I met a girl off Tinder and went over to her place for the first time, expecting the usual awkward small talk and figuring out where to sit. Everything felt normal until I noticed what was installed on the bed frame, bolted right into the headboard like it belonged there, impossible to miss once you saw it.
She laughed when she caught me staring and brushed it off like it was nothing, but my gut went the opposite direction. The room stopped feeling casual and started feeling planned, like this wasn’t something you surprise someone from Tinder with and expect them to just roll with.
I told her I wasn’t staying and started putting my shoes on, and she immediately got pissed, calling me selfish and saying I wasted her time. She kept blowing up my phone after I left, upset that I wouldn’t spend the night, and all I could think about on the drive home was how fast my instincts told me to get out the second I noticed that bed.
