I'd like to know more about your accidental date, if that's alright with you.
I’m just gonna publish this in case anyone else was curious. Hope that’s okay.
I’m afraid it’s not actually an interesting story. Last summer I worked on a boat, and I had a ton of fun talking with this one guy who also worked on the bridge with me. We were both from the same general area, too, which was a plus (most of the crew were international workers, we got brought in because they were legally required to have a certain percentage of Canadian crew). I sort of had a little crush going on until I learned that he was twice my age and that killed it pretty fast, but I really liked talking to him, so when we got back to shore I very awkwardly asked him if he’d like to continue hanging out sometimes while he was in the city. A few days later we went out for supper together and ended up sort of monopolizing a booth for like four hours. It was super fun, honestly, I had a great time. But I thought we were hanging out as friends until he paid for the entire meal and then I realized and it was just like “oh no.”
Especially because I had bought a giant pizza, expecting to pay for it myself, so I could have leftovers to take home for later. So I was both oblivious AND accidentally an asshole. It was super embarrassing.
So that’s the story of the one time I’ve ever been on a date.