# Taking My Girl Somewhere Expensive (The Gas Station) Taking My Girl Somewhere Expensive (The Gas Station) is a bait-and-switch prank where a partner is promised a lavish night out but driven to a gas station, with the pump prices served as the 'expensive' part. The joke circulated as Twitter one-liners starting in October 2009, then exploded on TikTok in March 2022 as U.S. gas prices spiked over the Russian oil ban. ## Origin Taking My Girl Somewhere Expensive (The Gas Station) first surfaced online as a text tweet. On October 27, 2009, @SteveIsGreater posted: 'Last night, my girl demanded that I take her some place expensive… so, I took her to a gas station. And then the fight started…,' which received no likes at the time[1]. In March 2010, @michaelharriot ran a near-identical structure with the same closing tag, suggesting both authors were riffing on a pre-internet husband-joke tradition[2]. An image macro treatment followed in June 2014, when a Pleated Jeans 'Funny Pic Dump' post captioned a gas station photo in Impact font with the catchphrase, though the macro's original author is unknown[3]. Know Your Meme notes the gag likely predates online usage entirely[4]. - **Platform:** Twitter (early text joke) / TikTok (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2009 ## Overview A typical Taking My Girl Somewhere Expensive post follows a simple setup: the creator announces a date to 'somewhere expensive,' and the punchline reveals a gas station, often with the camera panning to the dollar-per-gallon pump sign[7]. On TikTok, many versions blindfold the partner for the drive and film the reaction when the cover comes off at a Shell or Chevron. Early written forms on Twitter ended with the line 'and then the fight started,' casting the bit as a short wife-joke in the mold of corny stand-up[1]. Tone sits between an affectionate couples gag and a pointed jab at pump prices, which really did resemble a dinner tab during the 2022 surge. ## How to Use A typical post tells a partner they are being taken somewhere expensive, films the drive (sometimes with a blindfold), and reveals a gas station on arrival. The reaction shot is the payoff, and the pump sign appears in the background so the price-of-gas angle lands. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Taking My Girl Somewhere Expensive (The Gas Station)? A bait-and-switch prank where someone promises their partner an expensive date, then takes them to a gas station and points at pump prices as the 'cost'[4]. ### Where did Taking My Girl Somewhere Expensive (The Gas Station) come from? Early text versions appeared on Twitter in October 2009 via @SteveIsGreater[1], then an Impact-font image macro circulated in a June 2014 Pleated Jeans post[3]. ### What does Taking My Girl Somewhere Expensive (The Gas Station) mean? The gag plays on the double meaning of 'expensive,' using high gas prices as the stand-in for a fancy restaurant bill, with the closing 'and then the fight started' casting it as a tongue-in-cheek husband joke[2]. ### How do you use Taking My Girl Somewhere Expensive (The Gas Station)? Film a partner being driven to what sounds like a special date, then reveal a gas station with the pump sign visible, selling the reveal as the 'expensive' outing[7]. ### Is Taking My Girl Somewhere Expensive (The Gas Station) still popular? The format spiked in late 2021 and surged again in March 2022 during the U.S. gas-price run-up[7]. Fresh TikToks tapered after prices normalized. ## References 1. [https://twitter.com/SteveIsGreater/status/5205951738]() 2. [https://twitter.com/michaelharriot/status/10591592623]() 3. [https://pleated-jeans.com/2014/06/06/funny-pic-dump-6-6-14/]() 4. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/taking-my-girl-somewhere-expensive-the-gas-station]() 5. [https://www.tiktok.com/@chrisandchenoa/video/7027218752940821765]() 6. [https://www.tiktok.com/@thepasinis/video/7031663671122283823]() 7. [https://www.tiktok.com/@alexandkellz/video/7072545605289266478]() 8. [https://twitter.com/OrwellNGoode/status/1501950056584278024]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/taking-my-girl-somewhere-expensive-the-gas-station Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library