The problem with the assumption in the first thread was not romantic interest but the expectation of sex.
You can have romantic interest in somebody and have no intention of exchanging fluids with them. And someone paying for dinner does not obligate that. The purpose of dating isn’t to get a free meal or fukk. It’s to get to know somebody.
So yes. A woman should date a man to get to know him romantically and sex doesn’t even need to enter the equation while that is happening. And no, the guy doesn’t/shouldn’t have to break the bank on a date.
But the idea that sex is an automatic expectation after a date is stupid.
Especially since we live in a society that also still slut shames women as less valuable for sexual experiences they may have.
But that’s another topic for another time.
You can have romantic interest in somebody and have no intention of exchanging fluids with them. And someone paying for dinner does not obligate that. The purpose of dating isn’t to get a free meal or fukk. It’s to get to know somebody.
So yes. A woman should date a man to get to know him romantically and sex doesn’t even need to enter the equation while that is happening. And no, the guy doesn’t/shouldn’t have to break the bank on a date.
But the idea that sex is an automatic expectation after a date is stupid.
Especially since we live in a society that also still slut shames women as less valuable for sexual experiences they may have.
But that’s another topic for another time.