The TikTok creator @keepingupwkamw documented a New York City date that included private drivers, secret notes, several restaurants, a magic show — and finished with a morning-after text featuring the Mona Lisa. The video has earned over 174,000 likes and roughly 8,384 comments.
That morning started with a man arranging for a private driver to collect her. Before they got there, the driver gave her a note. The note requested, “Yes she’s pretty, but can she follow directions?”, and it instructed her not to send a message to the man until she arrived at her destination.
Nobu, a Waitress, and a Stand-Up Question
She went to Nobu first, and her date never showed up. Instead, a waitress informed her that the man had paid her entire bill. That same waitress then gave her a note containing instructions to enjoy a drink on her own. Another customer, according to the creator, actually inquired whether someone had stood her up.
She was taken by the driver to a second restaurant, yet he first went to the wrong spot. The creator said rain made that detour even more annoying. She finally tracked down the right place and spotted her date already there. Their talk was fairly calm, though he brought up his plans to freeze his sperm in case of his death.
The Speakeasy and the Jacket Request
A magic show played out at a speakeasy, and the creator found the setting charming enough to enjoy the ambience. Later, feeling cold, the man turned to a waitress and asked for a jacket. One viewer captured the feeling of that exchange with these words: “Lost me at the note 💀.”
The same viewer added, “Lmaoooooo why would he say that?” The man apparently viewed the entire night as an elaborate puzzle. She said he explained the night’s theme was built around her being beautiful and mysterious. A second viewer wrote, “bro thought he was christian grey [sic].”
The Morning After Text
The next morning delivered the final puzzle piece. The creator said the man texted her around 8 a.m. with a picture of the Mona Lisa. He told her to “interpret this,” continuing the mystery theme after their date ended. She decided that this style of dating did not suit her.
Viewer Roasts
The audience promptly turned the tale into a dating comedy of its own. One spectator wrote, “He definitely ChatGPT ‘how to create an interesting date night’.” A different watcher jested, “He watches too many movies.” The maker’s account likewise inspired wider humor about courting in New York City.
This video’s account comes from @keepingupwkamw on TikTok. The Daily Dot has not confirmed the events it describes independently. What follows is a record of the details that person offered.
The Numbers
- More than 174,000 likes
- Around 8,384 comments
- The man texted her around 8 a.m. the next morning
- The final message included a picture of the Mona Lisa with the instruction to “interpret this”
The Stops on the Date
- Nobu, where the date never showed up
- A second restaurant reached by a private driver
- A speakeasy hosting a magic show
- The morning-after text with the Mona Lisa
The tale reads as a jest since it is one. A gentleman devoted an entire evening to assembling concealed missives, shadowed conveyances, and a spectacle of illusions, all for the sake of a morning-after message requesting the lady decipher the Mona Lisa. The irony lies in his attempt to appear enigmatic and tender, when the outcome rendered the date a pursuit of clues with no prize at its end.
Viewers seized on the instant the note was passed as the turning point, and their remarks make clear what they took from it. One commenter said the note was the moment everything fell apart. A second asked why he would say that. A third suggested he had mistaken himself for Christian Grey.
The figures speak for themselves: 174,000 likes, 8,384 comments, and a message sent the next day that addressed a question no one had raised.
Source material: “Private Drivers, Secret Notes, a Magic Show, and a Picture of the Mona Lisa — a Woman’s NYC Date Story Has the Comment Section in Pieces,” The Daily Dot.
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