Man asks Tinder date to pay his $376 electric bill

Sex & Relationships

By Alexandra Klausner

She pulled the plug on that one.

A woman who felt an electric connection with a Tinder match was turned off when her potential Mr. Right randomly asked for nearly $400 — to pay his energy bill.

Kendra Roxberry, 29, said she’d been seeing a “charming” man named Josh for several months before he suggested the two of them go out to a nice dinner.

After being assured “the budget doesn’t matter,” the mom-of-two from Pittsburgh picked a pricey seafood restaurant, with the assumption that the man’s “finances would be in order,” she told Kennedy News and Media.

A week later he sent Roxberry, who works as a nurse, an entirely surprising message.

Could he have $376, in order to “get his lights turned back on,” he wanted to know.

“I figured it wouldn’t be an issue since I paid for your seafood boil lol,” he said, jokingly.

Roxberry, who couldn’t believe what she was reading, quickly replied: “lol … really? I’m not sure this is going to work out. Good luck!”

The disappointed dater then blocked Josh on her phone.

Roxberry said she is thankful that the “trash took itself out,” though she admitted to being saddened by the experience.

Before Josh’s beggarly blindside, she had “high expectations” and thought things were “moving quite well.”

“He was very handsome, smart, kind and he seemed very well-put-together. He had a similar sense of humor and we got along great. The chemistry was there,” she said. 

“I feel like we were even. I wasn’t using him for his money and expecting him to pay for everything. I enjoyed his company and would pay for things too,” Roxberry said.

She said she doesn’t consider herself a “cold-hearted” person and has no issue with people asking her for help, she just doesn’t want to feel like it’s expected of her. 

“I wish he would have approached it in a totally different way rather than it being something he expected me to do,” she explained. 

She said Josh worked as a welder and even though living alone is expensive, she assumed his finances were ok since she guessed they were paid similar amounts. 

She’s happy she spotted his poor behavior early on. 

“If he was willing to hold that over my head so soon then who knows how toxic a relationship could be with him,” she explained. 

She shared screenshots of their conversation on Facebook where commenters validated her frustration. 

“I’d be asking why he got you a $200 seafood boil when he had bills to pay? That doesn’t sound like your problem,” one person said. 

“Tell him you have a better idea and send him 376 glow sticks,” another joked.