26-year-old woman rejects 32-year-old man after he plans a 1st date at a bar that serves soft pretzels: 'Giant pretzels don’t exactly give "refined.”'

• Blaine Anderson, a matchmaker who has been on Shark Tank, shared this story on X, and it has gone insanely viral. 

  "Matchmaking client in NYC, 32, finance, Jewish, medium handsome but funny, all-around good dude. 

  I think I’ve found his dream match: she’s 26, amazing family, refined vibe, Jewish obviously, and down to meet him. 

  I make the introduction, then… he texts me saying she bailed. I check in with her. She says he asked her to dinner at Crown Alley, and based on that alone, she knows he’s not a fit. 

  Obviously I feel bad for him, and yeah it’s lame to be judgy about first date plans, but… I actually agree with her on this one. 

  The problem has nothing to do with wanting a more expensive first date. This woman just knows her vibe, and giant pretzels don’t exactly give “refined.” 

  He either needs to adjust his go-to first date plan, or go after the type of woman who wants to meet over a ham and cheese toasty."

  --@datingbyblaine

• The exterior of Crown Alley, located in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan

  
  via @datingbyblaine

• The unrefined soft-pretzels that cost this young man his date

  
  via @datingbyblaine

  It's a little disingenuous to call Crown Alley merely a pretzel place. They also serve excellent oysters and handcrafted drinks. 

• One X user was dubious about the young lady's explanation for rejecting the date.

  “A woman will never reject a guy she's genuinely attracted to over a restaurant choice. The likely reason she bailed was that she didn't find him physically attractive. She likely didn't tell you the truth because she didn't want to seem superficial and/or hurt his feelings.”

  --@eddyluxe_

• Another person criticized the matchmaker for making this story public at all.

  "Imagine spending $25,000 on a "VIP matchmaker" and all she does is tweet about how lame your date ideas are and how women are right to bail on you."

  --@varrock

• Most respondents agreed that this guy is better off without her. 

  “A woman who declines a date because she doesn't like the restaurant is a bullet dodged, sorry.”

  --@allie__voss

  “So she’s not  refined, she’s just shallow !!”

  --@anniodarone3

  ““This woman just knows her vibe.” She has her own set of rules, and may she succeed or fail by them. If she’s single or unhappy in 5-10 years, she’ll blame everything but her rules.”

  --@uneasypause

• Do you think the matchmaker did a bad job matching their vibes? Do you think the woman's expectations are too high? Or did the man mess up by planning such a casual first date?

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