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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/sparklinghotmess on 2024-08-18 22:08:12+00:00.
TIFU by texting my date (instead of my girlfriends) with a review.of said date.
I (45F) have been dating off and on since my ex and I divorced in 2020. My two best girlfriends are also single and navigating the world of dating. We text about our dates.
A week ago I matched with someone (40M) on Hinge. We'll call him Joe for this post. Joe is wonderful. He has a PhD and is an associate professor at my collegiate alma mater. He grew up in the Midwest and moved to the deep south for his job. Our conversations over text were engaging, intelligent, and witty. We met and had our first date last night.
The date was awesome. We clicked in person, the conversation never ceased, we made each other laugh, and he was attractive in person. At the end he was in a hurry to leave which I initially thought was odd, but he explained he had to get home to.take his puppy out for a walk so he could pee. There was no kiss goodnight, but he did ask if I'd like to see him again. I said I would love to.
We texted just a little bit this morning. I have a group text with my two girlfriends, and I picked up the phone to text them the details of my date with Dr. Joe. I told them where we met, we had drinks, I ate but he didn't because he does intermittent fasting, had a great time, no kiss goodnight, and that we had both expressed interest in getting together again. I also mentioned that Dr. Joe wanted to take things slowly which I appreciated, and I said overall the date was a solid 8 out of 10. I hit send.
My dumbass didn't text my girlfriends. I texted Joe my formal review of the date. I couldn't figure out how to unsend the text so I bit the bullet and sent him an apology text explaining that it was intended for my friends and that I was beyond mortified. He found the whole thing quite funny and said he'd happily take the 8/10 rating. Still.....I want to bury my head in the sand and am worried there may not be a second date.
TLDR: instead of messaging my girlfriends a review of the date I went on I texted my date. I feel so stupid.