Re:“I spend $600/mo taking women out for dinner”: Do men alw...
by jfengel on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @08:35PM
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First date should be coffee or drinks. Not just for your wallet but for your mental health. If you don't click, you move on with the rest of your day. If you do, you make a dinner date.
Coffee date is usually each getting their own. Drinks date, you can offer to pay -- it's not a bad sign to show that you are stable enough to afford a drink. That's sexist, but it's not uncommon for him to make more money, so it's less unfair than it seems at first blush.
The one who picks the place for dinner should be prepared to pay. The other can throw their credit card out at well; most wait staff take it as a sign to split it evenly.
If you've made it through two dates you should be talking enough to communicate how much money you each make and what kind of money you are each prepared to spend on subsequent dates.
If you are spending $600 a month it's because you're going to dinner too often. There's no need, and it's wasting both of your time.
Coffee date is usually each getting their own. Drinks date, you can offer to pay -- it's not a bad sign to show that you are stable enough to afford a drink. That's sexist, but it's not uncommon for him to make more money, so it's less unfair than it seems at first blush.
The one who picks the place for dinner should be prepared to pay. The other can throw their credit card out at well; most wait staff take it as a sign to split it evenly.
If you've made it through two dates you should be talking enough to communicate how much money you each make and what kind of money you are each prepared to spend on subsequent dates.
If you are spending $600 a month it's because you're going to dinner too often. There's no need, and it's wasting both of your time.