Women Who Make “Foodie Calls” Have Ruined Everything

Can you heathens please resolve to buy your own food?

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The first time I heard the term “foodie call,” I was just a wee babe in the world of online dating. A potential date and I were talking about how online dating was going for us.

He told me the worst part of online dating for him was the vast amount of women out there looking for “foodie calls.” Ummm, I’m sorry. What?

Apparently, this is a thing. Women who are not really interested in dating or who match with someone they only have a mild level of interest in will go on a date, assuming the men will pick up the tab. These women are the ones to offer to meet at a time during which a meal will take place. They have no intention of splitting the bill.

I would like to say this is a neurotic, make-believe, toxic male reaction to being rejected. It’s not. I asked women. The number of women who I talked to that either admitted to doing it or knew someone who has done it blew my mind.

One lady I spoke to said a friend of hers would eat out at least three meals a week on the dime of some guy. I leaned in on that. I had questions.

She said her friend’s tactic was to suggest meeting up that week and wait for the guy to suggest a day. Then, she’d say she had to work a little late that day but could meet to “get a bite to eat” later if the guy wanted to. I guess it’s that easy.

If this is leveling the playing field, I want to take my crap and get off the damn field. I’m not having it.

There are so many problems with this I don’t even know how to begin to catalog them but I’m going to give it a shot.

The foodie call affirms every negative female stereotype men have when it comes to dating. Having written about dating frequently over the last year and a half, the most common and vocal complaints I hear have something to do with money.

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