Posted on 10/04/2022 5:37:01 AM PDT by redguyinabluestate
Sara was fed up. The New York City social worker, who declined to give her last name, had had countless dates cancel on her at the last minute. So, when a man she met on an app recently pulled out of their date an hour beforehand, she agreed to reschedule with one caveat: He would Venmo her a $50 deposit.
“I’m just done with my time and energy being wasted,” Sara told The Post. “In almost every other scenario, when someone books a time of their day dedicated to you, they have a no-show policy or security deposit.”
The man agreed to the terms and sent her the money. They met up for a drink on a Monday night date in Hell’s Kitchen, and he was fully engaged the entire time, paying for their cocktails and offering to buy them food to share.
Sara’s female friends cheered her brazen move, while male friends told her it was “nuts.” Still, she has no regrets. “I think it makes sense,” she said of the arrangement.
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“For me it’s a way to just be like, ‘You’re a d-bag, here’s the monetary value of my time you wasted,'” Martha Duke, 38, told The Post.
Duke said she’s sent around six Venmo requests — ranging from $1,500 to $3,000, depending on their financial situation — over the years to different men she’s dated. She listed infidelity, secret marriages and hiding having multiple sexual partners from her as some of the reasons for the charges.
Putting a monetary value on caddish conduct helps men to better understand the error of their ways, Duke said, adding that she puts the phrase “the d-bag tax” in all her Venmo requests.
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It’s always the man who pays. But they have arranged it so men are denied jobs and are not able to get the special privileges of minority business status.
I was born in ‘75 so I can’t speak to that.
It’s changed a lot since the early ‘90s even.
A girl feels uncomfortable by you hitting on her, and she can ruin your life. It’s probably why so many dudes are single.
Guys now wait for a girl to make the first move...
It a wonder how some people view themselves as being so much more valuable than they actually are.
You see evidence of it on Instagram and FB all the time.
All I can say is I’m glad I’m no longer in my prime.
The guys backed out when they found out she was a social worker.
It's not a "d-bag tax"; it's a contribution to the fund for her cat food, cat litter, boxed wine, and anti-depressants.
So if I take her for drinks and dinner in a very nice restaurant with no “Dessert“, can I send her a bill?
I feel sorry for young men these days. If they haven’t been wussified by the schools, they get this sh*t. He should have made her pay for her own meal, stupid woman.
She’s a Whore!
I forsee an apartment that smells of cat piss and boxed wine in Sara’s future.
She’s fishing for a high value man and she doesn’t the right bait to pull it off. She might have had it 15 years ago but now it’s too late and her shelf life is close to expiring.
Sex and the city lied to a lot of young women, who are now having to deal with the cost of those lies
$50 will get you someone better looking and guaranteed to put out.
My dating rules:
We chat first, before I waste my time meeting you. I have found that this saves me a lot of time, because within a minute or two it will be evident that the conversation is flowing well or not. If we’re have fun talking, let’s meet!
But about 75% of the time, it’s a no-go. You can tell a lot from a voice and how a lady speaks. Maybe she has a grating voice, or interrupts you constantly. I did interviews for a living way back, so I’m pretty good at picking up tidbits to ask about and to keep the conversation flowing. Sadly, it’s a rare quality to find.
One recent lady I spoke with, who was a promising prospect, kept asking if I was ‘a Trump supporter’. I dodged the question, because I knew where this was going.
Finally I said, “I support some of his policies...”
Which got me an ear full of what a terrible person he was, etc. I finally said, “Okay, that’s enough. I’m not listening to your name calling and hate, just because of who people voted for.”
Sad, because we seemed to really click. It has become a qualifier similar to religion. Protestants don’t date Catholics.
Both men and women play relationship games. Deal with it.
A yeah, I don’t think so!
Good luck with that!!!
Many decades ago I was on a blind date with a woman in a big city.
After one drink it was obvious to me that she was a spoiled brat and a jerk.
I paid for the drinks and walked out of the restaurant—and offered no explanation.
Life is too short to put up with people you don’t like.
just Bukake it and split...
“Sex and the city lied to a lot of young women, who are now having to deal with the cost of those lies”
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Yep, I have met a few. The old saying is true:
Women are born rich and become poor. Men begin life poor and become rich. And many don’t realize that sassy without sexy is just bitchy.
I’ve heard “Sex and the City” described as “Four Gay men trapped in womens bodies”.
Sounds like she’s the common factor.
If I were younger I might incorporate that into my pickup line..."Hey, do you watch Sex and the City?" "Why Yes" Sound of footsteps running away from her.
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