When Mia insisted on setting up her best friend on a blind date with her boyfriend\u2019s friend, the narrator reluctantly agreed just to stop her constant persuasion. Though skeptical about blind dates, she was told Eric was courteous, romantic, and thoughtful. Surprisingly, he lived up to that reputation \u2014 arriving early, bringing roses, opening doors, and even gifting a small engraved keychain. Over dinner, he seemed genuinely kind and attentive, leaving her cautiously optimistic that maybe good men still existed.That optimism vanished the next morning when she found an email from Eric \u2014 an itemized invoice for their date. The message listed the dinner cost, a request for a hug in exchange for the flowers, repayment through another date for the keychain, and a demand for more affection as \u201cemotional labor.\u201d The note ended with a thinly veiled threat: \u201cFailure to comply may result in Chris hearing about it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Disturbed, she immediately sent the email to Mia, who was horrified and told her to block him immediately. But Mia didn\u2019t stop there \u2014 she told her boyfriend Chris, who decided to respond in the best way possible: by sending Eric a mock invoice from \u201cKarma & Co.\u201d This fake bill included humorous but pointed \u201ccharges\u201d such as public embarrassment, emotional disturbance, and the crime of \u201cforcing a woman to sit across from someone wildly out of her league.\u201d<\/p>\n
Eric didn\u2019t take it well. He sent a flurry of texts accusing them of lacking humor and misunderstanding his \u201csymbolic\u201d gesture. The narrator calmly responded with a single thumbs-up emoji and blocked him everywhere.<\/p>\n
The story quickly became her go-to example of a disastrous date \u2014 both absurd and revealing.<\/p>\n
In the end, she reflects that true kindness never comes with conditions, and self-respect is never something to refund.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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