Posted on 08/29/2009 10:08:42 AM PDT by Krankor
Dating when money's tight can be a challenge. You want to make a big impression and not look like a cheapskate.
With a bit of creativity, you can keep things interesting without overspending.
Here are 10 ways to plan a cheap date, plus dozens of ideas to get you started. Many are free, and none should cost more than $20 total:
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...
I looked at the list. This reporter deserves to be promoted to Captain Obvious.
If you plan a cheap date, that’s what you get - a cheap date.
I never date a lib without buying her a can of deodorant first.
It’s all the stuff normal people do on a date.
This guy must be on Obama’s league where a normal date is flying your sweetie to NYC to see a Broadway play.
Probably ought to give her a razor too.
THis reporter might also see what you SPEND as EQUAL to the affection you have for the girl. It's not about money. Just sitting on a dock watching the sun go down is very nice. It's wonderful because I love my spouse. Love not CHEAP seduction is what makes it wonderful.
Dont forget protection. Look up STDs in the dictionary and you’ll see a picture of a LibRat Moonbat.
“If you plan a cheap date, that’s what you get - a cheap date.”
Well it depends. Those that REQUIRE oodles of money be spent on them are the ones you want to RUN FROM. Material girls are all the same. When your money runs out, so do they.
Isn’t it sexist that the man be expected to pay for the date?
Is this article some kind of joke?
Oh yeah, set up a television outside with some chairs? Then go to the library?
But your date won’t think you are cheap?
Incredible.
Cooking a woman a fine, creative dinner, watching a foreign DVD that you can talk and drink wine during is a quick road to a nice payoff.
When I was young the Houston Zoo and museums were free, a couple of hours of that followed by a James Coney Island lunch, followed by attending a party that evening and making sure that you had to stop by your apartment for some reason was another quick path to dating success.
Money is for partying not for dating.
Good point.
I got married before all this sexist nonsense started, and I’ve always wondered how the NAGS handled the two questions, “What did you do in the war,” and “Who’s paying?”
Don’t forget the Burma Shave and an underarm razor to go with it!
Then we would stop by the local bakery, where big, fresh loaves of French bread were coming out of the oven, and buy one per couple. Each couple shared a stick of butter, each half of which was shoved down in the center of a half loaf of hot bread.
Then, we'd stroll back to the campus, laughing and joking -- and pigging out on hot, buttered French bread - washed down with milk...
We were usually in great moods for visiting the "pair orchard" (park benches under low-hanging trees scattered about the campus) when we arrived back at the school!
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Of course, If I were of an age to do that nowadays, I would also be sure to exercise my 2nd Amendment rights during our strolls -- just to be safe...
Whew! When you mentioned buying that pound of butter for the “group”, I thought you had something else in mind.
When I was playing the field I would fly my date over to Catalina Island and enjoy the day there. Much more impressive than these El Cheapo gimmicks and even today women still find it hard to resist a pilot.
A couple of these are hardly better than going for free samples at Costco and finishing off by sharing a frozen yogurt. $1.63, including tax!!
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