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when i was little, my father told me never to let a man pay for me because “it means you owe him something.” roughly translated, 20 years later, i’m a big supporter of going dutch on dates, unless of course the boy is baller. what about when the girl pays? what does that make her? a sucker! 
anyways, on this occasion, boy asks girl if she is free on the weekend to go to see some special exhibit at the museum. girl is not free and suggests next thursday, the only night the museum opens late since, well, she has work. boy declines and rebuts with dinner on wednesday. “okay,” says girl, “what did you have in mind?” boy suggests a great hole-in-the-wall place (that actually turned out to be really delicious). “great, see you there at 7 then,” says girl.
wednesday rolls around and both parties are running late because of work. as she rushes on her way, she texts, “just getting on the cable car now so take your time too!” girl, arrives more than 15 minutes after the originally agreed upon hour. she looks around and realizes that boy has not yet arrived. ”phew”! she thinks, feeling slightly better that she wasn’t the last to arrive.
(insert minus ten points here for boy being later than girl)
girl enters restaurant and picks two seats and reads over the menu while she waits for boy. boy arrives and the two exchange hellos, including boy’s explanation/apology for running so late. boy helps girl with her order, since the place is “one of my favorites.” boy is talkative, and, so far, girl enjoys his company. boy says, “oh so now that i know what you’re like, do you want to go to the museum tomorrow night?” girl says, “oh… um… didn’t you say you had plans already?” boy says, “yeah, well i wanted to make sure you weren’t a freak first.” girl smiles outside, but is not amused.
(minus another five points for verbalizing something that we might all be thinking but not saying)
the pair finish dinner and the bill arrives. boy says “oh shoot this place only takes cash.” he pauses and motions over his shoulder to the door, “there is an atm around the corner i can run to.” girl looks at the bill and says “well, i have some cash.” ”are you sure?” says boy. girl says, “sure,” pulling out her wallet and thinking, “well it’s only $20 with tip, it’s not too bad.”
(minus five points for letting girl win the ‘let me pay’ fight too easily)
(minus another five for not knowing that one of your favorite restaurants is cash only)
“do you want to go for dessert in sunset? my treat since you paid.” girl hesitates based on the distance but agrees. boy stops by atm, which really is literally around the corner, to get cash. cash pops out of the machine and into boy’s wallet.
(minus five for close proximity of atm and not getting cash beforehand)
after a short drive, they arrive in the sunset and boy takes girl to “awesome” dessert place. boy talks about his ex-girlfriend who “expected me to pay for everything,” attributing it to her being korean. boy then goes on to talk about how how he scores free rent by managing the building he lives in. “oh” thinks girl laughing a bit to herself, “this is what he meant by he’s in real estate.”
(minus ten points for talking extensively about an ex on a first date)
the bill comes again and boy, this time prepared, puts money down. the tray returns with $12 in change and boy signals waitress to split the $10 into two fives. “wow” thinks girl, “why is he leaving such a big tip?” waitress returns with two fives for boy. boy puts one five in his pocket and hands the other five to girl: “here this is for dinner.” girl (slightly shocked) says, “… no, it’s okay you can keep it.” boy shrugs and puts the five into his pocket.
(minus another ten here, for reasons i don’t need to explain, which gives us a grand failing total of 50 points)
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