So I met this girl on Hinge and we seemed to have a lot in common. We went to this nice lounge for drinks and honestly the conversation started off pretty well. But then her phone buzzed and it was like I suddenly became invisible. She didnt just check a notification she actually started scrolling through her feed while I was mid sentence. I tried to ignore it the first couple of times but after the third time she picked it up I just stopped talking and waited. She looked up and asked why I stopped and I just said "Hey I really value my time and I think its kind of disrespectful to be on your phone the whole time we are trying to get to know each other."
I wasnt shouting or being aggressive just being direct about how I felt. She looked at me like I just insulted her entire family , threw some cash on the table for her drink and just walked out without saying a single word. Now I am sitting here wondering if I am the asshole for having a boundary or if dating in 2026 is just completely cooked. Like is it really that hard to put the device away for an hour ? My friends say I should have just made a joke about it instead of being so blunt but I feel like at our age you should already know better. Did I actually overstep here or did I just dodge a bullet ?