u/Sebastianlim

First time posting.

I (38M) was supposed to go on a first date with a woman, let’s call her Kathy (F34). We decided to go to this restaurant which was 20 minutes away from her place. I happen to work close to where she lives so we agreed that I would pick her up and we would go to the restaurant together.

For context, this restaurant is the type of restaurant that will charge you if you cancel less than 24 hours before the booking time (I booked it for 6pm because we agreed on that time).

Kathy calls me at 10am on the day of the reservation. She says she has to cancel and that she is sorry and that we will definitely have dinner in the near future just not today. She didn’t give a reason other than she has to cancel. And I understand. People don’t need to give me a reason if they need to cancel plans. So I had no hard feelings and told her that I hope everything is ok and that I look forward to having dinner with her next time.

Since I couldn’t cancel the reservation, I decided to go by myself. And I had a great time and the food was amazing. And I will be coming back to that restaurant at some point in the coming weeks to try other dishes in their menu.

Now I didn’t think it was a big deal, but when Kathy found out that I went by myself, she got upset. She said that it is weird that I went to an expensive restaurant by myself since the reservation was for the both of us. She is accusing me of being insensitive (that’s the weird she used) for going to the restaurant by myself, knowing that she had canceled. I don’t fucking get it.

I told her that I am sorry for making her feel bad but I do not understand why she is so upset when she is the one that canceled and that she knew that the restaurant would charge me anyway if I had canceled the day of. So I made the decision to go by myself so I wouldn’t waste a reservation, and be charged on the credit card that I had on file. I asked her if she could please explain to me what I did that made her feel bad so that we can discuss it properly and that I could take steps so that it does not happen again. She then continued to say that she does not want to go out to dinner with me next time if I don’t know what was wrong with what I did. And I responded with: “Ok. No Michelin Star restaurant for you.” to which she responded “You’re a fucking asshole.” And hung up.

So AITA?

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