29-year-old woman asks man to cover her $900 rent on their third date: 'I barely know her last name'

The question of who pays for what on a first date can be tough, but surely rent isn't one of those things. 

There might be stuff that comes up in the course of a relationship with someone that makes you rethink everything. Maybe you've been trotting along with someone, and everything is going fine, until one day it isn't. You learn something about them that changes the whole nature of your relationship. Maybe it's a revelation, or maybe it's just a detail that you weren't expecting. It's moments like these that determine whether or not you're built to last. Maybe it brings you closer together, or maybe it pushes you farther apart. Either way, you're probably going to need a little assurance along the way. Dating is tough, and it's not easy to open yourself up to new people. The man in this story learned that the hard way.

When you're in the early stages of dating someone, you probably want to put your best foot forward. You're not exactly hiding your flaws, but you're trying to lead with your good qualities. Ultimately, you want someone who will accept you at your low moments as well as your high, but you probably don't want to lead with struggle. That will always come up down the line. But dating is a vulnerable experience. You don't always know what's going to come up and what someone might ask of you. In this story, nothing could have prepared him for this question.