#49806 -- girl paying
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#49806 -- girl paying
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I guess one way that I uphold traditional gender roles (not out of any particular convictions: only moochiness), but I almost never pay on dates--less so if we are "official." This question reminded me of George Costanza saying that it's nice to get "at least a reach" for the check. Ha.
I guess one way that I uphold traditional gender roles (not out of any particular convictions: only moochiness), but I almost never pay on dates--less so if we are "official." This question reminded me of George Costanza saying that it's nice to get "at least a reach" for the check. Ha.
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I have to admit, I don't pay on too many occasions either, but generally it feels like I shouldn't really. If I'm not sure if it is a date or not, I have, on many occasions, "reached" in a sense for my purse when it came to pay, but I've never been so forward as to prevent a guy from paying. It's probably a combination of being raised by an army father from Georgia and fear of offending or embarrassing the guy because it looks like I didn't perceive it as a date, and more of just hanging out instead.
I think it's only fair for the girl to pay every once in a while. I mean, if we're for women's suffrage and equal rights and all, why not be for equal paying for dates? Also, I tend to think of "paying for the date" to mean "in charge of the date." I would be kind of annoyed if I had to do whatever the guy wanted to do all the time.
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I have planned on paying, at least for myself, every date I've been on. Three times the guy paid, the other times I did. But I believe that who ever does the asking should expect to do the paying. And I've done the asking every date I've been on. But I'm not in a financial situation where I feel like I should argue. If the guy wants to pay I'll let him. And if he asks me I expect him to pay.
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