In article ,
 "Hyerdahl"  wrote:

> mark_sobolewski{at}yahoo.com wrote:
> > Dustbin wrote:
> > > mark_sobolewski{at}yahoo.com wrote:
> >
> > > Yeah! so there is a lot of good stuff here, but
> > > there is an easier way. Mark very nearly struck
> > > on it:
> > >
> > > Cook dinner for her.
> > >
> > > This has a number of advantages: you get to set
> > > the entire agenda; you get to set the budget and
> > > you choose the wine. It does mean spending a few
> > > hours doing the preparation etc., etc. But,
> > > plenty of chicks are totally knocked out by a
> > > guy who can cook and present a meal.
> > >
> > > This also has the advantage that, if it unravels
> > > and becomes embarrassing there are no witnesses.
> >
> > Hello Dustbin!
> >
> > Don't you think I was intelligent enough to suggest
> > this already?  Now think ahead: What's the problem
> > with this (take your phrase: "There are no
> > witnesses").  That's right: Many women feel
> > uncomfortable going to a strange man's home
> > for a first date. She rightly doesn't know if he
> > has a pit in his basement. :-)
> >
> > It is possible to arrange a "picnic" however.  There
> > are very romantic parks everywhere.  I've done
> > this and it worked out fantastic.  Later on,
> > when the woman tries to start demanding
> > he takes her someplace, he now has some
> > emotional leverate (with her not being
> > able to cut him off a second date) to
> > talk to her honestly.
> >
> > > If things progress quickly you are in private
> > > and can move along as fast as you like.
> > >
> > > Finally, the bedroom is just a couple of doors
> > > away when the time cums.
> >
> > Precisely why many of them won't go for this.
>
>
> I tend to agree with you, Mark;  but there's no reason a first date has
> to be expensive either.  A friend and I used to just take long walks
> along the bike path by the sea, and if we were cold, we'd have a
> coffee, and if we were warm we'd have an ice cream.  Sometimes my
> friend would pay and sometimes I would pay.  There's no reason a first
> date can't be like that.

Agreed again.

Of course, there's no reason the women can't pay for the first
date as often as the man.  Oh, wait, they need sexists.

regards,
Mark Sobolewski


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