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Hi,
A friend of mine down in Atlanta sent me (a Chicagoan) your article
about the budget-friendly date, and I just had a few comments on it. At
first I thought the article was in jest, but then I realized that it
wasn’t. It’s this kind of advertising that’s contributing to the
confusion on the dating scene. Personally, I feel that a man shouldn’t
spend more than $50 on a first date. Anything more is making a blind
investment on a person that you don’t even know. It’s OK to spend more
after you’ve gotten to know somebody and you’re sure that they will
reciprocate, but lavish first dates are bound to turn a woman off if
you have little or nothing to back it up with. Trying to impress a
woman like this sends the message, “I don’t have the social skills to
stimulate this woman, so I’ll compensate by spending.” If a woman
really likes a man, it really doesn’t matter how much he spends on her.
I found the “Mack” classification laughable because true macks use
their words, attitude, and body language to turn women on, not $3,000
dates. It doesn’t matter if the guy is a minimum-wage worker or a
millionaire. [Fifty dollars] is enough [to spend] on a first date. –Cool Dude from Chicago
