# I'm On a Dinner Date What Do I Say He's So Cute On August 6, 2017, Twitter user @princessofwifi photographed her cat sitting opposite her at a spaghetti dinner and captioned it 'I'm on a dinner date what do I say he's so cute and I'm so nervous'[1]. The post picked up more than 1,400 likes, and by 2021 Instagram accounts were applying the line as a Snapchat text banner over Bingus edits, Doge photos, and Hoshimachi Suisei screenshots[6]. ## Origin The format began with a single tweet. On August 6, 2017, @princessofwifi posted a photo of a cat sitting across the table from her, each with a plate of spaghetti and a glass of wine, writing 'I'm on a dinner date what do I say he's so cute and I'm so nervous'[1]. The tweet collected over 1,400 likes and 500 retweets in the years after[4]. The earliest documented reuse appeared on May 19, 2018, when a Redditor applied the same caption to an image of a long Furby and posted it to /r/wholesomememes, which is the first known variation using the catchphrase on a different subject[5]. - **Platform:** Twitter (origin) / Reddit and Instagram (viral spread) - **Creator:** @princessofwifi (origin tweet); later variants by various users - **Date:** 2017 ## Overview Posts in the format place the full catchphrase inside a white Snapchat-style text banner at the top of a photo that typically shows a cat, dog, cartoon figure, or odd creature sitting at a table with food in front of it[4]. The pronoun flips to 'she's so cute' when the subject reads as female, as in the Hoshimachi Suisei edit posted to /r/Hololive[8]. Humor sits in the gap between the sincerely nervous first-person text and whatever absurd subject is actually at the table. The gag works through contrast. A long Furby stretched down a dining room table[5], a cross-eyed hairless Bingus perched in a chair[6], and a dog holding a serving tray all run the same beat of a date too awkward for the narrator to speak through[10]. Tone across variants stays affectionate and ironic, not mean, which is why the format landed in subreddits like /r/wholesomememes before moving to broader meme pages. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is I'm On a Dinner Date What Do I Say He's So Cute? An exploitable image macro built from a 2017 tweet in which @princessofwifi captioned a photo of her cat at the dinner table 'I'm on a dinner date what do I say he's so cute and I'm so nervous'[1]. Later versions place the sentence in a Snapchat-style banner over other cute or ironically cute subjects at a table[4]. ### Where did I'm On a Dinner Date What Do I Say He's So Cute come from? Twitter user @princessofwifi posted the source photo of her cat on August 6, 2017[1]. The first known reuse with a different subject, a long Furby, was posted to /r/wholesomememes on May 19, 2018[5]. ### What does I'm On a Dinner Date What Do I Say He's So Cute mean? The joke pretends the poster is on a nervous dinner date, when the companion is actually a cat, Furby, Bingus, Doge, or similar absurd subject[5][6]. Humor comes from the mismatch between the sincere, flustered caption and whatever is seated across the table. ### How do you use I'm On a Dinner Date What Do I Say He's So Cute? People typically slap the full catchphrase inside a white Snapchat text bar across the top of a photo showing an animal or character seated at a table with food in front of it[2]. Pronouns in the caption often change to match the subject, as with the 'she's so cute' Hoshimachi Suisei edit on /r/Hololive[8]. ### Is I'm On a Dinner Date What Do I Say He's So Cute still popular? Posting activity cooled after 2022, but the Snapchat-banner template still gets reused for new cute or ironically cute subjects on Instagram and Reddit, with the 2022 doggosdoingthings dog version reaching more than 40,000 likes[10]. ## References 1. [https://twitter.com/princessofwifi/status/894217827523190784]() 2. [https://www.reddit.com/r/memes/comments/akb2rc/need_some_help_people/]() 3. [https://www.facebook.com/9gag/photos/what-would-you-say-to-not-mess-up-this-purrfect-date/10158653721591840/]() 4. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/im-on-a-dinner-date-what-do-i-say-hes-so-cute]() 5. [https://www.reddit.com/r/wholesomememes/comments/8knmvg/weve_all_been_there/]() 6. [https://www.instagram.com/p/CR1k135MuEn/]() 7. [https://www.instagram.com/p/CSu4PiWJpUq/]() 8. [https://www.reddit.com/r/Hololive/comments/q3lik2/im_on_a_dinner_date_what_do_i_say_shes_so_cute/]() 9. [https://www.instagram.com/p/CVTRS_flRCp/]() 10. [https://www.instagram.com/p/CbxaGroLKHa/]() 11. [https://www.instagram.com/p/CGGceA2Fbx0/]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/im-on-a-dinner-date-what-do-i-say-hes-so-cute Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library