Posted on 04/25/2009 9:47:01 AM PDT by chasio649
I thought you were already married?
I am. It didn’t occur to me before I was married, and it doesn’t now. Of course, I don’t go out with men, other than my husband or sons, but my prayer group took me out to lunch earlier this week, and I didn’t notice whether anyone used a coupon or gift certificate.
Because I'm taken. :-)
Cheers!
Well, you’re pretty much stuck if your husband does use coupons, aren’t you? After marriage coupons are fine.
Prayer group outing is not the same as a date. I don’t know why this seems to be sticking in your craw. I guess if you ever get single again, you could relate better to this woman. But certainly not now.
I think the story is fiction, anyway.
That’s as good a reason as any! Cheers back!
A doctor? Crappy car? Crappy apartment? Gift certificate?
I wonder if he was testing her?
If I was very wealthy, I’d rent a lesser apartment, drive a lesser car, date women and see which ones were genuine and which ones were superficial.
In what way?
In courtship, the man venerates the woman.
Dave Ramsey pickup lines for 2009
You look familiar ... didn’t I deliver a pizza to you last week?
You’re so hot you could melt my debt snowball.
Good thing I have identity theft insurance, because you stole my heart!
Call me your mutual fund, honey ... ‘cause with you, I’m showing interest.
Are you unpaid credit card debt? Because you have got FINE written all over you!
If you turn me down, my life will look like a country song.
When I saw you, my jaw dropped like the value of a new car.
You should be my retirement plan ... you’d put the “OK” in my 401k.
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I love these. I suppose I wouldn’t qualify for Dana.
And last years:
still have money in my “restaurant” envelope ... can I buy you dinner?
Would you like to dance? I’d love to show you my Baby Steps.
Why am I nervous about talking to you? Because you’re better than I deserve.
Allow me to introduce myself ... I am “borrower”, and you must be “lender”.
Good thing I got just term life insurance ... because I saw you and my heart stopped!
You can’t spell Financial Peace University without U and I.
I’ve already kicked Sallie Mae out. Want to take her place?
I just bought a bass boat with cash ... and it’s a good thing, because you’re quite a catch!
I’m not mortgage interest baby ... don’t write me off.
The good news? I’m debt free. The better news? I’m also date free.
What would you say if I asked you out? (response: no). That’s not good enough
Courtesy of one of Dave’s listeners On a scale of 350-850, I’m a Zero!
First dates are not to impress, at least in my opinion. First dates are to get to know each other.
I would ask a first date to go hiking, or to go watch a balloon race, or, on occasion, to the shooting range.
My wife and I's first date was to make American chili.
We met in the Philippines, she is a Philippina, and she had never had American chili and wanted to know what it was like.
But a meal in a restaurant? It is to laugh.
A good first impression, yes. To impress, no.
You’re lucky to have had such a casual setting to meet your wife. We should all be able to meet that way, but a meal is usually the way on a date. I’m saying don’t be a cheap*ss and use a coupon on the first date if a ‘meal’ is involved. It’s not brain surgery. You can get cheap after the wedding. :)
My wife wasn't the first woman I ever went on a date with.
I NEVER took a FIRST date to a meal in a restaurant.
Second date and on, perhaps.
First date, NEVER.
I understand that a "meal" is normal as a first date but I decided long ago that I would never take a first date to a restaurant for a meal. I AM cheap and wouldn't want to spend the money to try to impress a woman that I didn't know if I wanted to take the time to get to know.
If money was an issue on the first date, the woman probably wouldn't have wanted anything to do with me anyway.
Well, there are some women who do not want a cheap man. I don’t consider it a virtue anymore than I consider people who drive hybrid cars as virtuous. There’s nothing wrong with a woman looking for a successful spouse. Most men have levels of acceptability on a woman’s appearance, I don’t fault this woman or call her a golddigger or whore if she has an level of acceptability on a man’s spending habits. It’s her preference. So what?
When I say cheap it is in the meaning of, When you buy something, buy quality. That way you only cry once.
That carried over into other areas of my life, as in looking for a spouse.
It seems to have worked as I am going on 26 years of marriage and 28 years together with my love.
“I believe you should place a woman on a pedestal - high enough so you can look up her dress”. - Steve Martin
Dang, you and I are just way to similar. My favorite first date is horseback riding. It tells me a lot about a person when they are around animals.
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