A woman in New York has shared how a blind date arranged by her friends ended with her paying the entire restaurant bill after the man she went out with “dined and dashed.” She said she was initially puzzled by how he could leave her stranded like that but later learned that he had rushed out because of an emergency. Apparently, the mother of his child was giving birth.
Her story has shocked many people online. Some viewers felt the man was wrong to leave without saying anything, regardless of whether he had a child on the way. Others directed their criticism toward the friends who set them up, arguing they should have vetted the man properly.
The woman, who goes by @na_cya on TikTok, shared her experience in a video recorded shortly after the date. She said she and the man had been enjoying their date at a restaurant when she excused herself to go to the bathroom.
When she returned to their table, the man was nowhere to be found. It then fell on her to cover the entire $262 bill.
The woman claimed that she had only ordered an entrée, while her date had ordered an appetizer, an entrée, and two drinks. She also pointed out that the restaurant was expensive, with appetizers costing nearly $20 and most items priced above $40.
Still, she said she would have been happy to split the cost with her date if he had stayed.
However, that was not the only challenge she faced that night. The woman said her date had driven them to the restaurant, so when he disappeared, she had to pay for an Uber to get home.
At the time, she couldn’t understand why the man had left her stranded without saying a word. “I don’t know what happened or what I said or what I did to make him leave, but this is actually a really bad situation,” the woman complained. “This is why I don’t go out with men. And in this economy, like, come on, brother.”
New York Woman Learns Why Her Date Disappeared
The woman said she later discovered that there was more to the story than a date simply abandoning her at a restaurant. In follow-up videos, she revealed that the man had allegedly left because the mother of his child had gone into labor.
“I’m actually really confused,” the woman said, adding that neither she nor her friend, who helped arrange the date, knew that he was expecting a baby.
She said they began piecing things together after her friend discovered a recent Instagram photo showing a newborn’s hand alongside those of two adults. One of the adults had a hand tattoo that appeared to match the tattoo on her date, while the woman in the photo was wearing a hospital wristband.
The discovery led them to believe that the man had been at the hospital for the birth of his child.
In a separate TikTok, the woman posted a recording of a phone conversation she had with the man after learning the reason for his disappearance.
During the call, she confronted him about leaving without an explanation and told him how much his actions had hurt her feelings. The man responded that his son had undergone heart surgery and that he was dealing with a difficult situation.
Although she acknowledged what he was going through, the woman maintained that he should not have left her without saying anything. She reminded him that she had been forced to pay the restaurant bill and arrange her own transportation home because he had driven them there.
The man repeated that his child was undergoing open-heart surgery and said worrying about a date was the last thing on his mind. He eventually apologized, and they ended the call.
Viewers Criticize the Man for Leaving His Date Stranded
Several viewers criticized the man for how he had treated his date.
“Leaving you stranded at the restaurant is diabolical and inexcusable,” a commenter wrote. “What if you didn’t have no money and you was depending on him,” another pointed out.
“Even if he wasn’t feeling it, he could of [sic] at least gotten you home safely,” said a third. Another reassured the woman, saying, “Sweetie none of this is on you! You dodged a bullet.”
Some even suspected that he never intended to pay for his meal. “He always intended to leave you with the bill, not on what you said or did. He chose the restaurant because he wanted to eat there and dipped,” one viewer claimed.
Some viewers also blamed the friends for putting the woman in that situation. “Your friends sent you a bum, when you look THAT GOOD?!! They need to go,” one person stated. Someone else commented, “I’d be questioning those friends fr. Did they not know his character?!”
It appears the woman did not end up losing her money after all. She later claimed that her friend’s boyfriend, who was also friends with her date, sent her money to reimburse her for the $262 she had paid at the restaurant.
It remains unclear whether the woman and her blind date plan to see each other again.
