OMG! A date night is expensive!!!

[T J]

When the hell did this happen? I remember when I was 17 I'd take a girl out on a date I'd spend like 25-30 bucks and we'd have a blast. Tonight I took my wife out for dinner at the Cheesecake Factory and blew $100 like it was nothing!

Granted it was super good (the portions were huge too) and we had a great time but holy shit! We didn't even go to the movies as we'd planned because we were too full... Oh shit... I am in my thirties now (that might make the difference), there were a couple drinks in there but still, whew!

It amazes me there are people who do this almost ever night and aren't filing for bankruptcy every three months! SO, had a blast but damn, no wonder it's a once in a blue moon kinda thing. Anyone else amazed on how expensive it is to go out and have a nice date night?!

 

[RoJoHen]

Shit, I spent $60 at the bar last night just while I was watching the hockey game. Booze adds up quick.

Date night? I've never done that.

 

[Rek]

I've dated but never went out on a date. Strange, yes? But I don't really go out so that might explain it.

Either way, I agree prices are retarded. At lest here in B.C Canada it is. There was a 8$ TAX on the last video game I bought. WTF.

 

[Goji]

I don't date so that isn't a problem.

But it is a bit annoying how I have to pay full price when all the teachers at my school go out somewhere for drinks because I never drink any beer and they all know that by now. It IS really expensive, too. If I go with them as much as they want me to I'll be broke.

 

[RoJoHen]

Wait, what? They make you pay for drinks even though you're not drinking them?

 

[Aragorn]

^ Haven't you ever been with groups that are so bad at math (or are just plain greedy) they like to split the bill evenly regardless of what is ordered?

I had the New York steak, the garlic fries, four glasses of alcoholic beverage and the mud pie. You had the plain burger with complimentary salad and root beer with free refills. So let's just split the bill $45 each?

 

[Goji]

Yeah, because the place we go to apparently charges by the number of people who walk through the door. *shrugs* I always get something to drink and don't pay anything additional for it, but it's never anywhere near the cost of the alcohol the other teachers put away.

 

[RoJoHen]

^ Haven't you ever been with groups that are so bad at math (or are just plain greedy) they like to split the bill evenly regardless of what is ordered?

Nope. My friends don't do that. If we really don't want to figure out the math ourselves, we just ask for separate checks.

Yeah, because the place we go to apparently charges by the number of people who walk through the door. *shrugs* I always get something to drink and don't pay anything additional for it, but it's never anywhere near the cost of the alcohol the other teachers put away.

So you basically pay a cover charge and then drink as much (or as little) as you want?

 

[Goji]

Maybe. Probably. They ask for money ahead of time, I give it to them, then show up and politely refuse beer for a few hours. Beyond that I don't really know. I mostly go because it is expected of me for work, though it is usually at the very least amusing.

 

[Shazam!]

Go somewhere cheaper?

 

[Jetfire]

^
McDonalds?

 

[Udat]

Date night at McDonalds.....

 

[blablover5]

Our Date nights tend to be more like date afternoons cause we're both cheapskates. Then again our date nights also include a stop at the grocery or retail store to pick up some supplies we need like toilet paper.

My husband and I are just so romantic like that.

 

[Marten]

I've dated but never went out on a date. Strange, yes? But I don't really go out so that might explain it.

Either way, I agree prices are retarded. At lest here in B.C Canada it is. There was a 8$ TAX on the last video game I bought. WTF.

Only? If I buy a full price game, I pay 20% in pure taxes, which is more than twice as much.

World's highest taxes ftw.

 

[SmoothieX]

Our Date nights tend to be more like date afternoons cause we're both cheapskates. Then again our date nights also include a stop at the grocery or retail store to pick up some supplies we need like toilet paper.

My husband and I are just so romantic like that.

You are my wife's long lost twin, I'm convinced. Right down to the black Lab puppy.

If you count dating, we've been together for 9 years. We've gone out to dinner twice. I mean just for hell of it go out to dinner, not because someone invited us to a birthday party or we were on vacation and needed someplace to eat.

It's too damn expensive. I can drop $50 to go out for one meal, or spend $170 at the Stop & Shop and have 3 meals a day for 2 people for 7 days. You do the math.

We'll occasionally, as you mention, go out to lunch. And most Sunday during the NFL season, we get a pizza to go with the games.

I made a kinda fancy dinner last night. Skewered sea scallops and prawns with lime and sesame seeds on the grill. The seafood cost $25 or so. I'd spend at least that much for one if I had it out.

We did make a run to the grocery store last night, but it was for cat food, not TP.

And my dog kinda looks like yours.

 

[WillsBabe]

^ Haven't you ever been with groups that are so bad at math (or are just plain greedy) they like to split the bill evenly regardless of what is ordered?

I had the New York steak, the garlic fries, four glasses of alcoholic beverage and the mud pie. You had the plain burger with complimentary salad and root beer with free refills. So let's just split the bill $45 each?

I've stopped doing this, and I've stopped being embarrassed about mentionining it. The time that changed my mind was about 4 years ago. We'd been out for lunch at work for some occassion. I had a mineral water and tuna salad and ended up paying over £20 for it. That's the last time that happened.

 

[propita]

When the hell did this happen? I remember when I was 17 I'd take a girl out on a date I'd spend like 25-30 bucks and we'd have a blast. Tonight I took my wife out for dinner at the Cheesecake Factory and blew $100 like it was nothing!

Granted it was super good (the portions were huge too) and we had a great time but holy shit! We didn't even go to the movies as we'd planned because we were too full... Oh shit... I am in my thirties now (that might make the difference), there were a couple drinks in there but still, whew!

It amazes me there are people who do this almost ever night and aren't filing for bankruptcy every three months! SO, had a blast but damn, no wonder it's a once in a blue moon kinda thing. Anyone else amazed on how expensive it is to go out and have a nice date night?!

That's why, if you go to Cheesecake Factory, just buy an appetizer, entree, and dessert--and share them. It's cheaper but still good, and you're gonna be full anyway, right? I mean, they give enough food that, even if you're sharing one of their little $4 appetizers + an entree + dessert, you're gonna be full.

Hubby and I do that all the time, especially if we want dessert. We do that other places, too, because we're tired of feeling uncomfortably stuffed.

 

[doubleohfive]

^ Haven't you ever been with groups that are so bad at math (or are just plain greedy) they like to split the bill evenly regardless of what is ordered?

I had the New York steak, the garlic fries, four glasses of alcoholic beverage and the mud pie. You had the plain burger with complimentary salad and root beer with free refills. So let's just split the bill $45 each?

I've stopped doing this, and I've stopped being embarrassed about mentionining it. The time that changed my mind was about 4 years ago. We'd been out for lunch at work for some occassion. I had a mineral water and tuna salad and ended up paying over £20 for it. That's the last time that happened.

Yeah, I had a similar situation last fall at a friend's birthday. I'd ordered one drink, and offered to buy her one as well... yet wound up paying something like $60.00 or $70.00 by the end of the night because her friends wanted to split the bill evenly. Fuck that noise.

Thankfully, most of my social dining happens with my core group of friends, among whom is one who is an expert at figuring out tip and percentages. When I'm on my own, I simply go by "2-for-every-10" with tipping.

As for the rest of this thread ... well, sex is expensive, duh.

 

[Lindley]

Oddly enough I met a girl at the Cheesecake Factory last night too. Frankly I have no idea if it was supposed to be a date or not, though.

 

[DBall]

^ Haven't you ever been with groups that are so bad at math (or are just plain greedy) they like to split the bill evenly regardless of what is ordered?

I had the New York steak, the garlic fries, four glasses of alcoholic beverage and the mud pie. You had the plain burger with complimentary salad and root beer with free refills. So let's just split the bill $45 each?

I absolutely hate when people do that... drives me mad.