What’s so wrong about soft pretzels?

I fundamentally do not understand people who expect first dates to be extremely fancy. Maybe you think I’m just one of those people who does not expect much from my romantic partner, but I don’t see it that way. I believe that the only function of a first date is to figure out if you’re attracted to one another when you’re in the same room. That’s it. First dates can be the simplest thing in the world, because they’re not about wooing the other person. It’s about deciding if you’re attracted to them enough to want to hold their hand and kiss them goodnight. The most important thing to me on a date is not how much money the other person spends on me. For some people, socioeconomic compatibility is the first thing they want to figure out before they even think about romantic attraction. That’s how matchmaking worked for a great deal of human history! People did not date outside of their class. 

A matchmaker recently took to X to share the story of her matchmaking client and his failed first date. His big mistake? He scheduled a date at a cocktail bar that wasn’t «refined» enough for his sophisticated match.