Maybe she hadn't thought she was getting any kind of surprise and thought it was pretty special that her boyfriend went to some effort to make sure their dinner was great. Anyway people are allowed to think whatever they want is special. Just cause you don't doesn't mean they can't.

It's nice for someone to think of you and go out of their way to make a night special. One night, my ex boyfriend made me dinner, took me out to the park, and we had a picnic. There were no candles, but he got my favorite type of cookies, made my favorite sandwiches, and just spent the day chilling with me outside. The meal cost about $3 to make, we walked to the park, and he was wearing torn jeans. There was nothing fancy about it. But it was special, because he went out of his way to think of me and take me somewhere I enjoyed. I am sure Op would have been happy if the boyfriend got her flowers he found outside and took her for a nice walk. It is the thought that counts, but also the effort as well. I would must rather go out for dinner and not have something fancy go down... then to be lied to about a special evening then have it destroyed. It is the lie that makes it so bad, not that Op expected the world.

Yes, people can think whatever they want is special, and if you love getting flowers that's fine. But I do agree that people put too much importance on things like that. How much thought does it honestly take to go to the store and buy someone chocolate or roses? To me, that doesn't show you care, it just shows you were willing to spend some money so you don't have to think of anything original. My boyfriend texts me every morning when he gets up to ask how I slept, and he spent hours editing a photo of me so it looks like I'm a fairy in a garden surrounded by flowers and ladybugs, and I think it's beautiful. I feel like those things show that he's thinking about me and he cares about me more than if he had come home with some flowers he bought at the store.

You know, in this economy, if my boyfriend showed up with some nice chocolates, roses, and wanted to take me out on a nice dinner I would be floored. My boyfriend makes $14 an hour. He would literally be spending almost three days work on me if he did that. How is that not romantic, sweet, and generous of someone? It is one thing to rush to the store, pick out something cheap, and pass it off as being "original" and "romantic." But if someone plans out a nice dinner, goes to the trouble of getting you a gift, and you have the gall to tell them they are unoriginal and unromantic... you have a lot more issues than you realize and should likely learn how to be gracious.

I'm about 98% sure they did not get to dine.

Over one lie? O_o;

Lies can and do have the power to end relationships

Who wants to date someone who will lie, get your hopes up, then dash them. I might not break up with someone over that, but it would be a first strike. He would have to do a lot of work to make it up to me, because once trust is lost you might as well flush the fish down the toilet, because the relationship is dead.

Why would he assume a table that clearly has more decorations than the average table is for them when he knows he didn't order anything extra? No, I'm pretty sure he just saw a situation he thought he could take advantage of and lied.

No, it is not. If there is a piece of cake on the table when I walk in and I ask if its for me, and someone says, "Hey, yeah, eat it" then I am going to. It is not my fault if the real owner comes up and says, "Who ate my cake?"

I doubt she let him.