“I declined it and texted him that it was petty. He responded saying I was overreacting, that ‘it’s about fairness’ and ‘that’s just how he is.’ Now I feel turned off and honestly insulted. My friends are split, some think I’m being petty too, others think it’s a red flag. Am I overreacting?”

There appear to be some contradictions at work right here. If this man wished equity, then it stands to purpose that they need to have cut up the invoice evenly, together with the tip. Furthermore, if that is how he’s, maybe he ought to have talked about that earlier than he went on the date and paid for the meal.

There’s nothing mistaken with wanting to separate prices on a date, however some of us choose a extra conventional method. The subject of invoice splitting comes up ceaselessly on Reddit, particularly after failures to speak preferences. In April, one Redditor tried to get his date to pay for her half after the very fact, and she or he got here again at him with homophobic slurs.

In this case, nevertheless, the small quantity requested set off alarm bells.

“It just shows how petty he is”

Commenters extensively agreed with the OP that her date was being fairly bizarre over $3.25. This led different ladies to share tales of dates who demanded cash after they have been denied the ending they envisioned.

“Let me ask you this, did he at one point try to become intimate and you denied him?” requested u/Nekojita8. “I’m only asking because that’s what I also experienced.”

“He even TWICE refused my offer to pay half of the meal while we were at the register.”

“Same thing happened to me!” replied u/master0jack. “Went out with this guy, had a great time. I offered to go Dutch multiple times but he insisted on paying the tab.”

Others merely couldn’t wrap their heads round somebody ruining their possibilities with somebody over $3 and alter.

“It just shows how petty he is,” stated u/Ok-Soup-514. “Anyone with a brain knows that requesting three bucks back will 100% guarantee no future date. He’s telling you that the $3 is more valuable than your company.”

There is yet another potential reply. One commenter suspected that he could have been testing the OP on how she would reply to the request.

“If he paid for the burgers, asking her to pay half of the fries is probably some sort of test,” wrote u/ceciliameireles.

“A friend of mine went through something similar. The guy she was seeing asked her to pay him back like 5 bucks for a coffee and when she was taken aback by it he told her he was testing her to see if she was only after his money. Turns out the guy was a redpill weirdo.”

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