My husband had a novel way of dating, we went to cheap places in the beginning and more expensive places as we got more serious. I guess it was his way of finding out up front if I was interested in a pricey date or him.
I didn’t even think about it at the time it was happening, just enjoyed spending time with him and didn’t care where we went.
I guess his way the women like you had that experience with were eliminated right off the bat without it costing so much.
I didn’t know women like that existed until my brother brought one on a double date with us one time. He told her where we were going when he asked her out- it was a well known (in that area) cowboy steak house, with a rodeo arena, bar with country music and dancing. It was not a cheap place to go for dinner but definitely country. My brother’s date wore silk slacks, then complained right after she sat down that the wooden seats were damaging her pants. That was only the first of a long line of complaints. Nothing there suited that woman, nothing. She didn’t even attempt conversation with any of us...just an endless stream of complaints. Even though she knew where they were going and still went she was convinced the place was far beneath her. I think she agreed to go on a date with my brother only because he was (still is) a very successful businessman. Why she would go and then complain all night I never have figured out. We still tease him about her craziness.
On my first date with my wife, we were driving along and she asked me where we were going.
I told her I had a couple flashlights and .22s in the trunk, that after we got burgers we would go to the landfill and shoot some rats.
I had no such plans, but she just nodded her head so we had a good meal instead at a Chinese restaurant.