My brother Adam had been trying to convince me for weeks to go on a date with his friend Stewart. “He’s stable, successful, and genuinely kind,” Adam promised — though his matchmaking record didn’t exactly inspire confidence. Still, curiosity won out, and I agreed.
Stewart arrived in a sleek car, dressed neatly, and greeted me with a polite smile. He took me to a beautiful restaurant downtown, the kind I usually only saw on special occasions. To my surprise, the conversation flowed easily — he was funny, attentive, and refreshingly down-to-earth. For the first time in a while, I caught myself enjoying a date.
But everything changed when the bill arrived. Stewart handed over his card, and it was declined. Then another. And another. The air around us shifted from warm to suffocating in seconds. My stomach tightened as I remembered telling Adam I couldn’t afford such an expensive place. Stewart looked mortified, mumbling apologies while I excused myself to the restroom just to breathe.
When I returned, his face said it all — genuine embarrassment and confusion. That’s when he revealed the truth that turned the whole evening upside down.
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