Tommy Talk: WHO SHOULD PAY FOR THE FIRST DATE?
Elvis Duran and the Morning Show ON DEMAND
Elvis Duran Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts
4.9 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2025
⏱️ 12 minutes
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On this episode of “Tommy Talk,” Tommy discusses who should pay for the first date. First dates can be nerve-racking. Sometimes slightly awkward. When that bill comes, what do you do? Tommy shares a story from dating in his early 20’s that has stayed with him to this day.
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| 0:36.5 | Hey guys, welcome to Tommy Talk. This is a new weekly series that is part of my I've |
| 0:42.3 | never said this before podcast where I am talking about things that I've never really |
| 0:46.7 | publicly talked about before. It's a way for you to get to know me better and hopefully |
| 0:50.1 | get a little insight into the advice I am offering to hopefully make your life a bit easier. |
| 0:56.0 | And today's topic, this is a hot topic because I have a lot of friends who have stories |
| 1:02.1 | related to this topic. And that topic is, is being asked to split the bill on a first date, |
| 1:08.5 | a deal breaker. Okay, there is a lot to unpack here. And you guys are |
| 1:15.9 | getting some stories from my single dating days because sometimes you need to learn from what I've |
| 1:23.9 | gone through to help you make decisions for your future. I am here to help you. |
| 1:28.1 | All right. So let's unpack this for a minute. I was asked to go on a date by somebody in my early 20s for quite a long time. They were pursuing me hard. And for whatever reason, I was busy. I was working. I was doing a lot in the modeling world of the time. And I was on shoots and traveling and whatever. So I just wasn't around. And finally, one night I was around. And this person said, can I please take you out to dinner? And I thought, okay, why not? Like, I have nothing to lose. I think I was like 22 maybe. So we go to this restaurant, and it was not an inexpensive restaurant, by the way way so this person picked a very nice place |
| 2:02.3 | and we sit down and the server comes over and says can i get you guys a cocktail i think i |
| 2:09.8 | ordered a vodka soda i think i ordered a double vodka soda if i'm being honest it was in my 20s |
| 2:15.1 | and then this person ordered themselves a drink and the server began walking away. |
| 2:21.0 | And then my date said, oh, excuse me, server comes back. |
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