AthenaSurrenders
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ORIGINAL: manxcabbit Basically what I'm taking away from a few of these posts is because I have very little money I can't be dominant or truly have power in a relationship with a sub male because I don't have the funds to continually pay for dates and events. What horse shit. Having said that every single man I have ever dated has made more money than me. Every. Single. One. Usually anywhere from $5-$10 an hour more than me and in some cases they made triple my yearly income. In my mind if a guy wants to go out and do things with me, then he'd better be prepared to pay, at least some of the time. I've certainly gone dutch before and I've even paid for the whole thing when I happen to have a bit extra and want to be nice. Only one or two suggested that it's always on the dominant partner to pay. But, there is a difference between paying for the first date and paying for dates throughout a relationship. By the time you are comfortable talking about each other's salary, you should be comfortable enough to say 'I don't have a lot of disposable income, so either we do things that are free or you're going to have to foot the bill for our dates'. I still think both parties should be prepared to pay for the first date. As LW said early in the thread, what if the other person skips out? At the very least be able to pay for yourself; if the person was giving off skeevy vibes I'd certainly want to pay my own way so they didn't somehow feel they were owed something because they paid for me. I do sort of agree if a person can't afford the first date, or to pay for a few of the early get-to-know-you dates, then they need to get saving up before asking people out.
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