So to recap the playbook.
If I order and run, it's a crime.
If she orders n I run, fair game.
If zdn orders, I stick around to order some more and help him clean the dishes when his credit card be hurting.
LOL...i never 'ghost'...dating rule #101: if i paid for your dinner, you owe me...your a$$ is mines! ha!
but you know what!? it isn't ghosting when you produce a invalid card, the waiter comes back and says it's been declined, you pretend to search your pockets, wallet and say, you don't have any money. then you look at your date.....
.."thanks for dinner, i'll get you next time!"