Not on the right one: how I taught a lesson to Alphonse, who was going to have dinner at my expense

My friend recently turned 43 years old. At the same time, she is quite an active, effective and cheerful person. She achieved everything she dreamed about. She has a good job with stable earnings, a daughter-student, but only, alas, in her personal life, not everything is so rosy. She has long been divorced from her husband. Serious relationship was no more and no. She once spoke about one of the attempts to arrange her personal life in our company. Details are as follows.

A holiday romance

I understand that at my age it is not easy to find a man, but I do not lose heart and do not clutch at anyone. Who just didn’t come in my way. Even the swindlers who hoped to breed a lonely forty-year-old woman. Fortunately, I have a head on my shoulders, and I'm not used to being deceived.

I am a very simple and sociable person who doesn’t get into a pocket for a word. Literally from school, I have developed the ability to put in place and respond to the barbs of men. Just recently, in the south by the sea, an interesting story happened to me. It was then that I met a certain Roman, which will be discussed further.

The novel was very courteous and made a good impression.

He came up to me when I slowly walked along the promenade. The novel was a handsome young man. We talked, and it seemed to me that he was a fairly developed and pleasant man.

Roman was vividly interested in me about my work, which at first did not seem to me something suspicious. He listened to my various stories, not hiding his interest in me. In general, he did his best to seem to me an attentive person.

Very soon, he resolutely called me to a restaurant, and before going to bed he even sent a couple of SMS with declarations of love.

The next day we had dinner in a good restaurant. The novel behaved like a courteous gentleman. We had fun talking, and the man talked about his business, which, according to him, is moving very successfully. He also did not forget to boast of an expensive villa and car.

The novel was not at all what he claimed to be

It seemed a little strange to me that he was demonstrating his wealth in such a way, but decided not to pay attention to it. After all, Roman himself invited me here for dinner, and I did not expect that I would have to pay for the dishes. So, most likely, all gigolos act. At the first date, they check whether it is possible to breed this woman for money.

At that moment, when it was already necessary to pay for the order, Roman caught himself and said that he had allegedly forgot his wallet at home. And I realized that I accidentally ran into a real gigolo.

In principle, this is no wonder. I am a non-poor woman, I dress well, wear jewelry and look after myself. Apparently, that's why Roman chose me as a future sponsor. He probably hoped that I would not make a scandal in the restaurant and just silently pay the bill. But it was not there.

I was not a timid dozen

I resolutely grabbed my companion’s smartphone, which was lying on the table, and handed it to the waiter saying that my man has nothing to pay for food, and therefore he leaves the phone here for a while until we get home for money.

Roman immediately felt embarrassed, he mumbled something and immediately pulled out a credit card from his pocket.

I immediately said goodbye to him, and on this note we parted forever.

I still remember with laughter that story. It is not for nothing that they say that even an old woman happens to be a batter. The novel was not as smart as he thought.