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First date- who pay's?

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  • lics
    lics Posts: 30 Forumite
    esuhl wrote: »
    If the woman expected me to pay... [...] fully intended to "pay me back" in the bedroom later ;-) Fair's fair!

    So if you offer and she does accept, do you also assume automatically she wants to sleep with you?
  • Lotus-eater
    Lotus-eater Posts: 10,789 Forumite
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    lics wrote: »
    So if you offer and she does accept, do you also assume automatically she wants to sleep with you?
    A BJ would probably do, she doesn't have to stay the entire night :rotfl:
    Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
  • lics
    lics Posts: 30 Forumite
    A BJ would probably do, she doesn't have to stay the entire night :rotfl:

    No wonder why so many people are single these days :)
  • Lotus-eater
    Lotus-eater Posts: 10,789 Forumite
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    lics wrote: »
    No wonder why so many people are single these days :)
    Dunno, I'm married, anything I say is purely imagination :p
    Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
  • Gloomendoom
    Gloomendoom Posts: 16,551 Forumite
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    You ask, you pay.
  • LandyAndy
    LandyAndy Posts: 26,377 Forumite
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    Well if I asked I'd expect to pay.

    But

    I wouldn't expect to have to ask forever.
  • Yes, whoever asks, pays :) It would be rude not to
  • FBaby
    FBaby Posts: 18,374 Forumite
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    sulphate wrote: »
    I think it is a seriously outdated view that men should be expected to pay for a first date nowadays. We (women) can't expect to be equal in every other area of life and then expect not to get our purses out when we go on a date.

    Why assuming it is expected? It's not because you accept something and are grateful for it that you expect it. My friends often invite each other for meals rather than going half. I find that both inviting others and being invited is a nice feeling that makes you feel good.

    My OH pay for our first date, yet almost 5 years later, about to be married, we have separate accounts and are both independent. We still 'invite' each other for dinner and it is lovely. We don't keep track of who pays for what, he has probably paid for a few more meals, but then I spend more on him for his birthday and Christmas presents.

    Although I never expected a date to pay everything for me, it is a nice sign of that person generosity and to me, that already set a nice tone for the future.
  • Delree
    Delree Posts: 540 Forumite
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    Girls out for a free ride left right and centre. It's 50/50 and if the girl gives any resistance she's a user.
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