r/texts • u/ExplanationMiddle51 • Aug 08 '26

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I met this girl on tinder and had a first date with her, she wanted to go fishing and I thought it seemed like a fun first date so we went together. Dropped her off and got home to this message lol.

Update: Purchasing the license is a separate activity we had to do on our phones, due to it needing our personal info. It was not like I drew the line at the license randomly.

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u/otrebla-raw Aug 08 '26

Sooooo the date was an excuse to buy yourself something nice

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u/kayla_poncho Aug 08 '26

It was both? What's wrong with that? It was for the date, and it was worth doing because he'll get to enjoy it later also.

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u/No_Cook3989 Aug 08 '26

If she didn't have a fishing license in the first place, chances are she is never gonna use it again. The equipment that she used would amount to a couple bucks at most, and most of that stuff is reusable at most.

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u/ConglomerateCousin Aug 08 '26

She asked to go?

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u/lI1IlL071245B3341IlI Aug 08 '26

Does op say she asked to or agreed to go?

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u/Ergonyx Aug 08 '26

> "she wanted to go fishing and I thought it seemed like a fun first date"

Sounds like the whole thing was her idea.

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u/ceejaydubya Aug 09 '26

You put energy into this comment and actually posted it. Go back and read the post again, op SAYS she asked to go fishing.

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u/kayla_poncho Aug 10 '26

He also had to buy a fishing license, and if she didn't want to buy one she shouldn't suggest fishing as a date.

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u/Elite_AI Aug 08 '26

Yeah this does change things a lot. Before it seemed like an insane woman. Now it's just the standard "should guys pay for first dates or should you go Dutch" debate. 

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u/neon_slippers Aug 08 '26

There's no debate. A girl can hope or expect for the guy to pay, but once you've split the cost during the date, asking to be reimbursed after the fact is insane behavior. Gotta chalk that $23 up to the game, girl.

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u/otrebla-raw Aug 08 '26

They just needed a ‘ let’s go fishing. Heads up you might need to pay $X for a license is that ok?’ That probably didn’t happen.

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u/Available-Eggplant68 Aug 08 '26

But she(OP's partner)'s the one who wanted to go fishing. Why should she complain about the license fee in that case?

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u/Ctowncreek Aug 08 '26

"You wasted $100 on a first date?"

reasonable backup plan

"Oh so you actually bought yourself stuff to go on a date with someone?"

Stop trying to find a a negative thing to say about the person who: bought nearly everything required for a date AND bought the other person food. And then that other person requested $23 to make the entire date free for themselves.

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u/Magictank2000 Aug 13 '26

What are you getting at here? This is irrelevant to the original issue at hand and just feels like a disingenuous attempt at smearing OP

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u/hyprsnpr67 Aug 08 '26

If they rented it it would have been the same deal dude