To make matters worse, man complains about date to her mother afterwards. — SCMP
A woman said online that her recent blind date proposed splitting the dinner bill based on the number of meat slices each ate during a hotpot meal, sparking a widespread conversation about the state of modern dating in China.
The woman, who was not identified, shared on a recent Xiaohongshu post that, after the meal, which ended at around 11pm, her date proposed that the two go out for a drink. The woman, feeling it was too late, denied the invitation.
She said the man’s demeanour changed after she refused the request to go out drinking, and he said: “You’re not one of those gold diggers who expects the man to pay on the first date, are you?”
In response, the woman suggested they split the bill and called the waiter to calculate their cheque.
According to the receipt she shared, the meal cost 300 yuan (RM194 or US$40), and the duo had marked on the cheque with a pen which party should pay for what.
“The amusing part was when he said he didn’t eat any of the fried bean curd rolls, so they should be on my bill. Additionally, since I ate most of the meat and he only had a few slices, he said he would only pay for a third of it,” she said.
Even the 3-yuan (RM1.94) difference in the price of their drinks was accounted for.
The woman ended up paying 48.6 yuan (RM31.46) more than the man.
To make matters worse, the woman received a call from her mother after the date, who said that the man had criticised her for being “wasteful and materialistic”.
At the end of her post, she expressed her frustration, asking: “Am I the only one encountering such bizarre people?”
The woman, who described herself as a “single, older female employee working for an Internet company,” mentioned that she was pressured by her family to get married, prompting her to agree to the arranged blind dates.
“My mother is constantly urging me to get married, even enlisting my uncles and aunties to arrange blind dates for me,” she wrote.
Her post resonated with many, leading to a flurry of supportive commenters complaining about dating.
One person wrote: “You should have called the matchmaker right there to have them act as an auditor during the bill splitting.”
Another said: “You should tell him to get the restaurant’s security footage to see who ate what and how much, and then calculate it clearly.”
A third person said: “If it were me, I’d say forget the calculations. I would pay the bill and consider it a payment to avoid further trouble.”
Bizarre blind dating stories often strike a chord on mainland social media.
In October 2020, a woman from Zhejiang province in eastern China decided to test her blind date’s generosity by inviting 23 of her family members to join them for dinner, resulting in a bill of almost 20,000 yuan (RM12,947).
The man left the dinner, leaving the woman to foot the bill. – South China Morning Post
