{"id":4027,"date":"2025-07-25T12:38:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T12:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timeshow.xyz\/?p=4027"},"modified":"2025-07-25T12:38:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T12:38:29","slug":"he-insisted-on-paying-the-bill-i-shouldve-seen-the-red-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timeshow.xyz\/?p=4027","title":{"rendered":"He Insisted on Paying the Bill \u2014 I Should\u2019ve Seen the Red Flag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Eric showed up to our first date with roses and a monogrammed gift, I thought I\u2019d hit the jackpot. He was charming, thoughtful, and the perfect gentleman \u2014 even insisting on paying the bill with a firm, \u201cA man pays on the first date.\u201d I figured, why argue?<\/p>\n<p>The next morning, I woke up to a text from him. I expected a sweet message. Instead, I got an invoice. Yes \u2014 an actual, itemized invoice titled \u201cDate Night \u2013 Amount Due.\u201d It included charges like:<br \/>\nBouquet of Roses: 1 hug, Custom Gift: 1 coffee date, Dinner &#038; Tip: A guaranteed second date, Polite Conversation: <\/p>\n<p>\/A compliment about his looks, At the bottom, it read: \u201cFailure to comply may result in collection \u2014 via Chris.\u201d (Chris being our mutual friend and the poor guy who vouched for him.) I was stunned. So was Mia, my best friend, who\u2019d set us up. She showed the invoice to Chris, who was horrified \u2014 and inspired.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Eric showed up to our first date with roses and a monogrammed gift, I thought I\u2019d hit the jackpot. He was charming, thoughtful, and the perfect gentleman \u2014 even insisting on paying the bill with a firm, \u201cA man pays on the first date.\u201d I figured, why argue? The next morning, I woke up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timeshow.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timeshow.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timeshow.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timeshow.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timeshow.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4027"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/timeshow.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4029,"href":"https:\/\/timeshow.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4027\/revisions\/4029"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timeshow.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timeshow.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timeshow.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timeshow.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}