In a message dated 10/3/2005 7:33:05 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
dipy911@yahoo.com writes:
Anyone that complains about a FREE meal doesn't deserve a second date.
Let her pay the $40 next time, Feminism and all.
I really must agree. I'd respect someone who took me to a better restaurant
than he could really afford by using a coupon. That's sensible.
Karen
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krallison416 wrote:
I really must agree. I'd respect someone who took me to a better
restaurant than he could really afford by using a coupon. That's
sensible.
Respect?? Karen, consider that simple math suggests we're talking
something no more upscale than Olive Garden here ... he's not
concerned about affordability; he's just cheap (ok, let's allow
"coupon conditioned"). But, yeah, she shoulda kept her yap shut.
- H.
"Harry Porter" <harry.porter@v...> wrote:
Respect?? Karen, consider that simple math suggests we're talking
something no more upscale than Olive Garden here ... he's not
concerned about affordability; he's just cheap (ok, let's allow
"coupon conditioned"). But, yeah, she shoulda kept her yap shut.
Consider a little thought experiment. A friend wants to give you a
gift to show appreciation (it's your birthday, or Christmas, or you
did him some favors, whatever). So he writes you a $100 check. He
also has a coupon that would allow you to get $200 cash for that $100
check, if you cashed it at a particular casino.
Would you want him to give you that coupon? Or to just give you the
check, out of fear that you'd consider him "cheap"?
Or back to the original story. If our hero had spent $40 on the 2-for-
1 meal, & then burned a couple of twenties in front of his date to
show he wasn't cheap. That would be the equivalent of taking her to
the meal without the coupon. Would THAT make it more respectable?
Sweet Baby Jesus. Does romance need to make you COMPLETELY crazy??
Stuart (RandomStu)
http://home.comcast.net/~sresnick2/mypage.htm