| Do people really spend hundreds on a date?
Posted: 4/14/2008 12:54:12 PM | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I`m usually full from splitting an appetizer and a wine. Guess I`m a cheap date!
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| Do people really spend hundreds on a date?
Posted: 4/14/2008 1:22:30 PM | | Depends on whether or not the evening was enjoyable for you. If I am motivated to go out with a woman, I want to have a good time. Aside from Mikey D's or some similar ghastly experience, its fairly hard to get away with dinner for 2 with an average bottle of wine where I live for less than $100. I personally would choose a place with good food, atmosphere and wine list. That way, even if the date is a disaster, I have had a good meal and generally fine experience. I would rather not put myself in a situation where I went for a not so good place and the woman was focussed on the bad meal/atmosphere/wine. I want her focused on me and what a great catch I would make. | |
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| Do people really spend hundreds on a date?
Posted: 4/14/2008 1:45:32 PM | Some people do, personally I wouldn't. I don't have the money to be spending on some high end restaurant with wine that costs $50 or something.
I could understand if she were my wife or significant other and we'd had been seeing each other for a while, then I would do that, but on a complete stranger, I don't think so. | |
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| Do people really spend hundreds on a date?
Posted: 4/14/2008 2:04:12 PM | Some people do, personally I wouldn't. I don't have the money to be spending on some high end restaurant with wine that costs $50 or something.
I could think of better things to do with $ 50 than spend it on wine . When I've seen bottles of the same label/year in a restaurant at four or more times the price of the same bottle in shops I'm not happy, but I guess you pay a premium for ambient surroundings 
Would I need to spend money to make an impression on a stranger ? If so then I'd reckon I was with the wrong person , a fool and their money etc etc ........... anyone for feeding the ducks ?
..... Actually I did try to think of better things to do with $ 50, but it wouldn't even get me 5 gallons of diesel ( for the car, not the date ) so I'm stuck  | |
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| Do people really spend hundreds on a date?
Posted: 4/14/2008 2:09:33 PM | | Yes. One time a guy took me on a first date to a dinner that cost in excess of $400. I told him I'd be happy with a $9.00 salad somewhere else but he insisted. | |
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| Do people really spend hundreds on a date?
Posted: 4/14/2008 2:19:11 PM |
A man doesn't need to spend money to charm me. I wish men knew this.
I knew this .... a sandwich and feeding the ducks works everytime 
( p.s. if anyone takes this serious - it really doesn't work everytime so please don't complain! ) | |
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| Do people really spend hundreds on a date?
Posted: 4/14/2008 2:23:15 PM | That`s what I run into also. If they think that you are pretty, and want to "show you off" which sometimes they do, you can`t always control where they end up taking you.
I always don`t ask. I guess I should have driven separate. So many rules to follow!
So then you go to an expensive place, you order something really small, he insists you order more, so you do. He inisists on getting the bill. You don`t want to make a scene so you let him. Then he expects something in return, gets ticked off when you don`t respond,when you didn`t want to go to the expensive "to be seen" place in the first place. That`s what makes it so difficult. You haven`t exactly accepted dinner for sex terms. He has made the choices for you.
From now on, I will just be very forward that I don`t think a fine dining place is appropriate for a casual date. | |
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| Do people really spend hundreds on a date?
Posted: 4/14/2008 2:53:57 PM | It would make me uncomfortable to do anything like that except in a very special occasion. The only exception is if we were going to an event (concerts, sporting events, etc) and then I would want to share the costs.
Some people like that lifestyle, both men and women. I agree, often it is done to show off and create a disadvantage. | |
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| Do people really spend hundreds on a date?
Posted: 4/14/2008 9:36:54 PM | Felix......feeding the ducks??
That is truly gorgeous....id love to find a man like that......sigh......
Perhaps you and flealicks should hook up strawbs . I'm sure you would have a Quacking time unless you found him [or he you] to be an ugly duckling.
Even feeding the ducks is not without a bill [sorry, shit pun fully intended]
You'll still be expected to throw a bit of doe /bread [slang in England for £ money, you can laugh now] on the date. Still preferable to drowning in the shallow end with a parasitic leech bleeding you dry IMHO.
I'm of the opinion now that there is nothing in the world more expensive than when a lady tells you she is FREE for the night. Right I'm off to fu*ck a du*ck....
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| Do people really spend hundreds on a date?
Posted: 4/14/2008 10:00:35 PM | This is why I can't date men with a lot of money who insist on going to fancy foo-foo places because, as someone who always goes dutch, one date would completely demolish my monthly food budget.
Hah. | |
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| Do people really spend hundreds on a date?
Posted: 4/14/2008 10:11:33 PM | | Its easy to spend a couple hundred on a nice dinner, drinks etc...Why not..Its gotta be fun and lively too (No pun intended here)...Most woman like to be treated well...Not buttered up..Jus treated nice..Ok... | |
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| Do people really spend hundreds on a date?
Posted: 4/15/2008 2:04:35 AM | | Sure it's easy to drop a fortune on a date out on the town. Myself I find the best dates I have ever been on are the lunch dates in the park where I make a simple lunch at home and meet my date on her lunch break at a park downtown or any area with a nice grassy place to sit and eat and enjoy a cool summer day! | |
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| Do people really spend hundreds on a date?
Posted: 4/15/2008 3:19:51 AM | i guess some people do spend a fortune, but i think thats wrong, its the company thats important, if you can laugh and chat and have fun over a cheese sandwich and mug of tea you have got something good, lets face it most of life is about mug of tea and a sandwich rather than champaine and posh nosh,
if you have a date at a posh restuarant thats great but i would rather know my date enjoyed the date because of my comany than an expensive meal which we can all enjoy. | |
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| Do people really spend hundreds on a date?
Posted: 4/15/2008 5:35:25 AM | A first date shouldn't cost much, after all you are meeting a complete stranger, so keep it basic, you have no idea whether you click or not, so don't get too carried away with expenses.
Coffee and Cake shouldn't cost much more than 20 bucks from my experience. | |
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| Do people really spend hundreds on a date?
Posted: 4/15/2008 11:26:21 AM | | It seems a lot of women expect a man to pay for everything and more. Why is that? Because they can! If that is what is required or expected then she is not the one I'm looking for. Just say NO to gimmee girls! | |
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| Do people really spend hundreds on a date?
Posted: 4/15/2008 11:43:08 AM |
My question was.............................How many people actually do this on a regular basis?
Not me. The average restaurant meal for me is around $20 for a nice, but casual, sit down restaurant. There's nothing wrong with a great $6 burrito at a Taqueria or a $10 meal at a typical Chinese restaurant.
If a woman insisted on going to $100 restaurants, she would not be the type of person I would want to date. | |
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| Do people really spend hundreds on a date?
Posted: 4/15/2008 11:51:31 AM | I can see the expenditure for a special occasion such as a milestone birthday or anniversary between a committed couple, but never in the early stages of dating. There are a lot of fun options that don't cost an arm and a leg, including interesting ethnic restaurants and staying in to cook together. I'm a foodie and often prefer my own cooking to that of a restaurant.
I have learned from here that many men feel that they must drop a lot of money to impress their dates, and there are women who expect it only to be disappointed in the outcome. Its all about the company, if you are in good company, you can watch the grass grow and have fun together.   | |
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| Do people really spend hundreds on a date?
Posted: 4/15/2008 12:53:27 PM | I have met a few women who expect a man to spend a lot of money on a date...if the man does not spend at least $80 on date#1 they will nt see him again.
When I go out on a first date I want to get to know the lady....not have her use me to buy her an expensive meal....soendding lots of money on a special occassion yes....to go out woth a lady I hardly know....no way!!!! | |
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| Do people really spend hundreds on a date?
Posted: 4/15/2008 4:40:10 PM |
Getting laid...priceless
Hummm, so taking you to Dunkin Donuts is not going to do it?
But if it's still there I use to go to this Mex restaurant in Le Segundo that had the best burritos...
It's not the quantity, it's the quality, but you already knew that,right?  | |
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