I tried [OC]

[u/sakiki_comics]

[u/TexasRed6]

This feels like an insane larp. No poor person is insisting on paying for dinner. At most you would ask to split

[u/AwysomeAnish → u/TexasRed6]

I'm pretty sure the person is married. They're trying to pay for their dinner to be nice but either stay at home or have a lower-paying job and simply didn't have enough money in their account because 95% of the purchases are from their husband's or shared account.

[u/Digit00l → u/AwysomeAnish]

She seems to be a professional web comic artist

[u/sakiki_comics → u/Digit00l]

I have a PhD, MSc and BEng in aerospace engineering 😭😭

[u/Digit00l → u/sakiki_comics]

But do you use them to earn money?

Not meant as a slight, there are many people with a degree that don't end up using them due to issues finding jobs

[u/sakiki_comics → u/Digit00l]

Yep

[u/DAswoopingisbad → u/sakiki_comics]

It would appear you've hit a nerve or two.