Adding up, movie, the price of dinner, drinks, concert tickets, parking, gas etc. How much would you guess was spent on your last five dates?
Also, how much of total did the guy pay?
Just to be clear, I'm asking about real dates not "date nights" for committed couples.
Also, I mean the last five dates, whether that was with five different people, three different people or just one.
Does it really matter the cost? As you are both having a good time. As regards who is expected to pay then it depends on who asked who for the date. If I asked a lady then I would be expected to cover her costs and vice versa.
The actual cost would be probably meaningless to yourself as I live in the UK and therefore have a different currency to yourself. Costs of things will also be very much different. Then there is also the time element. My last five dates after bumping into my current partner (now my Mrs )was 1988 .so again the amount would be meaningless .
What is a date? Haven't had one since I got married. HAHA. I agree with Black1 why does cost have to come in to it. As long as the couple are having a good time, it isn't the world's business how much or little they spent.
I would have to have kept records to give the correct answer to the dollar anyway. A couple were tickets to the symphony and dinner before or after (her choice) at a nice classy restaurant, with a bottle of wine. $100@ for the tickets, $50 minimum for the wine (usually about $100). Each meal is at least $50. That is about $400-$500 US dollars for a date. That does not include all the small stuff we both spend money on preparing for the date like the clothes, cleaning them well, etc. So $50 each and that is usually what I budget.
If it is a very important date in a place like Paris to make it a date we will remember, I have spent $500 on a bottle of wine alone. But what is an evening in the presence of someone you love dearly, followed by a walk across the "bridge of sighs" worth just a couple of times in a lifetime?
At some venues, there are traveling musicians (a gypsy violinist?) you may want to play her favorite song to, or a lounge pianist to relax while you wait for your table if you arrive early.
You can tell I take a date quite seriously!
I once had a colleague whose wife turned 50. He wanted her to remember the day as a great day. He booked flights ot Paris for the weekend, had dinner in the Eiffel Tower, and a room for two in a nice hotel.
It cost him small thousands. His wife was over the moon!
Best guess... half a lager and a bag of cheese and onion crisps about £2... x 5 thats £10... not as cheap as I would like.
Could have been nothing if she had offered to pay every time.
My last 5 dates were all dinner dates and when I thought about it I was surprised the dates probably all averaged around $60 or $70CDN. Certainly less than I expected. I should have bought flowers too. In one case the woman paid the bill, it was a return of many favours.
