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moana posted:This guy took me hiking on a first date and brought homemade peanut butter honey sandwiches squished up in a ziploc. When we went to a coffee shop afterwards I could tell he was stressed on buying fancy coffee so I paid for his drink. Then his car handle broke off in my hand when I got in because he was driving a super old Volvo and there was no furniture in his apartment to even sit down so we sat on the floor. Then he had the gall to expect me to pay for the wedding two years later, sheesh. The BFC'est of courtships. People who feel like they have to spend a lot of money on dates are usually just unimaginative people. Dinner -> movie -> drinks blah blah blah If you live in a city of any reasonable size, there are probably interesting, free things going on all the time. Doubly-so if there's a university in your city (I once observed a huge group of LARPers hitting each other with foam swords in the park, and there was a bicycle polo league that played weekly polo games on bikes with croquet mallets) Or there are probably fun nature things to do
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Knyteguy posted:https://www.facebook.com/kolotv/photos/a.113633146502.108793.39225221502/10152544819136503/?type=1 This isn't an average of how much typical people spent on regular dates. Whatsyourprice is a website where you literally bid on dates. It's an iteration of escort-lite "dating." E: sorry, I see this has been covered Switchback fucked around with this message at 23:31 on Feb 25, 2015 |
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moana posted:This guy took me hiking on a first date and brought homemade peanut butter honey sandwiches squished up in a ziploc. When we went to a coffee shop afterwards I could tell he was stressed on buying fancy coffee so I paid for his drink. Then his car handle broke off in my hand when I got in because he was driving a super old Volvo and there was no furniture in his apartment to even sit down so we sat on the floor. Then he had the gall to expect me to pay for the wedding two years later, sheesh. Dawww 
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Feb 25, 2015 23:31
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Folly posted:I was thinking that in college the dynamic would be based on potential income after graduation instead of actual, current income. The theory practically proves itself based on all the ladies that hang around outside the engineering building trying to catch the eye of a promising young engineer or programmer. I suspect this is likely to be the case. I realised one woman I was talking to at a party at the weekend is about 16 years younger than me yet seems interested, I'm not young and I'm not rocking a six pack (unless it's beer).
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canyoneer posted:The BFC'est of courtships. Do not take your date LARPing.
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Some of my free dates all with different girls that ended up turning into relationships: Inviting a girl up to the local mountain at night to take photos with my new camera Planting tulip bulbs in my grandma's yard that I got for free from a friend's garden (living in grandma's basement at the time, 30 years old, no job, still dating 4 years later) Taking the girl's dog out to the dog park Nowadays I use the first date to screen out bad with money people. If they are only entertained by spending money it's not going to be a good relationship.
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pathetic little tramp posted:Do not take your date LARPing.
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Folly posted:The theory practically proves itself based on all the ladies that hang around outside the engineering building trying to catch the eye of a promising young engineer or programmer. If you want to hear the adorable Chinese version of this, a friend of mine was telling me about how she saw a guy studying engineering in the library at her university (which specialises in language/foreign studies). She went up to him and asked what was up, because there's not even an engineering department at the university. He studied engineering at the university down the road, but came to the library at hers to try to meet girls 
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Pompous Rhombus posted:If you want to hear the adorable Chinese version of this, a friend of mine was telling me about how she saw a guy studying engineering in the library at her university (which specialises in language/foreign studies). She went up to him and asked what was up, because there's not even an engineering department at the university. He studied engineering at the university down the road, but came to the library at hers to try to meet girls Bad market.  Edit: Estimates of every country - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_sex_ratio Also, don't think about this subject too long as this leads to a very, very, very dark realization. Blinkman987 fucked around with this message at 00:26 on Feb 26, 2015 |
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Feb 26, 2015 00:22
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Blinkman987 posted:Bad market. I would think the fat chicks gulf in america is far worse - based on the scientific law that fat guys can be attractive if they are successful or charming or whatever, but NOBODY is attracted to fat girls.
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Nah man, ever since Drake dropped the term BBW on that Nikki Minaj single, guys are going to be thirsty for big girls.
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Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:23 year olds making 100k are obviously faking it, you gotta be 25 to make six figures Anecdotal, but I personally know four 21-22 year old techies that dropped out of college and are now making six figures. They were offered 85k initially, and all got a raise months in after a successful release and another round of VC funding. Two live together, and the other lives with his parents. They're going to quit and start their own company this year with all the money they saved. Bad with money: I got a vinyl cutter in early February, and I've been making a bunch of stickers and tshirts to sell to friends casually for a while to see if this is something I could do for beer money. It's been going well so far. I still haven't paid for the cutter yet, but the little spreadsheet I've made for costs/sales is slowly getting closer and closer to breaking even. I made my team at work (6 people) a shirt to celebrate releasing a new product/feature we've worked really hard on for almost two years. It was maybe $35 worth of materials, and I was fine eating it as a gift to my friends/coworkers. My manager found out I was doing this, and got excited. He said he'd reimburse me for material costs if I made them "for the whole team." I assumed he meant the managers and architects in addition to the engineers, for a total of maybe 10 people. I was pretty excited because I would get to practice making shirts without losing any cash. Turns out he meant the "greater team" of like 30 people, fully two thirds of which didn't work on the product/feature at all. So now I've basically volunteered to make 30 shirts at cost, ignoring the value of hours of my life.
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http://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/2x3avb/my_older_brother_got_in_an_accident_and_they_are/ He only had $15k in liability coverage for his auto policy, which was for covering someone who wasn't him driving a car which was not his.
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canyoneer posted:The BFC'est of courtships. Did you just recommend LARPing as a date.
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Bad with money: I pretty much just quit my part time job I had Sunday afternoons. Good with Money: Yearly evaluation was good, and I got a 16% raise.
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opus111 posted:Did you just recommend LARPing as a date. Well I thought it was LARP watching, but sex in the woods with a guy wearing a robe and wizard hat is an option.
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Inverse Icarus posted:My manager found out I was doing this, and got excited. He said he'd reimburse me for material costs if I made them "for the whole team." I assumed he meant the managers and architects in addition to the engineers, for a total of maybe 10 people. I was pretty excited because I would get to practice making shirts without losing any cash. Turns out he meant the "greater team" of like 30 people, fully two thirds of which didn't work on the product/feature at all. Tell your manager you expected it was less and you'd like to be compensated for your time?
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Cloks posted:Tell your manager you expected it was less and you'd like to be compensated for your time? pad the cost of materials to compensate for your time.
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Devian666 posted:I suspect this is likely to be the case. I realised one woman I was talking to at a party at the weekend is about 16 years younger than me yet seems interested, I'm not young and I'm not rocking a six pack (unless it's beer). Pompous Rhombus posted:If you want to hear the adorable Chinese version of this, a friend of mine was telling me about how she saw a guy studying engineering in the library at her university (which specialises in language/foreign studies). She went up to him and asked what was up, because there's not even an engineering department at the university. He studied engineering at the university down the road, but came to the library at hers to try to meet girls My post was actually completely sarcastic. I guess,uh, times have changed since I went to school.
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pathetic little tramp posted:Do not take your date LARPing. opus111 posted:Did you just recommend LARPing as a date.  moana posted:No, you take them LARP-watching. One of my favorite dates was parkour-watching. Very good entertainment:cost ratio. Bring gummy bears to share wih your girl. #GoodWithMoney Bingo. It wasn't planned for, but it happened and it was fun. Wouldn't have happened if I had planned for dinner and a movie! I don't know if it was really LARPing. They weren't dressed like wizards and throwing beanbags, just a bunch of sweaty nerds in taped-off arenas wearing armor and bonking each other with foam swords.
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Devian666 posted:Well I thought it was LARP watching, but sex in the woods with a guy wearing a robe and wizard hat is an option. loving amazing. Go Bloodninja go! Everyone in Reno is either a hooker or a john. $230/date explained.
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Zo posted:I would think the fat chicks gulf in america is far worse - based on the scientific law that fat guys can be attractive if they are successful or charming or whatever, but NOBODY is attracted to fat girls. Thanks for sharing your weirdo goony law of nature in the Bad With Money thread of all places 
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Folly posted:My post was actually completely sarcastic. I guess,uh, times have changed since I went to school. Nah it's not that different. The income versus messaging chart is pretty much status quo (except when you're 36).
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Gabriel Pope posted:Very much so, one of their major talking points is that it's so unfair that men "have" to spend $50-$100+ just to get a shot with a woman they've only just met. A $50-$100 date won't even buy you something that impressive if you're not going dutch. That's $19-$38/person before tax and tip. If things are going well and you want to linger over drinks/dessert/coffee, that's a very easy number to hit even at cheaper table service places. Moral: there's a reason the title of the discussion thread is "don't eat out today."
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Radbot posted:The real question is whether you conceal how much you make for obvious reasons, or whether you don't, for obvious reasons: I have never shared my income with anyone I've dated. I can't imagine how it would even come up outside of internet dating. Would I log into Mint and drop my phone discreetly so a girl see a playa wealth? Drop that phone with no case too. I got that no case money girl. This phone is modern sexy engineering, a work of art like you girl. Nothing should cover it up. Now how about you take of your case? Drop those panties and I'll tell you all about the things I could do to that student loan girl.
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District Selectman posted:I have never shared my income with anyone I've dated. I can't imagine how it would even come up outside of internet dating. Would I log into Mint and drop my phone discreetly so a girl see a playa wealth? Drop that phone with no case too. I got that no case money girl. This phone is modern sexy engineering, a work of art like you girl. Nothing should cover it up. Now how about you take of your case? Drop those panties and I'll tell you all about the things I could do to that student loan girl. Just leave gold bars laying around in your $3000 car.
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pathetic little tramp posted:Do not take your date LARPing. That was my first non-heterosexual post high school date. The good: He picked me up. The bad: He forgot his wallet so I paid for the Taco Bell drive thru for both of us. The good: He tried to pay me back for the Taco Bell drive thru. The bad: After a miserable night of basically watching rock-scissors-paper Vampire the Masquerade live action role playing, followed by a lot of weed, I said not to worry about it. Then sung the chorus to No Scrubs by TLC. The good: His friends loved it. The bad, but ultimately good: He didn't. LARPING IS A BAD DATE IDEA. I don't care how cheap it is.
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Switchback posted:This isn't an average of how much typical people spent on regular dates. Whatsyourprice is a website where you literally bid on dates. It's an iteration of escort-lite "dating." I used to work there. You should check out Carrot Dating, where we used the "carrot and stick" metaphor for getting women to do what you want them to.
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blackmet posted:LARPING IS A BAD DATE IDEA. I don't care how cheap it is. so is Taco Bell, hth
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He picked me up and took me to Taco Bell. It seemed like it was going so well.
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Zo posted:I would think the fat chicks gulf in america is far worse - based on the scientific law that fat guys can be attractive if they are successful or charming or whatever, but NOBODY is attracted to fat girls. Not true, and even if it is the case in a local area, fat girls can do something about it. The real online dating failure counterpart is the extremely short guy. Ask me how I know.
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SpelledBackwards posted:Not true, and even if it is the case in a local area, fat girls can do something about it. The real online dating failure counterpart is the extremely short guy. Ask me how I know. Hmm, sounds tempting, but are you presenting as a normal short guy or as a rich short guy?
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baquerd posted:Hmm, sounds tempting, but are you presenting as a normal short guy or as a rich short guy? Someone post that 20/20 clip where the group of a dozen women selects the 6'4" axe murderer over the 5'2" children's cancer doctor.
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pathetic little tramp posted:Someone post that 20/20 clip where the group of a dozen women selects the 6'4" axe murderer over the 5'2" children's cancer doctor.
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I'm 4'11". I select my dates on how sexy their elbows are. Although, getting to see a guy's face might be pretty refreshing. We're gonna have to have step stools, though.
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Aerofallosov posted:I'm 4'11". I select my dates on how sexy their elbows are. Just wear platforms, then get angry when guys don't notice that you're suddenly taller. Platform shoes could be good with money.
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Aerofallosov posted:I'm 4'11". I select my dates on how sexy their elbows are. As a 5'0" guy, yes, stepstools things are just a fact of life. Miraculously, I can actually see out the peephole of my front door, unlike at everyone else's house.
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I bought a Pontiac 2006 G6 two years ago, after 4 recalls I can safely say I am bad with money... (I just found out about the most recent one today)
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Jack2142 posted:I bought a Pontiac 2006 G6 two years ago, after 4 recalls I can safely say I am bad with money... (I just found out about the most recent one today) General Motors are bad with money.
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