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By Anonymous - 16/03/2011 17:20 - United Kingdom

Today, I went on a date, the first one I've been on since my last boyfriend broke up with me 6 months ago. We were at a restaurant, and at the end of meal he insisted on paying the bill. He wanted to leave a 15% tip but couldn't work out in his head how much to leave. The bill was for £100. FML
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lil_emo_emu 0

That isn't that bad. Atleast he wasn't making you pay :)

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dwhite312 0

be glad someone spent $100 on a first date for you, when it's just a dinner.

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KVKdragon 26

wow, expensive dinner. that's about $160 in US currency. OP, be thankful that he's going on a date with you and paying for the meal. there's plenty more FMLs here that talk about cheapskate BFs who make their dates pay for their own meal.

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KVKdragon 26

sorry. I meant there're instead of there's

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couchstealer 2

I calculate tip after tax so it would've been a tip on 120? or something like that. maybe that's what he was doing

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guitarguitar 0

nah. you get the bill with tax already added in uk.

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zeta24 0

does he happen to be a math professor at harvard??

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Bobissmall 13

OP is from the UK, where it is actually a very good tip indeed, as people actually get a decent minimum wage and don't rely on customers generosity.

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perdix 29

If he's dumb enough to take you out, it's not surprising that he can't solve such a wicked hyper-analytical differential calculus problem. For my fellow stupid Americans, £100 is about 50% more money than $100.

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Zebidee 8

At today's exchange rate, £100 is almost exactly US$160.

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perdix 29

I'm at a hotel and saw that they are giving $1.46 for a British pound. In either case, my vague number of "about 50%" is correct enough.

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Zebidee 8

Funnily enough, I actually wasn't trying to correct you. I thought your figure was pretty right and assumed it was off the top of your head. I was just trying to add information to your already valid point. Sorry if it came across any other way.

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Quasar55_fml 18

Plus the bill was £100, this must have been some serious meal ! 15% on that is a lot

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stevenmx86 7

Don't know why you have to attack him op... He was nervous and just because someone is bad at math that doesn't mean he's stupid.

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ahuerta 0

women always have to complain about something. He paid for dinner cut him some slack

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guitarguitar 0

instead of taking the piss out of your new boyfriend maybe you should be glad that he spent 100 quid on you on a first date and wanted to give a generous tip by UK standards. ungrateful.

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Bobissmall 13

This is a good point also. He not only treated the girl well, but the restraint too. He seems like a good guy.

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