| Paying for dinner date with 2 for 1 coupon. Will she be impressed?
Posted: 5/11/2007 11:30:31 PM | | It's bad enough that he'd use a coupon on your first date if he was picking up the whole tab but just terrible that he used it for "his half". What are you doing dating a loser that can't afford to buy you dinner. If he can't buy a lady dinner, he can't afford to date. I'm sure that you deserve better than a cheapscate like that. | |
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| Paying for dinner date with 2 for 1 coupon. Will she be impressed?
Posted: 5/12/2007 7:18:56 PM |
I'm still looking for someone who is treated to a meal on a first date to explain why the use of a restaurant coupon by the inviter is such a distressing event to be a dealbreaker for further dates.
I explained why I would find it distressing, as I had said "treated" means you are getting treated, you don't pay a cent. In this case the guy didn't do that.
I was referencing the situation that the OP had given us.
Assume the inviter pays 20% tip on the total before the 2 for 1 discount and then totally fronts the reduced bill. How can the invitee find this non-plussing? That's my question.
To me, this is not a problem, as in the person is footing the entire bill.
Just thought I would clear this up. | |
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| Paying for dinner date with 2 for 1 coupon. Will she be impressed?
Posted: 5/12/2007 8:01:52 PM | She calculated how much her part was and put the money on the check, they are still talking when the waitress comes back to get the check and now the guy reaches into his wallet and takes out a two for one coupon and puts it with her money and says "this is for my half".
I guess he has Dates to burn ...  | |
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| Paying for dinner date with 2 for 1 coupon. Will she be impressed?
Posted: 5/12/2007 9:12:55 PM | Call me old-fashioned, but I would not consider going to a place where a 2 for 1 coupon could be used a first date. This whole scenario screams of "hang-out" or "friendship." This is fine as long as that is what both parties are looking for.
Personally, I think this guy is cheap, broke.. or just not seriously dating. His perogative, and her perogative to continue hanging out with him or not.
In my experience, and in my preference, a man of substance takes you to a nice (this does not necessarily mean expensive) restaurant and you know that he would be very insulted if you even attempted to pay half. Once he has a place in your life you can repay his generosity with lovely home-cooked meals. Or at least thats what the men I like always seem to tell me. LOL | |
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| Paying for dinner date with 2 for 1 coupon. Will she be impressed?
Posted: 5/13/2007 5:35:30 AM | | I thought by the title that this was gonna be a little different story. Under NORMAL circumstances, if he took me to a restaurant and paid for the whole bill with a 2 fo 1 coupon that wouldn't be a problem. BUT this scenario is just pathetic. I think the guy she went out with is VERY CHEAP and probably hoped this would happen all along so he wouldn't have to pay. I know there are more important things in life than money, but I would kiss his ass to the curb. He he did that once God only knows what other scams he is capable of. | |
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| Paying for dinner date with 2 for 1 coupon. Will she be impressed?
Posted: 5/13/2007 8:28:55 AM | There's no doubt that the scenario posed in Msg1 is ludicrous.
However, since this thread is titled "paying for dinner date with 2 for 1 coupon, will she be impressed?" is an entirely different topic, and nobody has posed any logical thoughts regarding how an invitee would find this situation to be a dealbreaker, assuming that the invitee does NOT PAY ONE CENT for the meal, and the inviter LEAVES A PROPER TIP for the service received. If you feel it's tacky, please explain why.
I don't like how the question is posed assuming it's a woman being the invitee. It works both ways. If a woman invited me to a first date and used a 2/1 coupon when paying the bill, I wouldn't find it non-plussing. Rather it's a sign of fiscal intelligence, something I'd find impressive.
Stating that you wouldn't want to go on a first date to such a restaurant that accepts 2/1 coupons is ridiculous. Lots of fine restaurants serving well prepared food with a classic dining environment accept these coupons. I can't take every first date to the Ritz Carlton, not many people can. Wow you've got very high standards if fine restaurants that accept Entertainment book coupons aren't good enough for you.
Granted an invitee need not feel "impressed" when the inviter takes advantage of a coupon to pay a dinner bill, but if you are "non-plussed" by this behavior, please explain why. Personally I can't fathom one logical argument that would substantiate such an opinion, but if that's the way you feel "non-plussed", please explain why. Again assuming proper tip is left for the service and the date is not dutch. | |
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| Paying for dinner date with 2 for 1 coupon. Will she be impressed?
Posted: 5/13/2007 9:14:51 AM | Bike-man if i was invited out to dinner and the lady choose to use a two for one coupon i would in no way feel that this was "non-plussed" actually i would thing it's kind of cute. Granted i would be feeling guilty about her paying in the first place so her using coupons would only help in making me feel better about the situation.
As i stated before i personally would never use a two for one coupon on a first date. But i have nothing agaist someone else using them. | |
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| Paying for dinner date with 2 for 1 coupon. Will she be impressed?
Posted: 5/16/2007 1:19:17 PM |
Granted an invitee need not feel "impressed" when the inviter takes advantage of a coupon to pay a dinner bill, but if you are "non-plussed" by this behavior, please explain why.
Looks like you're not going to get an answer to the question "why" Bike; plenty of non-plussed opinions - and strong ones at that, but no explanation and no analysis.
Kind of fitting actually. | |
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| Paying for dinner date with 2 for 1 coupon. Will she be impressed?
Posted: 5/17/2007 4:34:44 AM | Haha - I would never have gone out with him again!!
I had a date one night and when I got to the bar there was a drink on it for me - date asked me if I would drink it so that was okay. He later revealed that the bar man had opened the bottle for another customer but it was the wrong drink so he kept it for me - in case I wanted it. Then he never paid for the drink as the barman had opened in anyway and it would have just been thrown out - needless to say I never went out with him again either!!
Tight fisted git!!
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| Paying for dinner date with 2 for 1 coupon. Will she be impressed?
Posted: 5/17/2007 5:11:26 AM |
the guy reaches into his wallet and takes out a two for one coupon and puts it with her money and says "this is for my half".
Was the guy pulling her leg? I had a male friend do this once on a date to test the girl's reaction cause he thought it would be funny.
Personally, I would of looked at the guy and said, "A coupon? Hmmm interesting, I never went out with a coupon collecting addict before. Does this really save money?"
And no. I would not call him again. I don't even save coupons from weekend flyers. Strange ......... | |
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| Paying for dinner date with 2 for 1 coupon. Will she be impressed?
Posted: 5/17/2007 6:03:25 AM | I guess all the threads about how women care a lot about a guy's cash flow are fairly accurate then.
While I agree with being offended by the scenario the OP posted, I can't think of ONE good reason not to try and save cash when dating.. especially if you're still dating a lot trying to find your match.
I personally end up saving a few hundred dollars a year by using coupons and taking advantage of specials & offers. I don't know if it's just a function of my job... having been an accountant all these years or just common sense... but scowling at the thought of coupons and specials just seems idiotic. | |
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| Paying for dinner date with 2 for 1 coupon. Will she be impressed?
Posted: 5/17/2007 7:25:49 AM |
Of course that's accurate El mariachi anyone who believes otherwise still believes in santa Claus
Well I know where my interests lie, but this ain't the sex forum... kiddin.. or am I? Whichever.
There are times when I'm sad to be a woman. | |
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| Paying for dinner date with 2 for 1 coupon. Will she be impressed?
Posted: 5/17/2007 7:44:32 AM | okay, i'm a coupon freak and i will ask if we want to use the coupon? i've done it a few times, no man has freaked out about it. and evne with the coupon i'm willing to pay 1/2 of the new amount, but they man has never made me do that. so i have used a 2 for 1 coupon to pay my half, its never been an issue.
coupons, heck, that wouldn't offend me at all. that's why i have the entertainment book! | |
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| Paying for dinner date with 2 for 1 coupon. Will she be impressed?
Posted: 5/17/2007 8:11:24 AM | Tell me this was written as a joke to amuse us.
How uncouth!
"Dutch" on a "first date" I have no objection to, provided it has been agreed upon prior to departing on the "date."
I believe the "gentleman" in question, and I use the term gentleman lightly in this case, requires a course in proper etiquette. | |
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| Paying for dinner date with 2 for 1 coupon. Will she be impressed?
Posted: 5/17/2007 8:30:13 AM | El Mariachi ~ " Sad to be a woman" ~ I stand on the edge of embarassment being human at times, myself ~ The stunts we can pull baffle the imaginaton.
As for the post, ~ If this man had any moxy about him ~ He'd saved his percious coupon for some other time ~ assuming he could afford too ~ Maybe he was not impressed with his date! Still ~it was inconsiderate and void of anything resembling charm and posture.
I greatly dislike coupons and never use them, same with Kroger Cards or CVS cards ~
The currency is greenbacks ~ but that's just me ~ I like a simple world.
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