I went on a date with a guy my friend set me up with. He showed up with flowers (not a grocery store bunch, actual roses). Dinner was perfect.He was charming, opened doors, and pulled out my chair. When the check came, I reached for my wallet. Big mistake.\u201cAbsolutely not,\u201d he said, sliding his card down. \u201cA man pays on the first date.\u201d I walked away thinking it was one of the best first dates ever. That was until the next morning, when I saw that he\u2019d sent me a message unlike anything I\u2019d expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His text wasn\u2019t a flirty follow-up or a request to see me again\u2014it was an itemized breakdown of everything he had spent the night before. Next to each cost, he had added a playful comment: roses\u2014worth it, dinner\u2014still worth it, valet parking\u2014worth it again. And at the bottom, he wrote, \u201cCost of meeting someone who actually laughs at my jokes\u2014priceless.But if you\u2019re open to it, I\u2019d love to take you out again.\u201d The message wasn\u2019t demanding reimbursement or setting expectations; it was simply his quirky way of showing humor and sincerity. I read it twice, surprised at how something so unexpected could make me smile so easily. Curious about who he really was beneath the polished first-date manners, I agreed to meet him again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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