'Do you even see yourself?': Guy goes on first date with a non-stop texter, he stands her up mid-date, she barely notices

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Oct 11, 2023 2:00 PM EDT

We know that the dating scene these days can feel like an endless pattern of failed first dates, but you have to make the slightest bit of effort at the very least. Otherwise, you are simply in no position to complain about your life as a single person. This Redditor tried his best on a first date with a woman who would not stop texting during their meal. It was just constant. Every time the phone buzzed, she just had to pick it up and text (probably with her sound on) instead of answering simple questions like "What do you do for a living?" from the inquisitive guy across the table. 

It got to the point where OP could not take it anymore. He went to the bathroom and told himself that if he came back and saw that she was still glued to her phone, he would leave. Well, you can just guess what happened next. This story sparked mixed reactions in the comments section below. Keep scrolling to see what you think. For more content like this, here are some fresh and funny pickup lines.

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    Font - Left girl with a $80 bar tab after being a dissociated When I was single and dating in a large major US city, I met up with a girl at a bar for drinks after she and I met on a dating app and she expressed interest. I come from the traditional school of dating protocol so I tend to assume that my job (as the man) is to make sure my date feels safe and has a good time, regardless of whether or not we have chemistry or it leads to things. It's like, we both made the effort to get dressed up,
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    Font - Except for this vapid moral monstrosity. We get a table, I try to open things up but she sits there texting for five minutes while we're waiting for our order-- occasional apologies but basically just not looking at me and attention span of a gnat. We start talking finally and then she starts answering her buzzing phone again. I'm trying to joke about it at first and then it just gets painfully awkward... like what the are you doing, do you even see yourself? I have value too. We get our
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    Font - I order us two more drinks and an app and then I realize I'm miserable. I down my drink and hit the loo. On my way out, the little gremlin in my head says, "If she's still on her phone when you come out, you're done." She is. I look the other way and there's a service door open behind the kitchen. I turn right instead of left and exit into the sweet, sweet air of freedom.
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    Font - 30 minutes later she texts: "Did you leave?" Guess I should have texted. Edit: Wow, obviously I touched a nerve. Who knew. Regarding how I should've paid my half or talked to the server or something, ok I take your point, but it was kind of a spur of the moment decision and I assumed she would pay. I didn't think of it as "dine and dash", I thought of it as "You assumed I would pay, and I would have, but you overplayed your hand so now I assuming you will pay." What she did, I don't know,
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    Font - Anita2553 1 day ago The fact that it took her half an hour to check if you left shows just how little she cared about your presence 5.6k Reply Share
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    Font - AlexDavid1605. 1 day ago I think she only "noticed" because one of the wait-staff saw her sitting alone and no one has paid the bill and they enquired about it. If they hadn't intervened, she may have sat there till closing time... 1.7k Reply Share
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    Font - z-eldapin 1 day ago 30 minutes later lol. 4.9k Reply Share
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    Rectangle - blarch 1 day ago . Should have responded with "I left because you didn't show up." 3.2k Reply Share
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    Font - dancness 1 day ago She was there to get a free dinner, that's all. And you played the reverse Uno card. Well done 2.3k Reply Share
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    Rectangle - alamcc 1 day ago "Guess I should have texted", killer line. 1.8k Reply Share
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    Font - jbae_94 1 day ago . Should've told her you needed another 30 4 728 Reply Share
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    Font - Agent7619 1 day ago there's a service door open behind the kitchen Coulda left through the front door, she wouldn't have noticed. 598 Reply Share
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    Smile - Forsaken-Yak-7581. 1 day ago I think it's safe to say she wasn't the one... 478 Reply Share
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    Font - Fudouri- 1 day ago So most of it is bad on her part. That being said, I feel like I have never came back to a table and not have the person on the phone. If there was a time for them to be on the phone, it's then. Did you expect her to stare at the restroom watching when you come back? 248 Reply Share
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    Rectangle - Comfortable-Elk-850. 1 day ago Too bad people can't leave date reviews on those dating apps too. 241 Reply Share
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    Font - Vegan_Digital Artist. 1 day ago Good on you, she deserved it. I would've been confrontational "if this is a hang out and not a date, I can split the bill because I'm here to take you out, not your phone." 144 Reply Share
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    Font - Ok_eat_flan 1 day ago . edited 22 hr. ago I had a GF who did this when we were out to dinner with my parents. First time she met them, and she was on her phone the entire time. Nothing important of course. 111 Reply Share
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    Rectangle - Piddy3825 1 day ago petty revenge - best served via unsent text... ↑ 92 ♡ Reply Share
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