Dating = Restaurant body doubling? American advertisers lost the plot
this post was submitted on 13 May 2026
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Just go for a walk
I used to go out to NYC restaurants frequently and I don't think I've ever spent $100 per person, including drinks. There are some very expensive restaurants out there but unless you're deliberately looking for them, even relatively nice places will have food for $20 to $40 and cocktails for $10 to $15.
(I don't go to the sort of restaurants where you have to dress formally, but then again neither does almost anyone going on a date, unless they're either rich or a celebrity.)
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Where tf are you all going on dates? I get pretty drunk and have food at the bar for 42$ every couple weeks. If I was on a date and paying for both of us (personally more into splitting it) it would be like 70$ tops. That's not even close to the cheapest thing you could do. If someone's demanding you spend that much on them from the jump they're probably not worth dating anyway .
Where do you live? Also, most don't take a date to get bar food on a first date.
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Does this price include the prostitute