How to date on a tight budget ?
By tudors
@tudors (1556)
China
February 27, 2009 7:46pm CST
Don’t be too honest.Yeah, you’ve been flirting for months, but a first date is still “first impression” territory, so if you ‘fess up to a complete lack of funds she's likely to think you are a “LOSER” . Odds are she already knows you’re relatively impoverished, so if she’s kind, she’ll agree to a quick meal and if she’s not, she’ll want to go to a real restaurant with, tablecloths and silverware.
Scour the web for free events.
Borrow some money.
Invite her home for dinner. As a first-date maneuver, this is a bit forward—but if she lets her guard down, she’ll be touched (and more than a bit amused) by your efforts to whip up a bowl of fettucini alfredo, thinking you’re trying to impress her in a sweet, bumbling way when in fact you don’t have nearly enough dough to buy the real article.
5 responses
@sysdexlicwriter (1619)
• United States
28 Feb 09
When I met my husband,he was just starting a business and had no income to speak of.
Our first date was to a park with a picnic lunch. We talked for hours as we nibbled at the food and watched the ducks swim by. Lovely time.
A walk through a shopping mall and a few small drinks were also nice.
We loved to read, so we enjoyed the library and the local bookstore.
Gas was cheaper then, so we would go for rides in the country.
When he started to make money, we enjoyed more extravagant dates. Either way, it was the time spent, not so much the money spent.
1 person likes this
@cortypants (604)
• United States
28 Feb 09
You can do a fun date, like going to a park and pretending to be a kid, playing on the swings or merry go round, and end it with a picnic basket of leftovers from your fridge.
@mrsl2008 (634)
•
28 Feb 09
The first "date" with my husband was a coffee at a service station between his house & mine after work!! It didn't matter to me what we did or where we were as it was him I was interested in!!!
Keep her entertained & it really won't matter what you do x x
MrsL x x
@ericluckychan (50)
• China
28 Feb 09
exactly, this problem is bothering me , i met a girl online couples months ago, she is so charming , today she will come to my place for our first date
the embarrassment is i can't afford a fancy dinner, combining a nice sightseeing ,short trip, but i really wanna to build up a nice impression ,till now, i still even have not got a solution yet
