Re: So... who pays for dinner?

jmcquown wrote:



I have asked people (both men and women) on first dates, and paid.
Dave doesn't want to hear that.

Serene

Apparently not. He's stuck in the 1950's groove where the man always asks,
the man always pays. I suspect he always paid even if she said she asked
and said she was paying.

Maybe I am stuck in the 60s and 70s groove where a women, no matter how
liberated she may think she was, wouldn't date a guy who was so cheap that he
made her pay for her own dinner on a date. I haven't been in the dating game
for over 30 years, but my sons and their friends are and I don't see things
have changes a lot.

Sure. It may occasionally happen than some women may do it once in a while


Don't get me wrong. I don't mind a bit of gallantry from time to time.
Sure, it's nice if a man says "oh no, it's my treat!" But if he's going to
beat you over the head with it later it's not worth it. Ahem, no, you
conveniently forgot I said, "please, allow me" and refused. EGO.

I heard an interesting conversation a few years ago with my sister in law , her
neighbour and their daughters, two mature women and young women in their late
teens and early 20s, talking about a lady doctor whose husband was a stay at
home dad. The guys all that was a cool deal. She made good money so he didn't
have to work. The girls all thought the guy was a lazy no good *** who
sponged off her. That gave me a pretty good idea how liberated some women
really are.


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