Summary

In “The Bad Date Diaries: A €300 Restaurant Bill,” the author details her date with a wealthy entrepreneur she met on Tinder. She was unsure if she felt empowered using his money or subjugated to a misogynistic version of courtship when he offered to pay for dinner. Drunkenly, Alderton proclaimed that she would pay the entire tab and went to the bathroom to ask AJ to transfer money into her account.

The author utilizes the following chapter, “The Bad Party Chronicles: My House in Camden, Christmas 2014” to detail a lackluster party that she threw. He roommates “reluctantly agree[d] that [their] Christmas drinks party be Rod Stewart themed, but stress[ed] that they want[ed] no accountability for it” (152). Alderton spent an excessive amount of money on decorations and was disappointed when the first guest...