A New York woman recently shared a story on TikTok, which illustrates that sometimes, you should trust your gut. The TikToker, Amanda Martinez, vented about an alleged infuriating encounter that ended with her walking out just 20 to 30 minutes after arriving. As she put it in her video, “I should have listened to my gut feeling and never went on this f—ing date today. Okay, so first date update. We got into a huge argument. I might have cussed him out, and I left.” As per her account, the date started normally at a restaurant, but things went sideways fast when the waiter asked if they wanted to add protein to their meals. Amanda declined the offer. “Apparently, this is homeboys’ trigger, okay? Immediately, he’s like, ‘No, get a protein, get a protein. You should have a protein. You shouldn’t eat a meal without a protein,'” Amanda explained. She said she tried to keep it light, but he persisted till she told him she was a vegetarian. She noted then that seeing how people react to that information is a major red flag for her, adding, “So if you make it an issue, it’s gonna be an issue.” In response to his questions, she says she told him she had been a vegetarian for over a decade, especially after “I found out I have a kidney disease and um, it’s in the best interest of my organs haha, to keep me alive and healthy if I limit my protein intake and specifically animal protein.” He insisted that her diet was the problem He immediately told her that she needed to follow a carnivore diet because a vegetarian diet “is bad for you.” That triggered Amanda to ask him if he had heard her mention that she had a kidney issue, but he retorted, saying that he didn’t see the relevance. Rather than showing empathy, he launched into what Amanda called his own “TED talk about the carnivore diet.” He claimed it would cure her disease in six months. Amanda recounts how floored she was by the audacity of a stranger trying to give medical advice that contradicted her own doctors. She pointed out that there is no cure for her condition, but he refused to back down. When she asked if he was a nephrologist, he did not even know what the term meant. @amandalmartinezz Also, please register to be a donor #dating #dateupdate #date #pkd #polycystickidneydisease ♬ original sound – Amanda Amanda hit her breaking point when he demanded to know the name of her disease. His tone made her feel like he doubted her. She told him it was Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD). When he kept asking questions and arguing, she challenged him to spell it. “I was like, ‘If you know so much about it, and you’re such a f—ing expert,’ I was like, ‘Go ahead and spell it. I was like, I bet you don’t even know what the f— it was called.’ And he didn’t.” Amanda’s irritation was clear when she said, “So you have the audacity to sit up here and argue with me, go bar for bar, round for round, about what you think is best for me on my disease, and you, 1. Don’t even f—ing remember the name of it, and 2 couldn’t even spell it, even if I said it out loud to you.” According to the National Institutes of Health, PKD is a genetic disorder, a chronic kidney disease that causes fluid-filled cysts to grow in the kidneys, which can eventually lead to reduced function or kidney failure. It is a serious condition that requires careful management, often involving a team of healthcare providers, including a nephrologist. The TikTok community praised her for standing her ground. User Kristen commented, “’Spell it’ is freaking iconic,” while Maeee shared that she showed the video to her aunt, who is a nephrologist, and was told, “’she knows her worth! She deserves someone who respects her’ gurl you did the right thing!! Slay Queen.” Others, like cupcakemcgee, questioned the widespread obsession with meat-based protein. They noted, “Why is everyone a nutritionist and yet they are convinced protein is only found in meat.” A healthcare worker named Hope popped into the comments to share a story of a patient with gout who suffered because of a misguided belief in the carnivore diet. “Do yourselves a favor and consult a doctor or nutritionist before doing a diet change like this,” she wrote. Amanda, for her part, decided that was enough for one night. She says she asked for her check, got her pasta to go, and left the date behind. Amanda isn’t the only person to share stories about a bad date. Recently, a TikToker shared the story of a first date where the man disappeared for 20 minutes in the bathroom. In San Diego, a woman agreed to a date until she got a predatory text 30 minutes beforehand.