A dating question

[stinkyattic]

(Nelson voice): Ha-ha!

omg i just cracked up.
ha-ha!

shaitan, you need to play a prank on your girlfriend.

Call her up and tell her very seriously that you just quit your job to take an unpaid internship doing whatever it is you do... it's a great opportunity, blah blah blah. But it means things are gonna be really tight and you won't be able to do the same things you used to do, but would she like to go take a nice long starlit walk tonight with some hot cocoa and a fattie?

See how she reacts. Excited? Supportive? Meh? Upset?

Actually don't do that- I'd be pissed and probably dump you if I thought I was being tested. But it wouldn't hurt to suggest alternate FREE entertainment just to make sure she's down with the simpler shit too.

[BabyFacedAbortion]

I pay for my boyfriend a lot when he's over my house but when I'm over his, he pays for me.

There are times when it's switched and there are sometimes a few weeks when I pay for him all the time or he pays for me.

In my relationship, money really doesn't matter...we're both broke.

[the yeag]

A girl should make an effort to chip in.
Any chick that goes out on a date without the cash in hand to cover her own meal has 'golddigger potential' and 'I can't wait to get divorced so I can take your house' written all over her.
I agree with the dutchlover version of going to the movies! You buy tix, I buy snacks (which seems to actually cost MORE these days, wtf!). Or dinner, you get dinner, I'll take us out for cocktails after.
I don't think that feeling indebted is healthy, ESPECIALLY early in a relationship where it might contribute to feeling pressured to do da durrty too early in the dating thing.
I'm really used to pulling my weight, and even paying for boyfriends' shit too (yeah... gotta love being stuck with the tab for a weekend ski vacation, and a boyfriend who complained the whole time!).
I'm trying to get used to how things are normally- my man is definitely old-school when it comes to going out to dinner- and I've told him a couple times that as much as I LOVE being treated like a princess, I still feel kind of weird about it, because I'm NOT a princess, I'm a 29 year old professional with a mortgage and a dented Volkswagen. I'm fiercely independent when it comes to handling my own business and I expect my man to recognize that I CAN afford to pay for dinner, because I bust my ass to earn that ability!

alright babe I'll send a bill over to your secretary. i expect to be paid in full in thirty or i am adding on late fees......recognize that girly!!!!!