Women Who Make “Foodie Calls” Have Ruined Everything

Can you heathens please resolve to buy your own food?

Vanessa Torre
4 min readJan 26, 2020
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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.

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Vanessa Torre
Vanessa Torre

Written by Vanessa Torre

Top 10 feminist writer. Writing, coaching, and relentlessly hyping women in midilfe. linktr.ee/Vanessaltorre Email: vanessa@vanessatorre.com

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