FallingAlice said:
There are certain rule differences between lunch and dinner dates? Do please enumerate them for me. I'll be fascinated to hear them.
Whoever said that a women has a right to walk away from a date because a man is being a creep or idiot and stick them with the bill they promised they'd pay?
Now... any woman (or man) has every right and responsibility to walk away from a date if they're feeling abused or threatened.
But I think we've all been on dates that turned out to be less than what we wanted. Most of us stick it out. And behave decently and find a way to communicate -- with some sensitivity --sometime during or afterward that, sorry, I'm just not interested. Or alternately, we have to listen, as a grown-up, to the message that someone we want is not interested in us.
And we take our bill and disappointment and chalk it up to life and learning experience.
As Dropkick said, most of us would not sell our integrity for a bill of $45. If we do, then that's all our integrity is worth to us.
There are coffee dates, lunch dates, dinner dates, and there are unwritten rules at each.
Coffee dates - You order coffee or tea, maybe a piece of pie or a muffin, but nothing more.
Lunch dates - more casual than a dinner date. Alcohol is rarely ever ordered but in the instances it is, it should only be 1 drink. That is unless of course when making the date you say something along the lines of "would you like to go grab a drink? We can head out to lunch or something." Or if you make the lunch date at a sports bar. Expect drinking in that case as well. Lunch is usually a lighter meal, usually no appetizers.
Dinner dates - expect on laying some cash down. Appetizer, drinks, meal, maybe some dessert.
I usually try to follow the rule of ordering how the payee is ordering. If they order a drink then I will as well. But if the payee is ordering a soda or water, then I won't order alcohol. If they ask if you'd like an appetizer then I feel free to order one, if I'm in the mood for one. If the subject is not brought up then I don't even consider an appetizer.
And maybe I don't have a problem with fusion walking out because I've known a few people who have done it. Some have paid for the entire bill and called it a night, but some have simply apologized, stated what a disaster the evening is, laid down their portion of the bill and walked out. Isn't it better to have a person do that rather than having that person attempt to slit their wrists with a butter knife in order to end the misery they're experiencing?
Hell, I've been on dates, where the guy was paying, and the night was such a living hell that I gave him my portion of the check and walked out.
I guess some people just have a higher tolerance for misery than others. :shrug: