2008 Woodie Awards
He Said: Check please, who pays?
Shaun Mitchell
Issue date: 2/7/08 Section: He Said/She Said
I happen to be a traditionalist on this one, sort of. I always ?feel like the man should pay on the first date at least, and then ?discuss the money situation as the relationship grows on.
My reasoning? for paying on the first date is just like what the old timers used to ?believe in, it shows that a man can support his significant other. It ?is a nice gesture to be certain, but it is also an outdated one.
The? reason why it is outdated is because now it is more and more common for? women to make just as much money as men, whereas in primitive days women ?didn't work and needed to be supported. ??If the man paid for every date. This is a solid $30 at the movies and a solid? $60 for dinner. A grand total of $90 for a night of entertainment out of the? man's pocket can get expensive after a while.
If the relationship ends, all that money would have gone? for nothing. Sure there are the memories to look back upon, but those? are pretty expensive memories. And then the woman makes a clean ?getaway, not to mention a whole lot richer. This will then lead the ?entire male population, save the rich ones, to never go on a date again.? Then where would we be? All alone. So while I believe in the man paying on the first, maybe even first few? dates, there are people who firmly believe in 'going dutch,' as it is? called. When a couple goes dutch, the man and the woman split the bill ?evenly, or the man will pay for the dinner and the woman will pay for? the movie, something along those lines. It is a much more modern way? of dating and more and more couples are following this new way of? enjoying a date.
Beware guys. When in doubt, pay first and discuss later.
My reasoning? for paying on the first date is just like what the old timers used to ?believe in, it shows that a man can support his significant other. It ?is a nice gesture to be certain, but it is also an outdated one.
The? reason why it is outdated is because now it is more and more common for? women to make just as much money as men, whereas in primitive days women ?didn't work and needed to be supported. ??If the man paid for every date. This is a solid $30 at the movies and a solid? $60 for dinner. A grand total of $90 for a night of entertainment out of the? man's pocket can get expensive after a while.
If the relationship ends, all that money would have gone? for nothing. Sure there are the memories to look back upon, but those? are pretty expensive memories. And then the woman makes a clean ?getaway, not to mention a whole lot richer. This will then lead the ?entire male population, save the rich ones, to never go on a date again.? Then where would we be? All alone. So while I believe in the man paying on the first, maybe even first few? dates, there are people who firmly believe in 'going dutch,' as it is? called. When a couple goes dutch, the man and the woman split the bill ?evenly, or the man will pay for the dinner and the woman will pay for? the movie, something along those lines. It is a much more modern way? of dating and more and more couples are following this new way of? enjoying a date.
Beware guys. When in doubt, pay first and discuss later.
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