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Real world bad date etiquette!
Dear Prudie,
I recently went on a date that ended badly. Our meal was cut short because my date had too much to drink before and during dinner. Since my date was causing a scene in the restaurant, the manager had to come to the table and escort him outside. I was stuck paying the bill, which came to $350, largely due to the amount of expensive wine and scotch that my date had ordered (which has made a serious dent in my budget). After I finished paying the bill, I found him wandering around outside the restaurant, so I took him home. Understandably, we have not seen each other since. Is it OK for me to ask him to reimburse me for the meal? He asked me on the date, and the bulk of the cost came from his alcohol consumption. He also makes more money than I do.
—It Was on Me
Dear It,
You should definitely ask him to reimburse you, and fast, because it's a miracle someone who acts like this is able to hang on to a job. There are several lessons in your letter. One is that if your date arrives at your door drunk, that's your opportunity to shut it in his face. Another is that if you get to the restaurant and he starts behaving as if he's auditioning for yet another remake of Arthur, you should bolt before he's tossed out and you're handed the bill. The third is that before your date is bodily removed for bad behavior, you should tell the management to make sure he presents his credit card and pays for the meal. Let's hope that since the date he's been sober enough to regret this dreadful evening and wants to make amends. Get in touch and tell him you were forced to bail him out, but you need him to make good on the cost of his liquid meal. If he won't, you've just learned an expensive lesson about the cost of being a polite chump.
—Prudie
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