[quote]angry chicken wrote:
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
[quote]angry chicken wrote:
Can’t speak for the younger guys, but I always pay when I invite someone. Male or female. And NO I’m not always trying to fuck everyone I invite somewhere!
If someone invited me to dinner, or to an event of some kind, I would assume they were paying (but I would be prepared to pay my share if I felt it appropriate).
It’s funny when I’m out with some of my close friends, we all fight for the check. Some of them have gone to great lengths to “get” the check before the rest of us.
As for expecting sex from dinner, I have plenty of depth in my “seduction repertoire” to where I don’t need to take a woman to dinner or <<>> to have sex with her. If I take someone to dinner, it’s because I enjoy thier company and wish to explore their personality in a comfortable setting. Historically, this attitude has led to many an enchanting evening, which could lead to sex if I chose to take it that way. But that is not always the case.[/quote]
Living in Asia, one fights for the check a lot when going out with friends. In Hong Kong and Indonesia more so than Japan. It’s a status thing, I suppose: it just seems low-class to go Dutch… which is kind of funny, since Indonesia was a Dutch colony.
As far as the man paying for a dinner date, primate mating ritual explanations aside, I don’t know if it’s a generation thing or a cultural thing, but I agree with Angry Chicken. If I ask a lady out to dinner, I wouldn’t consider making her pay for her food. It just doesn’t seem right. And no, there’s no implicit expectation of sex in return: there is a certain inherent satisfaction in providing something for someone that you care about, and as long as nobody feels taken advantage of, or an obligation unfairly put on them, then I don’t see the harm.
Of course, I also open doors for women and offer to carry heavy stuff for them so I suppose that makes me a caveman.
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I’m the same breed of caveman. What horrible misogynistic creatures we are.[/quote]
Me three :-(. Though I’m not physically that old. I was just always of the assumption that on a date you pay. After you are going steady, sure you can split, or she can pay every now and again, but I also have the mentality of being the provider and protector of my relationship/family too. Instinctual or just trying to be a gentleman/chivalrous I don’t know, but if it was instinctual it’d be a lot more common.
I’ve found that female friends that tended to be more assertive still tended to be appreciative when a guy was willing to pick up the tab on a meal. It may not be necessary, but the gesture of being a gentleman still seems appreciated. I say this from the experience of having dinner with a what would be a cougar and her sister while on business - they both made more than me, but appreciated the gesture, since it was something I offered without thought/naturally and I wasn’t directly trying to impress.
I think its the attempt to impress that’s a turnoff than anything. And I forget the comedian that said - if a guy is being nice to you, he’s just offering some dick (think it was Chris Rock).