FEBRUARY 4, 2024
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SINGAPORE: A video of a girl criticizing her date for suggesting that they go to Lau Pa Sat for their first date recently emerged on social media, quickly going viral.
“Please try harder. The lack of effort is unbearable,” the girl said.
The girl, who had just taken a shower, claimed that she was looking through her clothes, trying to decide what to wear, when she received a text from her date telling her where they were going.
“The guy told me that we’re going to Lau Pa Sat. Seriously, why are men so terrible? I really don’t get it,” she said. “I don’t know, man. I’m done. I’m so done with this.”
She also wrote a small note at the bottom of her video, saying, “IT’S THE FIRST DATE. For the context: Lau Pa Sat is a hawker centre/food court. It’s worse than fast food in my book. Dear Universe, stop sending me cheap and/or toxic men. Thanks.”
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One Singaporean Redditor shared the girl’s video on the social media platform on Saturday (Jan 3).
The redditor said in the caption: “I came across this video of a girl complaining about getting brought to Lau Pa Sat for a first date. She claims that eating at Lau Pa Sat is worse than going to a fast food restaurant and demonstrates a lack of effort from the guy. From the video, it can also be interpreted that she views such men as toxic/cheap.”
They asked, “What do you think about going to Lau Pa Sat for a first date? Is it genuinely not a good place for a first date?”
Singaporean Redditors: ‘Don’t go on social media to complain about your date’s choice of venue.’
In the comments section of the post, some Singaporeans voiced their disapproval of the girl’s behavior, stating that she could have directly communicated her problem to her date instead of exposing and lambasting him on social media.
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One commented, “If she doesn’t like it, just make an alternative suggestion (e.g. McDonald’s) or cancel. She has a choice. Very simple. Don’t go on social media to complain about your date’s choice of venue. You are dissing him on the Internet which basically cancels any potential for a relationship. Might as well not go.”
While another one said, “If the girl is interested in or attracted to the guy, location doesn’t really matter.”
Other redditors, meanwhile, shared the sentiment of the girl, saying that Lau Pa Sat was really not an ideal place for a first date as it was both “noisy” and “crowded.”
One redditor stated, “To anyone genuinely trying to date, please. If you’re dating for a serious relationship, first impressions are everything. It’s hard to make a genuine connection when there’s noise everywhere like in a hawker centre.”
With the advent of social media, more and more people have become comfortable sharing their first date experiences online. In October 2023, a similar circumstance also emerged when a woman shared on TikTok that her “worst date” in Tokyo, Japan, was with a man from Singapore.