I got slapped by a guy my friend introduced to me. To this day, she doesn’t believe me
This happened months ago, but I saw her today and felt a wave of memories take over me… so here we go.
My friend and classmate (whom I had known for years and was my ride or die) said she had this single male friend. He was into the same hobbies as me, plus had a similar career choice as me. Being friends with my bestie turned it all into 3 pros and no cons.
So I accept to meet him at a café and it was overall pretty lovely. He was the epitome of nice guy, no apparent red flags. The date was a perfect balance of communication; no one “hoarded” the conversation nor became obsessed with a single topic. 0 phones, too.
We drink our tea and he treats me to some cake just so we can chat for longer. At this point I was really comfortable with him. My friend was Cupid IRL!
Or so I thought. Cause when the date ended and I went to get on the bus, he insisted on taking me home. I had just moved into that place after leaving my shabby, leaky student dorm so I sadly couldn’t risk it. Let alone after a first date. I calmly rejected his offer and said I was not ready for that just yet. Nothing personal.
And his attitude changed. His smile was gone. His jaw was clenched. Called me a time-waster and said I probably assumed he just wanted to sleep with me.
And you know what? I could’ve argued with him for hours but nope. I was not gonna deal with tantrums.
Thanked him for the cake, said I was gonna take the bus indeed and that I would not be seeing him again.
Everything else was a blur. I don’t know what he yelled at me, but I do know that a few seconds later I had my head to the side, skin stinging and hot to the touch.
He left in his car and I called my friend in tears.
She didn’t believe me. Said I probably provoked him. “He’s so sweet with me, I’m not gonna cut him off!”
I lost a friend over a man that hits girls on the first date.
Hope her internalized misogyny doesn’t ever get her hurt. She doesn’t deserve to be in my position.