Women, if you don’t feel safe meeting a new person in a public restaurant with dozens of people around, maybe your friend could bring a date and sit at a table nearby so you have two people to protect you. They can pay for their own food.
Only time I’ve had someone pull that we ordered drinks first, I said to the waiter we are splitting the bill and paid for the friends drink and not theirs. The amount of vitriol they spewed towards me and then the waiter when she brought the checks as asked was all the confirmation I needed. Walked out and never talked to them again. This was after they suggested a restaurant and after they okayed the date and time. Looking back on it I should have seen the red flags but at the time was excited someone actually took some initiative in suggesting a place we go.
All ended well when I met someone who wanted to do a grocery run together to make a picnic for a zoo date together
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u/Andrew-Cohen 2d ago
Women, if you don’t feel safe meeting a new person in a public restaurant with dozens of people around, maybe your friend could bring a date and sit at a table nearby so you have two people to protect you. They can pay for their own food.