A 6-Foot-8 Woman Joined a Dating App – Her First Match Asked Her to Wear Heels, but What Happened at Dinner Left Her Terrified

My Date Asked Me to Wear My Tallest Heels—Then I Discovered Why

At 74 and six feet eight, I’d heard every height joke. So when Richard, my first date in 12 years, asked me to wear heels, I thought he admired me.

But at dinner, he kept checking the street. Then he asked me to stand beside the window.

When an SUV stopped outside, he grabbed my wrist and tried to rush me out. The restaurant manager intervened.

“Ma’am, do you want to go with him?”

“No.”

The visitors were Richard’s daughter and her husband. He’d arranged for them to drive past, hoping to prove he was happy after losing his wife.

My height—and those heels—were meant to make us impossible to miss.

“I came because I liked you,” I told him. “You should have trusted me with the truth.”

After a handwritten apology, I eventually agreed to coffee. This time, I chose the café, the time, and my shoes.

Another date? Perhaps. But rebuilding trust would take more than an apology.