Posting to Reddit’s “Tinder” forum on Friday under the username u/NuttyMuffin69, the man shared a screenshot of the text conversation he’d had with the woman the night of their date, which revealed she had actually fled the scene of their date shortly after arriving. She later returned, however, once she realized her mistake.

The post has amassed more than 62,000 upvotes, and while a majority of the post’s 600 commenters thought the story was hilarious, some used it as an opportunity to dole out safety tips to online daters concerned about catfishing.

The text exchange begins with u/NuttyMuffin69 describing for his date what he is wearing and where he is sitting.

“I’m literally sitting right by the door!” he said. “Wearing a red plaid shirt, can’t miss me.”

His date then asked him to confirm whether the front door faces a parking lot or the main road, to which the Redditor responded: “Parking lot.”

When u/NuttyMuffin69 didn’t see or hear from his date, he sent her a follow-up text asking if she’d arrived. When she didn’t answer, he said: “I really hope you didn’t see the much older man sitting by the door outside also wearing red and think I’m a catfish lmao. I’m sitting by the door inside.”

In a hilarious turn of events, his date texted, “OH MY GOD,” before admitting that she “100 percent” thought the “much older man” was him.

“I’m turning around,” she said.

The Redditor told Newsweek that his date was “relieved” when they finally met face-to-face.

“We couldn’t stop laughing about it for a good 10 minutes. It honestly was the best ice breaker possible because we got the worst-case scenario done out the gate,” he said.

“We are planning on meeting again tomorrow for a movie,” he added.

Though u/NuttyMuffin69 didn’t catfish his date, a few Redditors still used his story as an opportunity to share advice on how to avoid being catfished—the process of luring someone into a relationship by means of a fictional online persona.

“Everyone, for safety, demand a FaceTime before meeting up with someone online so you know for sure it’s the same person as their pictures,” encouraged one commenter.

“FaceTime or ask for specific pictures, people. Stop falling for easy social engineering tactics,” added u/CielFoehn.

In a conversation with Teen Vogue, film and television producer Bernard Parham, who worked on the MTV series Catfish, explained that a catfish will “happily waste copious amounts of your time,” and advised online daters to push for a video call with a match before agreeing to meet up.

“If they won’t even video chat, that’s [a] red flag, and they’re probably not the person they’ve been representing themselves as on dating sites or a Facebook profile,” Teen Vogue said.

Parham added that professionally-shot photos “should raise your suspicion.”

Thankfully, u/NuttyMuffin69 turned out to be who he said he was.

“That is a hilarious start to a date, hope it went well,” wrote Redditor u/HystericalMan.

“Modern love story,” commented u/Deeznutsbeyuge.

“Best post in r/Tinder for a long a** time,” said u/TAJack1.

Redditor u/endomeaway added: “I love this. Made my night thank you! I hope it works out for you both. That [would] be the most amazing story.”

Updated 03/25/2022, 3:22 p.m. ET: This story has been updated with comments from u/NuttyMuffin69.