume your date would be okay with you bringing your kids to a DATE? Especially if you didn't discuss it first? And then you expected him to pay for YOUR kids' meals, plus your own? Good on him for ditching you. And think about this - what you wound up paying for the meals is probably more or less the same amount you'd have paid for child care, anyway. I call this karma.