{"id":45906,"date":"2025-10-26T18:52:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T18:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/?page_id=45906"},"modified":"2025-10-26T18:52:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T18:52:57","slug":"the-bill-was-a-warning","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/?page_id=45906","title":{"rendered":"THE BILL WAS A WARNING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"44\" data-end=\"193\">On a date, the waitress said my date\u2019s card was declined, then secretly handed me the receipt with two words scribbled on the back: <strong data-start=\"176\" data-end=\"193\">\u201cBe careful.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"195\" data-end=\"339\">She later told me my date\u2014who called himself Deacon\u2014brought different women there, pretended to be broke, and some said he even stole from them.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"341\" data-end=\"489\">I looked him up later. His real name was <em data-start=\"382\" data-end=\"390\">Marvin<\/em>. 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