I was talking this morning with someone I went out with a couple weeks ago. He said I should write a blog on "how people scam you on a date". I wanted him to elaborate since I wasn't sure exactly what type of scam you can pull in just a couple hours unless you have a gun and a getaway car. He recounted a date he went on in which the woman ordered "whatever she wanted AND a bottle of wine". Apparently after dinner she said she was tired and went home. This guy was pissed because he spent $80 and she didn't tell him she wasn't interested in him, nor did she offer to pay for her dinner. I was shocked speechless (which almost never happens) at this man's hubris. It's a first date. He asked her out. I'm not sure which one of them chose the restaurant, but it was a mid priced chain-not an unusual one for a first date. He feels that he was gamed by a woman who chose to leave immediately after dinner. Maybe she didn't feel the chemistry. Maybe she had cramps. Maybe she forgot to set her Tivo to watch ANTM later. Who knows? The point is, getting pissed off about it just shows that you really did expect some action in exchange for dinner. That's quasi prostitution. And that's so not cool.
