he ordered a salad for me on our first date

girl dinner tonight is oxtail in peanut sauce with a stupid amount of crushed peanut

ok so i went on a hinge date. guy seemed fine. we talked for like a week before meeting up which i normally dont do but he was actually making me laugh so whatever

we sit down at the restaurant and im looking at the menu and genuinely taking my time because everything looked good. and this man just waves the waiter over and orders for both of us. he got himself a ribeye and ordered me a garden salad. a GARDEN SALAD. i didnt even know what was happening at first i kind of just sat there

i was like oh i was actually gonna order something else and he goes "nah trust me you dont wanna eat too heavy on a first date" and then kind of laughed like it was a joke but it wasnt a joke because the waiter was literally standing there waiting

and i just. i dont know i didnt have some big dramatic moment or a perfect thing to say. i just said i think im gonna go and grabbed my stuff and left. it was kind of awkward honestly because the waiter was still standing there and i had to squeeze past a chair on the way out. not cinematic at all lol

i called my best friend from the parking lot and she was like come over we're going to eat. so we went to our favorite spot and i ordered the biggest plate of oxtail stew on the menu and she got boba and we just sat there and talked shit about him for like two hours. she kept doing impressions of him ordering the salad and i almost choked on a peanut

he texted me later that night saying i was being dramatic and he was just trying to be nice. showed my friend and we both just looked at each other and put my phone face down. then he texted AGAIN this morning asking if i wanted to try again. i just said no thanks

anyway the oxtail was incredible and my best friend is a better date than he will ever be.