Gave my friend’s boyfriend HER phone # when he hit on me at a club

Years before everyone had a cell phone, I was at a club. I noticed my friend’s boyfriend from numerous photos. I knew he cheated on her. She caught him once and she forgave him. I can’t stand this guy, even though I had never met him in person -until now. So, he notices me and starts flirting with me. I gave him a fake name and pretended to flirt back a little bit. He ultimately asked me for my phone number. I took a napkin (that’s how we did it in the old days) and wrote my fake name and his real girlfriends phone number on a napkin.

I guess he was tipsy because he didn’t recognize the phone number. Later that night, he called and asked for “Jill” not my friend’s name. She shared the story with me and I didn’t fess up in the moment. She broke up with him soon after that. A few months later, she met the most amazing man, who she ended up marrying. I broke the news to her then. She was grateful and actually thought it was hilarious.

Edit: To those doubting we did not have cell phones then. A few select people did, they were bigger than showboxes and I don’t think they stored phone numbers. We also did have photographs.

He was extremely handsome and tall. Thinking back, I was 90% sure it was him when I spotted him. When he introduced himself and the name matched, then I was certain it was him.

Never did I imagine him calling. I thought he would recognize the number and know he had been caught. He was a womanizer and drunk, or at least tipsy, hence not recognizing the number. Thank goodness he called. otherwise he might have been on good behavior for a couple of months and she might have missed out on the love of her life.