Today, I went to the movies with my crush, who had asked me out on a date. Assuming he'd pay, I left my money at home. When the time came to buy the tickets, he only bought one for himself. FML
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Today, I went to the movies on a date. I went to pay for the tickets when I realized that I didn't have my wallet. Instead of my boyfriend paying, he laughed and paid for his own ticket. Then he went ahead and saw the movie without me. FML
Today, I went on what I thought was a solo outing with my longtime crush. He decided to invite a friend along. I had to pick her up half an hour away from town, he treated her to the movie we were watching while I had to pay for myself, he fingered her in the theatre, and made out with her on the drive home. FML
Today, my boyfriend wanted to take me to a movie after days of not seeing me. This long-awaited date involved me paying for food and my movie ticket when he ran out of cash again. He then dumped me as we left the theater walking to his car. Yes, I financed my own breakup date. FML
Today, this guy and I went on a date to the movies. We got up to the desk and I asked for one ticket for 'Jennifer's Body.' The guy moved his way in front of me and said, "make that two tickets." He then walked away to look at movie posters and left me with the $22.50 charge. FML
Today, I went to the movies with my boyfriend. We went inside the theatre and he saw a couple of his friends. Instead of saying hi and coming back to watch the movie with me, he ditched me for them. When I reminded him he was forgetting something, he grabbed the popcorn out of my hands and left. FML
Today, I went on a movie date with a guy. He brought his mom. FML
Today, I went on a date at a restaurant with a guy. When he promised I wouldn't have to pay the bill, I didn't think he meant we'd be dining and dashing. FML
Today, I was watching a movie alone, after receiving a text from my boyfriend saying that his grandma was at the hospital, so he couldn't go with me. I caught him on a date with another girl, at the same movie screening that I went to. FML
Today, I took my girlfriend of a year out on a date, a nice fancy dinner and a movie. After dinner, I said that I was feeling sick and just wanted to go home. I didn't have the heart to tell her that dinner was so expensive that I didn't have money for the movie. FML
Today, my date made me pay him for picking me up, and taking me back home. FML
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amillionbucks 5
Never, ever, assume
HKCgrimmjow 15
Contrary to popular belief it's ignorant to be so confident in this "rule" that you don't bring your own money, I believe it was totally deserved in this case. This doesn't mean I don't believe the guy should pay though so don't get confused.
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jjmoraes99 13
you can never leave home without no money at all. even if he bought the tickets you could need the money for a contratemp or whatever. i assume you're like 13 years old
jjmoraes99 13
you can never leave home without no money at all. even if he bought the tickets you could need the money for a contratemp or whatever. i assume you're like 13 years old
stonedfishies 10
That's why you should always bring your money, just in case something like this happens. You can't depend on anyone but yourself.
shakethat 10
Who leaves home without any money at all. YDI and pay for you're own damn ticket. It's too expensive to get treated every date.
icepick23 12
Just promise a handjob during the movie; he will pay for your ticket
joethebiden 8
Think of the last cheesy gangster movie/TV show you saw. Did it ever occur to you that the guys who show up with the suitcase of money at a handoff never hand it over before they've seen the goods? That is, unless they really want to get shot in the face and/or cheated out of their money and whatever drugs/hostage/illegal panda furs they were hoping to acquire. Dates operate on pretty much the same mechanics. You don't pay for the other party's shit unless you know for sure that a game of hide the sausage is happening later on and that it's not just someone getting a free lunch out of your sorry ass.
ravenevercross 19
This is when you use the line "OMG. i like totally forgot my wallet."
QueenSaru 28
Considering men used to be obligated to pay because women didn't have/weren't allowed earnings of their own, there's nothing wrong with going dutch. Treating someone while on a date (whether you're male or female) is a nice and often appreciated gesture, but it should never ever be EXPECTED especially to the point where you leave your money at home. As many others have pointed out, what if he split and left you high and dry? Also, remember that prostitutes and escorts get paid for their company, so if you're expecting someone to basically pay for you to be there... what does that make you? Woman up and expect that if you want equality everywhere else, you get equality in the dating world too. Want to go back to the men paying for everything? Then stop working, go home and pop out kids while you make dinner.
aliciamarie1 8
My mom always said to bring money just in case something like that happened. FYL
ideasrule 13
He already asked you out, because let's be honest, you were too chicken to ask him out despite having a crush on him. Now you also expect him to pay for everything? At best, that's cheap and rude; at worst, it's sexist and exploitative. Unless you want the type of relationship where you're married off by your parents for financial reasons, kept at home by your husband, and beaten with a rod every time you disobey him, act like you deserve to be treated as a person and not as property.