If "spending money" is your major measure of a man, I pity the man measured.
Don't know why you'd say that. Just don't want it to smell of fast food and have to wait for him to move his junk out of the passenger seat to get in. Clean on the outside get extra points for nice manners.
That he actually planned the time together to be a bit special is thoughtful and makes a nice impression. (First date or after 20 years of marriage!) You don't need a lot of money for that, maybe just a little more creativity.
It's not the money spent or saved. It's the whole package. Wow, all this discussion from a "buy one entree at full price get half off the cheaper one" coupon on a first date!
You're the one who expressed outrage because he didn't spend hard-earned cash instead of saving it via coupon.
Maybe you need to review what you posted that spawned this sub-thread. You know, the post dissing the guy for using a "buy one entree at full price get half off the cheaper one" coupon on a first date. (Actually, if you closely followed some of the other subthreads, you'd realize maybe I was referring to the "$25 for $2" deals.)