
A New York woman recently shared a rude text exchange with a man she’d been dating, and it sparked a discussion about what the best thing to do on a first date, and how much to spend on someone early in the relationship.
The woman, who posts online as Cleo-Aster, shared screenshots of the exchange on Reddit, captioning the post, “Dating is HARD in NYC.” The images show a polite rejection followed by a sharply different response that quickly drew attention across the platform.