The aspiring actress who 'dates for dinner' and exploits men to eat at the fancy restaurants on her 'hit-list'

By Michael Zennie

PUBLISHED: 21:03 EST, 31 October 2013 | UPDATED: 16:02 EST, 1 November 2013

An aspiring actress in Toronto has outed herself as a serial online dater who shamelessly meets men for dates just so they will pay dinner at fancy restaurants.

Erin Wotherspoon, 23, chronicles each of her dates on her blog and even has a hit-list of some of the nicest restaurants in the city where she wants to convince men to take her.

She writes: 'We all know that getting what you want in life can be tough... So I've decided to become a serial dater to fulfill my restaurant hit list.'

Scroll down for video

Shameless: Erin Wotherspoon, 23, blogs about her serial dating habits and the restaurants where her male suitors take her

Shameless: Erin Wotherspoon, 23, blogs about her serial dating habits and the restaurants where her male suitors take her

Wotherspoon says she is a broke aspiring actress with expensive tastes - so she has turned to online dating to experience Toronto's restaurants

Wotherspoon says she is a broke aspiring actress with expensive tastes - so she has turned to online dating to experience Toronto's restaurants

Miss Wotherspoon says she was 'born with the tastes of her royal highness.. but the pockets of her lady-in-waiting'

Miss Wotherspoon says she was 'born with the tastes of her royal highness.. but the pockets of her lady-in-waiting'

The petite blonde says 'men should feel honored by this open invitation to date me.'

Miss Wotherspoon has signed up for several dating sites - including Plenty of Fish, OK Cupid and the Jewish site J-Date in the interest of finding her next meal ticket.

Online, she does not hint that she's looking only for dinner.

But some sites have apparently caught on. J-Date deactivated her account. She suspects it's because she has already developed a reputation.

 

More...

Miss Wotherspoon says she has been a 'foodie' since she was little - but as a struggling actor in Toronto, her wallet is 'fashionably thin.'

She has already hit up the Japanese sushi restaurant Jabistro - where the prix fixe tasting menu runs $77 - and Canoe, a restaurant high atop the TD Bank Tower, where the cheapest entree is 'Jerusalem artichoke risotto with crispy sunflowers' for $32.  

Trendy burrito cafe Playa Cabana is one of the Toronto restaurants she has sampled on someone else's dime

Trendy burrito cafe Playa Cabana is one of the Toronto restaurants she has sampled on someone else's dime

Hit list: The Black Hoof, a hot new restaurant in the city that offers 'tongue on brioche' and 'oxtail and scallops' as entrees, is one of the many restaurants Wotherspoon wants to try

Hit list: The Black Hoof, a hot new restaurant in the city that offers 'tongue on brioche' and 'oxtail and scallops' as entrees, is one of the many restaurants Wotherspoon wants to try

Miss Wotherspoon says she doesn't care who she dates - so long as he pays for dinner

Miss Wotherspoon says she doesn't care who she dates - so long as he pays for dinner

She says dating for dinner isn't easy - in fact, it's harder than she thought it would be.

'Exploiting men for meals is tough. I have to put up with a lot of bad conversation and to be honest for awhile there I didn’t think I was up for the challenge,' she writes. 

'Yes, I had some good food but was it really worth my time? Keeping up with all the silly text messages, feigning interest in things I don’t care about and trying to figure out who the f*** is who.'

Miss Wotherspoon says that through all the free meals, she hasn't met a single man who has piqued her interest.

'I'm not completely heartless. If I did meet Mr Right, I'd probably be receptive to him, but at this point, I just keep meeting Mr Unibrow and Mr Weirdo,' she told AM640  talk radio.

She has yet to go on a second date with any of the men she's met.

Miss Wotherspoon says it can be tough making conversation with men she's not attracted to - but she says it's worth it if it means a free meal

Miss Wotherspoon says it can be tough making conversation with men she's not attracted to - but she says it's worth it if it means a free meal

Miss Wotherspoon says she got tired of 'eating chick peas out of a can' and so she decided to start dating for dinner

Miss Wotherspoon says she got tired of 'eating chick peas out of a can' and so she decided to start dating for dinner



Comments (336)

Share what you think

 View all

The comments below have not been moderated.

Well, dear - don't be surprised if men use you just for sex. And you're not that hot either, which is probably why THEY never ask YOU out a second time.

0
8
 Click to rate

That is what guys do any way so...

0
0
 Click to rate

I did this once. There was a really expensive restaurant I wanted to go to, so I said yes to a date with a guy I didn't like. It was a painful experience. First, being stuck with a pretentious creep I didn't like. Then feeling bad for taking advantage of someone. I'd never do it again. She must be darned hungry.

0
8
 Click to rate

She makes it bad for other girls because some men think women are using them for a free meal and many don't even do dinner for a few dates.

0
3
 Click to rate

I don't think eating out every night in the company of some stranger sounds appealing at all actually! I feel like she's just doing it to feel desirable, but she's closing herself off to real connections. And there's a point at which the dates stop coming because people are on to you!

0
3
 Click to rate

Hope this puts her out of business .

2
7
 Click to rate

I wonder if she titled any of her dating profiles "Plain Jane"? Women all over the civilized world do this fellas. Especially white women.

8
3
 Click to rate

I always offered to split the check with my dates. Only once did a man say yes & I realized I forgot my wallet! I was mortified. Married that man & we still joke about it 15 years later

1
16
 Click to rate

Latter pictures display forehead like my widescreen TV. Maybe this diet is causing the seriously receding hairline? Surprised she found dates, actually. And not surprised no one wants to hire her. Ugly is as ugly does. I'm sure you leaked the story hoping for fame.

1
12
 Click to rate

Shameless gimmick as a play for 15 minutes of fame and a book deal.

0
26
 Click to rate

It's ok. I often date women that I have no interest in just to try sex with as many different women as possible.

5
29
 Click to rate

The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline.

Add your comment

By posting your comment you agree to our house rules.

Who is this week's top commenter? Find out now