GOING DUTCH
Beauty: Kendra Cunningham
Going Dutch should be agreed upon being the date takes place. Period. No exceptions. If the date initiator wants to Go Dutch, he or she should communicate that when the date invitation is extended. If the datee’ then accepts, well, shame on them.
Here it is ladies, plain and simple. If a guy wants to Go Dutch, he is a cheapskate. Who wants to date cheapskate? Nobody. Not even other cheapskates. Cheapskates are the first to point out when someone else is being cheap. Stay away from the cheap people. My last boyfriend was a miser. We had to leave a restaurant once because we missed the lunch specials by minutes and the Thai dish he wanted would have been $1.50 cheaper ten minutes ago.
I offered to pay the 1.50.
No.
I offered to pay for lunch.
No.
“It was the principal of the thing” he said. All his principles revolved around small dollar amounts.
Instead we walked from Dumbo to Cobble Hill, Brooklyn looking for a place that was cheaper than the place we walked out of.
We ended up with deli sandwiches, eating on dead grass in the Promenade.
He couldn’t have been happier.
I got bit by an ant.
Some girls like to Go Dutch because they feel like they don’t owe the guy anything sexually if they pay for themselves.
Personally, I want the guy to pay. I want to feel like I owe him something. It’s a great rationalization tactic when I act inappropriately.
“ He did pay for the pizza!’
Thanks for listening!
Kisses-
Kendra
Kendra is a stand up comic living in Brooklyn where she owns a super comfortable bed. She spends most of her time wondering where the hell her sugar daddy is and hoping he didn’t settle.
www.kendracunningham.com
The Beast: Larry Loveless
Going Dutch sounds good on paper, but actually doing might be a bit risky. I have to agree with my counterpart Kendra on this one. Going Dutch on a first date will come off cheap to say the least. The only positive in going Dutch is that the girl certainly won’t be a gold digger after agreeing to split the bill. On the same note, maybe going Dutch will also see what she really likes or is willing to pay for when she’s paying her own money.
But is that all worth it? There are various ways to read into things, but hard to determine what it all really means. For example, yes a girl might agree to go Dutch and seem ok with it, but inside be upset and not reveal her true feelings. On the flip side, just because a guy wants to go Dutch, doesn’t mean he is cheap. A game player? Perhaps and just seeing what a girl is willing to go through. Who said dating is easy?
I would have to say that going Dutch is high risk high reward. If a girl is willing to go Dutch, she is a keeper. Then again, asking a girl to go Dutch might be the last thing you ever say to her. Click. Hello? On paper going Dutch is a great idea, but in the head being old fashioned is probably best on the first date. Down the road might be a different story.
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