(Throwaway for obvious reasons)

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So long story short last week I matched with a girl on Tinder and arranged a date for lunch in London near Soho (I work in the city, not sure what she does).

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We met up outside the underground station and exchanged pleasantries, walked around the area for a bit and then I said hey let's look for somewhere to eat (it was after all my lunchtime). So we were walking past a restaurant called 'Burger and Lobster' which serves, as the name implies, Burgers (at ridiculous prices) and Lobster. At this point she turns to me and does that whiney voice 'Ooohh I heard this place is great, shall we try it?'. Now I know it's pretty pricey and not really somewhere I'd choose to take a girl on a first date, but said fuck it why not, I assume we were gna split the bill and they do B+L combos that we could share.

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Once we get seated and menus given, she says she wants to look at the lobsters in the tanks. So we go over and have a look at this fucking huge crustaceans floating stupidly in their tanks. Waiter comes over and makes some small talk, when she suddenly points to one and says 'That one!!'. I do a double take and before I know it she is asking for it to be grilled, not steamed, and bla bla. I now realize she must have been here before as no way does she know the process and how to order lobster, etc. I quickly glance over at the price list- 2kg lobster is £105. Okay.... I mean I work in the city and have a good paying job so not too much of a problem for me, but I don't know what she does for a living and I get this feeling that I'm going to be left with the bill.

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Lobster comes, a burger and some fries too, we share the lot, she takes lots of pictures (this lobster's claw is bigger than her head- pic attached) then winding up we ask for the bill, soon as it's arriving YEP she needs to go toilet and I'm left with a £180 bill. I have it in cash so pay up and keep the receipt to put on expenses, she comes back and does this 'Oh did you already pay, how much was it, do you want me to give you some money' but without actually meaning any of it. I say whatever it's fine, we walk back to the underground and she gives me a peck on the cheek and I go back to work.

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I think that's gonna be the end of that, I got used for a free lunch but whatever.

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Yesterday she messages me again and says like she really enjoyed the time together, she thinks I'm a great guy and maybe we have a future together, do I want to meet up again this Friday in Old Street for some dinner (Old Street= lots of expensive bars). I lie and say I have dinner plans for Friday but can meet for drinks (not gonna get stiffed again) and she says cool let's meet for drinks, so we arrange for 7.30pm meet up.

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Today I get a text that Friday 'maybe some of her friends will be there, and maybe her ex' and do I mind, and right now I am unsure of what to make of this. I assume they've both moved on but she asked me to go for drinks so idk why the fuck we are talking about other people coming along, and why the fuck would she even contemplate bringing her ex? I do want to fuck her on Friday night so I was planning on getting her drunk and bringing her back to mine.

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On the other hand she's a great girl, nice looks, petit, very enjoyable to be around and talks about the future with shared interests (travelling, family, kids etc) so I definitely think we could have a future together, so I'm kinda split on what to make of Friday.

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Any thoughts?