Now Santa cost $16 - I tell you this because $16 dollars
comes into play later in my story.
We went to the Tortilla Press in Collingswood which is a
good first date place. As we were having dinner the conversation was up and
down but there wasn't any reason to not see him again. He was cute, funny and brought
me a gift. I chalked the lack of great conversation up to first date jitters.
The check came and as I always do I went for my wallet. Now
for any man who is reading this...when a woman does this on a first date tell
her to put her wallet away. Take charge here and pay for dinner on the first
date. The Math Teacher did the exact opposite. He sat there examining the
check, trying to split it up. I asked him how much could I give and he didn't
reply, just stared at the check trying to do the math which made absolutely no
sense since he was a math teacher!
I just so happened to have a twenty, ten, five and one on
me. I took the money and fanned it out on the table as they do in the casino
and told him to take what he needed. Don't you know he initially went for the
twenty! My meal wasn't even $15 dollars! He put the twenty back then took the
ten, then the five and finally the one. $16 dollars he took. I wondered if he
took $16 dollars to cover the expense of the farting Santa or my meal! I didn't ask for the farting Santa but I sure did pay for him!
Now he would have easily gotten a second date if he had paid
for me. I would have been fine with leaving the tip but when a man asks a woman
out on a date, and if he's interested in another one, he should pay. Ladies are
you with me on this one? So when he called for a second date I made up some excuse and never answered his calls again.
