Re: So... who pays for dinner?

Dave Smith <adavid.smith@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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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.

Yeah, but that's not *all* women. I wouldn't have a problem supporting a
guy if he did all the traditional "wife" stuff.

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