In a developing story out of a first date in Seattle, WA, 28-year-old Ava Warner feels like the “preferences” her date just rattled off to her sound a lot more like a list of demands.
“He said he likes short blondes,” Ava told reporters while hiding in the bathroom texting her friends. “Which is already pretty weird considering I’m 5’9” and have red hair, but then he went on to say that he only wants to date someone who can cook, has a doctorate, and likes to pay on first dates. At that point, it really starts to feel less like a list of preferences and more like a list of demands that need to be met.”
Witnesses at the scene confirmed that this is exactly how it sounded, and that he did not shy away from listing every single thing he wanted in a woman, from hair color and body type to hobbies and financial status.
“He definitely wanted her to pay for the date, first of all,” Lydia Krauss, a patron seated one table over from the couple, told reporters. “I don’t blame her for having been in the bathroom for 25 minutes. He also suggested that anyone he dates must support him financially while he goes to graduate school. It really just seems like he’s strapped for cash.”
As far as her own preferences go, Ava was pretty clear, “I’m just looking for someone I feel a connection with, and whose lifestyle matches my own.”
However, when she mentioned this to her date, he told her that her standards were “way too high” and that she should lower them or risk “dying alone.”
Ava noted that this was not the first date she went on where a guy insisted he tell her everything he wants and, more notably, does not want in a partner.
“Almost every guy I’ve met on a dating app has told me something along the lines of, ‘I usually go for blondes, but you’re pretty cute…’” she told sympathetic reporters. “Ultimately, they always end up with a blonde, whether or not I actually go out with them. It’s like they’re telling me up front what they’re going to pick in the end. One guy even insisted I dye my hair blonde after we’d been on like two dates. That’s when I knew these weren’t simply ‘preferences.’”
Reporters agreed that this had strayed far from the realm of “preferences” and straight into “blatant demand” territory.
As of press time, Ava had quietly paid for her half of the meal and slipped out of the restaurant. When the waiter informed her date that he would need to pay for his half of the bill, he responded by screaming, “I’m allowed to have preferences!!!” at the top of his lungs.
