Marvin:
> 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.
Jeroen:
Lemme guess, going out on a date is a lot cheaper in the US than it is in
The Netherlands.
For comparison, a three-course meal and a few drinks in a reasonably good
restaurant will easily set you back NLG 50 per person. A ticket to a movie
theatre goes for about NLG 16 a piece.
So, dinner & movie for two will easily cost you some NLG 125-150. How much
would a similar date cost me in the US?
Jeroen
Me:
Well, a three course meal would mean a pretty formal restaurant. My dating
experience has been in Boston, which is a very expensive city. Varies
pretty widely. The feminist movement at Harvard has apparently not spread
so far that women split the tab - I can count on the fingers of one hand
the number of times I've gone out to dinner with a girl and split the tab,
and that even includes going with friends, not just dates - and a movie
ticket in Boston now runs $10. So, for what you're describing, say a
minimum of $60. But it can go a _lot_ higher. I took someone out to
dinner this summer - no drinks, no movie, and in fact only one course - and
that all by itself ran $80. But she was also the most attractive woman
I've ever met, so I was willing to spend a little more than usual :-) The
most I've ever spent on dinner for two was $100. The most I've ever spent
on a date...well, that would be our spring formal my senior year where
between tickets, flowers, cabfare and dinner, I was well over $200, but t
hat was something of an exception. OTOH, if you don't spend anything on
drinks, go to an inexpensive (but still decent) restaurant, and do free
entertainment (museum, something like that) you could easily keep it under
$30. Don't know the conversions to NLG offhand - anyone care to try that?
Does that help any?
Gautam
