On Thu, 19 Jul 2001, John D. Giorgis wrote:
> Forgetting also that I don't have a girlfriend (at least for the moment. :)
>
> In this case, I spend $50 because I value the experience of an evening with
> my girlfriend as being worth @$50 more to me than an evening alone/evening
> with my best male friend. This is why I take her out to Maggiano's for
> dinner and not Le Bic Fin. I value the expereince at @$50, but not @$120.
Or, if you're like most people, you don't have $120 to routinely spend on
dates. And if the girl's a real sweetheart, then maybe she doesn't mind
that at all, and maybe her company is worth far more than you can actually
afford. And maybe the same is true in reverse--she has a cost-benefit
analysis to make, too, after all.
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
"The ego that sees a 'thou' is fundamentally different from an ego that
sees an 'it.'" -- Joseph Campbell
