Dating in the modern age can be pretty fast-paced, especially now that so many of us are signed up to dating apps that let us meet new people in seconds.
But one woman has discovered that some people move far too quickly for her - after her date demanded she "commit to him exclusively" after knowing each other for just 90 minutes, the Daily Star reports.
The woman took to Twitter to share screenshots of her text messages with the man, whom she originally matched with on Tinder an hour and a half before he told her that he was only interested in seeing her if she could promise she wouldn't be talking to other potential dates at the same time.
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She explained that not only had the pair not met in person before he put forward such a bizarre demand, but they also hadn't even spoken on the phone yet and only knew each other through text messages.
The woman, who posts on Twitter under the username @SgtDGumby, wrote in her tweet: "Dude I matched with 90 minutes ago on Tinder wants me to commit to him exclusively right this second, before even talking on the phone."
In the screenshots, the man told her: "I will say that if it's me then it's me only. If you want the freedom to talk to others at the same time and have those exploratory chats, I won't be it."
The woman initially replied to her date to state she would "make that decision tomorrow", but the man wasn't happy with her answer and doubled down on his stance.
He said: "Nah. I'm not going to be in the mix and you pick. It's either see how it is with just me first or it's not. I am too tired to compete. And I don't care to have the 'who needs who financially' [talk]. I'm not woke or care to be, to be honest."
The woman also shared further screenshots in the comments which exposed more of the man's strange behaviour - as he messaged her again at 4:30 am to ask if she'd had time to think about his exclusivity demands.
He wrote: "Good morning. How's it going? Do you want to meet today?
"What do you feel about me/the situation?"
And in another post, the woman revealed she and her date had another conversation about what he wants from a relationship, where he admitted he doesn't want to "compete" with others.
He said: "I like only being with one person. I'm not talking to others.
"I want to meet somebody and be with them. I don't like competing or having somebody else dating around."
Commenters on the Twitter post were split, as while some thought the man's demands were "red flags", others praised him for being honest about what he wanted out of his dating experience.
One person said: "All I ever see are bullets dodged whenever somebody posts anything from online dating."
As another added: "Wow, you need at least six people to neatly unfold that red flag."
But someone else disagreed, stating: "Frankly, this is a good attitude. He's being honest, showing his hand and you know to run. Also, if we were all so self-confident and assertive - that would be a good thing."
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