Community Chat

[cherry]

If I were dating now, I think I would only go Dutch ,and opt for places, that you could eat for about $25 for 1 person

I feel so sorry for these ladies. I wonder if this happens more than we suspect?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6145983/Serial-Dine-Dash-Dater-Paul-Gonzales-hit-new-charges...

[Sweet_Serenity]

@cherry 

Never happened to me...my last long term relationship over five years ago. 

Not into dating...that's just me. Do enjoy dining with family and friends. 

[cherry]

Well, it never happened to me either. But, I have been married for 54 years, and men were better behaved back them. ( at least the ones I knew were)

[deeva]

If I was on a first date and the guy ordered more than one entree, I would be the one heading for the door before the food arrived.

[dex]

@deeva  lOL...I am right behind you so hold the door please.

[JaneMarple]

I'm the mother of three girls and since they were teenagers, I taught them to always have their own money to cover their meals. Especially when some guys expect to be rewarded after dinner when they payed for it.

[chrystaltree]

I don't know how that would be extortion.  That's a stretch.  I don't see how it's a crime against the woman at all.  Rude, tacky, mean even a lit bit nuts but not a crime.  If the woman just pays for her own meal, as any woman should on the first or second date, it would be a crime against the restaurant.  Every woman should know enough to split the bill with a man she doesn't know.  Meet the the guy at the restaurant and go dutch.  What woman doesn't know that?

[chrystaltree]

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@JaneMarple wrote:

I'm the mother of three girls and since they were teenagers, I taught them to always have their own money to cover their meals. Especially when some guys expect to be rewarded after dinner when they payed for dinner.

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        Indeed!!   I taught my girls that, my mom taught me that and I've been married for 35 years!   Of course, women do this so they won't be put in that "you owe me" position.   

[Citrine1]

This guy is a royal jerk.  What a creep.

[cherry]

There have always been shady Characters. I can recall an auntie of mine ,telling about one of her aunts, that married someone ,the family thought was  a confidence man

They gave her a $50 gold piece when she went on her honeymoon, and  it was inside a tiny mesh bag, she was instructed to wear on the inside of her clothing. They warned her not to tell the guy she married she had it

I don't remember how it all ended, but she(auntie) had the tiny silver bag in her  belongings ,and donated it to our local museum.