My Date Paid for Dinner, Then Everything Took a Turn!

Then, at the very bottom, written in bold, unsettling text, was the true threat: “Failure to comply may result in Chris hearing about it.”

Chris. That was the name of Mia’s long-term boyfriend. Eric’s friend.

I sat there, staring at the computer screen, completely stunned. My first reaction was utter disbelief. How could someone so charming act this way? My second, stronger feeling was one of disgust. This went far beyond quirky humor. Eric had clearly itemized affection and basic human courtesy as if they were business transactions, and then leveraged a shared social contact—my friend’s boyfriend—to coerce me into seeing him again.

I immediately sent a message to Mia: You’re not going to believe this.

Within minutes, I forwarded the bizarre ‘invoice’ to her. Her reply was instant and definitive: Oh my god. He’s insane. Don’t answer him. Mia, being the fiercely loyal friend she is, didn’t stop there. She shared the shocking email with Chris, who, thankfully, was both mortified by his friend’s behavior and fully willing to mess with his so-called friend. Together, they quickly put together a clever strategy to give Eric a dose of his own medicine.Continue reading…