Cheap date

[randy41]

If you already know the woman, and y'all both want "dessert", there is no problem. But then, there would be no problem with having one over and cooking a neat meal, and if she likes the kitchen, she can help, and y'all can visit/talk, etc. during food preparation. I thought you were asking about meeting someone new, and even meeting halfway, if she lived far.


I guess that I am not being very helpful.

well i think you are helpful. i also agree about the fancy/expensive place which is beyond my means (cheapness) anyway. i'm kind of a quiet laid back guy and i think the women i know already know that about me. for those that don't know me (if i ever go that route)i will keep your good advice in mind.

 

[murphy1244]

you might want to give more value to the advice provided by farmgirl19. She has the code...been married for 30 years and have to admit she is right on.

Farm Girl, You been married for 30years? How about that.:confused3:

 

[Jim Shooz]

i guess there's some irony here in that one of the women i'm going to ask out probably earns 3 or 4 times as much a year as i do. maybe separate checks will work. then there's no pressure on the woman. anyway, if you go out to dinner with someone you already know and the chemistry is there why wouldn't you both want 'desert'?

If you're the one doing the asking out, YOU PAY. Doesn't matter how much the other person has/earns. It's the right and proper thing to do.

 

[farmgirl19]

If you're the one doing the asking out, YOU PAY. Doesn't matter how much the other person has/earns. It's the right and proper thing to do.

If it is a "date", I agree. I think going out as friends can be fun, and a chance to get to know someone better, without all of the pressure and hoopla. And sometimes, a really good friendship, with someone of the opposite sex, can be better than a romance! (Of course, they do sometimes morph. )

Wrong time of year, but carnivals, fairs, tractor events, airshows, hot rod shows, flea markets, Craft shows, antique malls, etc., can all be fun to attend, and there is something to see, and price of admission is usually cheap enough too. Some of us prefer walking around to sitting, so that gives options there.

 

[ustmd]

:laughing:Even thought I have been married 22 years, getting some good advice. My wife and I talk about how neither of us would know how to date anymore...I mean where else would either of us find a person who thinks drinking beer, eating nachos while sitting on the couch watching HGTV is a date.:laughing:

 

[oldballs]

Us old folks can get some really cheap dates while eating at the county service center....only costs a couple bucks. There's a lot of wrinkled up old prune faces there....mine included. Was married 48 years but she passed on 5 years ago. Dating is a fantasy now, so guess I'd better "Get Real".:laughing:

 

[NoTrespassing]

so yes i'm all over this. how much younger are you talking here? i know a woman i want to date who is 39. i have more in common with her than with the 50 something other woman i want to date.

My wife is 20 years younger than I am. It's worked out great for over 6 years now. One thing that may be noteworthy, she's not American and she's very down to earth Our idea of eating out is McDonalds drivethru $1 menu. She's almost as thrifty as I am.

 

[tcreeley]

Pick a poor lady to date if money is an object. She will be used to doing without.

 

[randy41]

this song is my idea of a cheap date.

It Is What It Is Kacey Musgraves lyrics - YouTube

 

[rednecks wife]

Get a younger chick. The relationship/marriage might not last but you will have lot of fun while it does.
On serious note: I was matched to my current wife by a mutual friend who figured out we could be good for each other. I took her to Japanese restaurant on our first date (no music there), then I installed a dishwasher for her on our second date (that impressed her), she was great help while remodeling a basement to a play room for a coworker on our third date (that impressed me) and we ordered Chinese take home and ended up in bed together on the fourth date. We had 21 years wedding anniversary last week.
What I want say is that people who know both of you might have good judgment if you would fit together.

When I met Redneck in Training he had 5000 in debt and I had 10,000 debt, newly divorced with 2 young children so you can imagine how cheap were our dates! :mischievous: IMHO its never about how fancy or expensive the dates but how you treat your woman. Most woman I know would love to have a man who really listens to her (at least sometimes ), is kind and helpful, and "has her back"

But Randy41, it doesn't hurt to impress her a little bit....so don't be too cheap!!!:laughing:
Rednecks "young wife"