My Date Ordered a $150 Lobster Dinner on Our First Date and Refused to Pay—What Happened Next Left Everyone in the Restaurant Stunned

they? That’s how I’ve always done it.”

My ears felt hot. “But… you agreed to split.”

She picked up her phone, scrolling absently. “Yeah… but I didn’t think you’d actually mean it. Men never do.”

A beat of silence stretched between us.

Something old and familiar rose up in me, memories of being made to feel small, like my feelings did not matter, like I continue reading …