CallaFirestormBW -> RE: Who Should Pay?? (10/12/2008 9:48:00 AM)
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Typically, my Darling and I choose the places that we meet people. Because we are sensitive to the realization that some of the places we choose are on the expensive side (we are both food sybarites), we often 'dutch' first meetings. I prefer that there not be a huge obligation on either side for that first meeting. I want the chance to evaluate a potential s-type, and have hir evaluate us, without that feeling that, because this was a good meal, in a nice restaurant, that -means- something about the prospective person's chances. (It -does- mean something.. it means that we like -good- food, well prepared, and where the service is attentive, gracious, but not 'leering over your shoulder' oppressive... and it means we're -damned- picky!). On future outings, picking up the tab is negotiated like everything else. If a gentleman or gentlewoman servant has the resources to provide a meal, I will gladly accept -- on the other hand, we have had the great fortune of having some young, just-getting-started-in-the-world servants, and I would not expect them to pick up the tab at one of our preferred places. Encouraging a servant to fiscal irresponsibility just to get a fancy meal out seems counterproductive to me, so that's how I handle the decision process. Calla Firestorm
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