On Feb 15, 10:21*am, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 07:43:38 -0500, "J. Clarke"
>
>
>
> > wrote:
> >In article >,
> >says...
>
> >> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> > ?
> >> > "Lenona" > wrote
> >> >>http://lifestyle.msn.com/relationshi...documentid=276...
>
> >> >> Dear Miss Manners,
> >> >> Who should get the check? My question is in regards to the etiquette
> >> >> of getting the check at the end of the meal. I was raised that if it
> >> >> was not made very clear at the beginning (such as "don't worry we are
> >> >> taking you out"), to always make an effort to pay.
>
> >> >> Gentle Reader,
> >> >> Yes, sometimes even parents. The long habit of paying for their
> >> >> children often remains; many parents prefer to continue to do so and
> >> >> will make sure they win any such polite arguments as you mention. But
> >> >> even they will be flattered if you occasionally make a point of
> >> >> issuing a clear invitation at which you are the hosts -- at a place
> >> >> that you can afford.
>
> >> > If I invite you as my guest, I pay
> >> > If you invite me as your guest, you pay
> >> > If friends say "do you want to go out to eat", we split it
>
> >> > As for paying for (adult) children, it pretty much applies the same way
> >> > but can change with their finances. *My son always pays though (his
> >> > choice) and can easily afford it.
>
> >> And if it is a date and he 'lets' you see what he is paying-he wants
> >> something more than just dinner.
>
> All normal brained females can see and tally the prices on the menu
> when they order... and even when someone places the order they gotta
> know that surf n' turf costs more than a burger w/fries.
>
> >If it is a date take it as a given that he wants something more than
> >dinner.
>
> Well duh, that's true when a women accepts a date... and it's just as
> likely it's the women who expects "something"... if all a women wants
> is to eat dinner then she'd go out with her girlfriends. *A date with
> one man and one woman is by default a prelude to intimacy. *Are you
> really so naive?

==
"A prelude to intimacy" eh? Were it ever that simple a process. Women
are a lot more complicated than that...in my experience. It usually
takes more than a dinner date or two to know a person other than
superficially. On the other hand, there are those who by nature or by
circumstance are not as astute in their conduct and will drop their
drawers in a flash. My advice would be to avoid that type.
==