- they who ask, should be prepared to pay in full
- many who advocate vociferously for the above will use it as a shield to hide behind so they never have to ask, and thus justify ongoing emotional cowardice
- hence the serial first-date types
- hence no trust going forward
- hence even if you get a 2nd date, 3rd, all the way to marriage and children, you still get the side-eye...because the other party knows what's what
How about we stop going out of our way to create obstacles for ourselves? Radical concept, I know.