First dates are bound to have some awkwardness. This one included maybe a little too much. One Florida woman thought she was in for a normal sushi date with a guy she met on Hinge. Instead, the evening spiraled into a series of increasingly baffling choices.
First, he had a mini meltdown over the $36 all-you-can-eat menu. This made him suddenly declare that they’d each be paying for their own food. And to top it off, he asked for melted butter to dip his sushi in. Most shockingly of all, after the date, he texted to let her down easy. Her response was less-than-kind. TikTok is now arguing over whether her fiery response was justified or just the final course in an already chaotic dinner.
What Happened on this First Date?
TikToker @trel.c has stirred the pot with her recent first date experience. The clip currently has 291,000 views and over 1,500 comments. The text overlay simply says, “Went on a date with a 6 ‘4 broke boy & this is how it went.”
She introduces him as Allen from Hinge. They were only talking for a day and a half when he asked her out for sushi. All was fine until Allen saw the All-You-Can-Eat menu at Crazy Sushi. Apparently, paying $36 per person for all you can eat was too steep for him, and he said so to her.
The waiter brought the requested à la carte menu and Allen asked if she was OK doing that instead of all-you-can-eat sushi.
“I said no,” @trel.c says. “When I go out to eat, I order what I want and I buy what I want.” She tells the waiter that they’re going to order separately instead, him paying per roll while she gets the all-you-can-eat sushi. Then he asks her if she can pay for her own food.
@trel.c explains that the only reason she said yes was because she wanted to get what she wanted from her favorite sushi place. To make it even more awkward, the waiter forgets Allen’s Diet Coke. Instead of calling him over, Allen just waits for his drink and doesn’t eat his food. Only after asking her if he should signal the waiter, @trel.c claims that he starts waving his arms at chest-level.
“I’m like, mortified because what the [expletive] is happening?” she continues.
‘Why Are You Complaining?’
After hailing down the waiter and getting his drink, Allen then has the “audacity” to ask for melted butter to dip his sushi in. The server, perplexed alongside @trel.c, says the restaurant only has soy sauce and spicy mayo as dipping sauces.
After this slight debacle, @trel.c mentions that he looks very “drowsy” and keeps saying he’s tired. When he goes to the bathroom, she orders pad thai and sushi to go, claiming she wants to “get my money’s worth.”
Upon returning, he says he thought she was already done. “Why are you rushing me?” she asks, and he just claims that he had a long day. She then says that they didn’t have to meet that day but he insisted that he wanted to see her. “Then shut the [expletive] up, why are you complaining?” she tells the camera.
At the end of the date, she pays for her food, and he walks her to her car and opens the door for her. She leaves. “I get home, this [expletive] had the audacity to text me to tell me it’s not gonna work out and he doesn’t think we should continue seeing each other. Let me show you my graceful response,” she adds.
‘Broke Men Disgust Me!’
[email protected] then shares her screenshot of the messages. In it, Allen lets her down easy. He tells her that he “Messed up by not noticing before meeting that you didn’t want children.” This aspect is important to him so, he thinks they won’t be a good match.
She, however, went straight for candor. Her first line: “This wasn’t going to go anywhere because you’re broke.” She then proceeds to say it’s a huge “ick” how he acted over the price for all-you-can-eat sushi. Then, she questions his reason for wanting kids when he only works 20 hours a week at a pizza shop. She says she thinks broke men are disgusting and tops it off with “PLEASE do not think you’re the prize here.”
As she closes off the story, @trel.c says she forgot to mention that he’s in his 30s and still renting out a room his mom found for him. She thinks she might have intimidated him because she shared how she likes shopping at Ulta, Sephora, etc. She says he “clearly can’t keep up” with that lifestyle.
@trel.c Well, that’s a wrap, I’m done dating in 2026. #brokeboy #hingedating #onlinedating #datingstorytime #ick ♬ original sound – c:a
‘Kindness and Grace Costs Nothing’
@trel.c’s comments section is in shambles. It begins with a comment with over 3,000 likes reading, “I was on your side until I read the text exchange.” Another viewer says, “Girl, this was so unnecessary and mean.”
One with over 5,000 likes reads, “Normalize someone not being for you and just moving on without bashing them on the internet! Smh the internet is so corny and mean spirited.”
@trel.c responds to a comment calling her mean, saying, “You’re not the only one & I’m not saying it was nice, but it is how I felt after you invite me out, can’t afford to pay for the meal and complain the entire time that you’re tired when you invited me out.”
One viewer suggests, “Sometimes the best response is no response at all or a simple ‘Ok’ will do.” Similarly, a second viewer says, “You don’t have to settle but you don’t gotta be mean lol.”
There are some, however, that take her side. A comment with over 500 likes says, “If they think you’re mean. They would HATE ME.”
Another says, “Why ask someone out if you already know money is tight? Sometimes it’s honestly better to focus on getting your life and finances together first. There’s nothing wrong with taking a step back from dating until you’re in a better position.”
The Mary Sue reached out to the creator via TikTok comment.
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