TINDER DATES CAN be totally uncomfortable at the best of times.

One Australian teenager, Michaela Flowers, decided to insure herself against the cringe by taking her adorable dog along.

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She shared her story on the Cool Dog Facebook group, and she is basically an inspiration.

She has since deleted the posts, but they racked up over 10,000 likes

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She matched with Darcy a couple of days ago, telling Buzzfeed that they bonded over gifs and Judge Judy.

So, when they agreed to meet up, Michaela took her dog Alfie along with her.

Not only did thousands of people begin commenting, demanding to know how it worked out, Michaela’s mum was one of them.

The pair chilled out and watched Judge Judy while their dogs played, but they haven’t spoken since.

Michaela said she hopes he’s not freaked out by the attention, but we hope this now becomes standard practice.

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