“sponging off of someone else while implicitly promising something (a relationship) never delivered”
If women can’t accept a dinner invitation unless they are ready to promise a relationship with the guy our species is at risk of extinction.
Going out with a guy, even out of pity or "I doubt it'll work, but I'll give him a chance" is fine.
Going out knowing you intend never to see him again, but perfectly willing to have him spend his hard-earned money to feed you, in his hope of starting a relationship, is bad.
They're two different things.
I dunno...
Vietnam is in NO risk whatsoever of not having good dynamics go-forward, in fact it seems to be (very) much among the most dynamic anywhere in this regard.
But yes. If you are on a date with a lady, she is already thinking of this possibility.
Absolutely.