re: There’s a Name for Going on a Date Mostly for the Meal — and 30% of Americans Have Done It

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Nothing good happens after 10 pm

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Never appreciate this quote until you've lived long enough to tally up all the bad shite that's happened after 10pm. Then it finally clicks.

Hos. Greedy Hos starting off young

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There’s a Name for Going on a Date Mostly for the Meal — and 30% of Americans Have Done It

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You don't have to post the click bait headline. This is TigerDroppings and you aren't getting paid per click. I'm sure many posters like myself would rather a post subject that gets to the point. Such as, "Ever had a "foodie call"?"

I appreciate the content of the post because it was something I had never heard of. Just tired of online content being clickbait, then you have to scroll down 2/3ds of the page to get to the meat of what they are trying to say.

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Amateurs. Don't ever take a woman to a restaurant for a first date.

Coffee or Happy Hour drinks only.

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Bingo.

When I was in college, my first date formula never changed. Grab a drink or two together during happy hour. Never spent more than $15-20 on a first date, and it's a great way to assess compatibility in a less pressure-packed setting.

It's also how I started dating my wife.

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Probably cheaper to feed her, Starbucks is way overpriced and nobody really gives away free booze.

If they do give away free booze, where is this? Asking, you know, for a friend.

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Even in the Year of Our Lord 2026, it's still easy enough to find solid happy hour deals most anywhere in the country. $4-6 for a beer. $6-8 for a glass of wine.

You can't convince me that it's cheaper to treat a girl to dinner than it is to buy her two $8 glasses of wine.

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Some of the best advice I have ever been given was to never go on a date with someone you would not marry.

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"Margot Robbie asked me out but I'm not sure she's someone I would marry so I took a pass" said no guy ever.

What if you're a guy that doesn't want to get married?
That would rule out the entire female population.

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A recent survey found that 30% of U.S. adults have accepted a date primarily for a free meal or drinks, a behavior many term a “foodie call.”

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Lower level form of prostitution. I believe the proper term is called an escort.

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Friend owns a fine dining restaurant. Gets a laugh out of the women who hang out in the bar like vultures as they look to scam a guy out of a free meal.

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They have their sights set waaaaay beyond that.

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So a fine dining restaurant where unescorted women hang out, waiting for a guy to buy them a meal? Not buying it. A bar with food, maybe, but not a fine dining restaurant. This would assume that single men are going to nice restaurants alone, hoping to meet someone at the bar?

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This is actually a great way to meet a woman. If she’s at a restaurant bar by herself she’s lonely. If you find someone like this you basically just have to be able to fog a mirror to get laid in this situation. Or so my friend tells me.

"I like a nice pre-meal blow job before dinner ..."