Best cheap date you ever went on?

JIL

A few years ago I had a groupon for a local Portuguese restaurant. There was only us and two other couples in the small restaurant.
The couple on the table near us, paid with a groupon voucher. Then he pulled out his chair and went down on one knee to propose to his girlfriend. 
As lovely as it was to witness, I couldn't help but think of the groupon voucher, it somehow took the romance away.

RogerBareford

JIL said:

A few years ago I had a groupon for a local Portuguese restaurant. There was only us and two other couples in the small restaurant.
The couple on the table near us, paid with a groupon voucher. Then he pulled out his chair and went down on one knee to propose to his girlfriend. 
As lovely as it was to witness, I couldn't help but think of the groupon voucher, it somehow took the romance away.

Why would using a voucher take away the romance?

When i was single a partner who had the same monetary values to me was quite important and someone who would pay more than they needed for something certainly isn't romantic

iyhr

I went on my first date when I was 15 (in 1964). We were going to the cinema. I was so excited but when I got there he said,
"Hurry up and get your ticket, the film's about to start".

I was from a very poor family but my mother had made me a new dress to wear and I felt like a million dollars. He came from a wealthy family and those were the days when a man paid for a woman (men earned considerably more then than woman so they could take care of their women and families).

SuperScrimper1

So My first date with my Hubby was a World women's day convention....Free food drink etc and it was certainly different. After we went to a coffee shop. I learnt he was good with money (he needed to be as he was the breadwinner for his family) and that we shared the same morals something that is more important than anything money can buy.

JIL

RogerBareford said:

JIL said:

A few years ago I had a groupon for a local Portuguese restaurant. There was only us and two other couples in the small restaurant.
The couple on the table near us, paid with a groupon voucher. Then he pulled out his chair and went down on one knee to propose to his girlfriend. 
As lovely as it was to witness, I couldn't help but think of the groupon voucher, it somehow took the romance away.

Why would using a voucher take away the romance?

When i was single a partner who had the same monetary values to me was quite important and someone who would pay more than they needed for something certainly isn't romantic

If someone was going to make the occasion memorable, then do it right. 

If money was an issue, then why not go straight to the wedding, no engagement required.