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From: lisa@mit-vax.UUCP (Lisa Chabot)
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Subject: Re: Cheap dates
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Date: Fri, 22-Mar-85 20:47:48 EST
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I liked James Armstrong Jr's suggestion about alternating, but this may only
work comfortably if there it's comfortable to think about future dates, and
sometimes on the first date you just don't know about this.  Most of the time
on a first date I haven't known about this, at least I didn't know if the
other party would want to or not.  But it's still a neat suggestion.

I feel pretty uncomfortable if I don't pay my share when eating out.  When
I was a poor student, I didn't like being taken out by anyone, and if I was
going to go out with close friends to the local Szechuan all-you-can-hold
buffet, we arranged money matters ahead of time and didn't go if it was
going to make someone uncomfortable about not paying; and when going out
with people who could afford it, I felt much happier if I could contribute
and so felt much, much better cooking something than being taken out.

Of course, who can resist being taken out for your birthday!  Or taking
someone out!  For all those reasons for celebrating, like birthdays and
anniversaries, or landing/leaving that wonderful/awful new/old job,
yours or the other person(s)'s.  Or cooking something at home, too.

And for those of us who can't cook, or are too nervous to try it, or
don't have the time, well, there are places that will provide you with
gourmet meals for two, from soup to nuts (that is, the whole meal).
There was an article on such places locally in the Boston Globe recently,
and the prices while more than Burger King can still be in the reasonable
range for those who can afford to eat out.  They probably prefer a day's
notice.  This might be the perfect thing if you want to and can make
the someone comfortable in your lair--a leisurely meal, not in a bustling
restaurant, and still no pots to scour (-: of course, you might want to 
grubby up some pots if you want to give the illusion that you participated
in the food preparation :-).

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