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Dating has gotten so expensive that nearly half of U.S. singles say it’s no longer worth it, as the average night out approaches $200 (fortune.com)

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[–] jtrek@startrek.website 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (11 children)

That's a ridiculous amount of money to spend.

Most of my first dates were like

walk to bar ($0) or subway ($3)
a drink for both ($10 - $30)
transit back ($0 or $3)

Even two drinks wouldn't probably break the $100 barrier.

There are cheaper options, too. Coffee. Park walk and snacks. Free museums.

I didn't have much trouble meeting people on the same page.

Edit: a full ass dinner date is a terrible idea for early dating. Don't go on early dates you can't quickly bail on.

[–] exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, the article (perhaps intentionally, for clicks) misreads the underlying survey as being about first dates when it's actually about all dates. Dates with someone you're already fucking and sleeping over with is going to be a bit different to budget for, compared to first dates (which the second study they quote says is at around $93).

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 1 points 1 week ago

That's an important detail. Clicking through, it says

A first date in our study means one shared starter, two main courses and two cocktails. For each restaurant, we pulled the median starter, main and cocktail price from the menu. For each city, we took the median across all fully-priced restaurants.

That's extremely heavy for a first date. It's a poor strategy for several reasons to go that hard the first time you're meeting someone.

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