When a Man says, "We should go for coffee," rather than "I'd like to take you to dinner"?
I know what's up w that.? One guy wanted me to drive 45 minutes and pay a toll for a coffee date. It's the way it is now. One other Guy wanted me to pick him up for our first date. It's changed ....
Do women think “coffee dates” mean a man is cheap?
I’d actually rather have a coffee date (hot chocolate/tea, I don’t drink coffee, but you get the gist) than a restaurant date.It’s a cheap date, and you can talk to the person without being surrounded by dressed up folk.It’s a cheap date, and you don’t need to worry about dressing up to the nines.It’s a cheap date, and you can be yourself.It’s a cheap date, and you can do it in a fancy coffee bar, or a cheap coffee bar… so it can be ‘cheap’, or not ‘cheap’.The difference between a guy being ‘cheap’ and ‘not cheap’ isn’t how much money he’s willing to spend on you, but how much time he’s willing to invest in you.I went on a second date as a teenager with an Italian boy who was loaded, he took me a fancy restaurant, ordered expensive glass of wine, didn’t listen to a word I said…My first date with my husband lasted four hours in Starbucks, we had one hot chocolate each and he had parked too long in the car park so wound up with a ticket (so unintentionally wound up as quite an expensive date!) simply because he wanted to sit and talk with me.That’s not cheap.The man who took me to the coffee place became my husband because he invested time. It might be a cheap date as in ‘inexpensive’, but men don’t have to flash the cash to be decent men and show you your worth.
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The standard price for a cup of coffee in Italy is €1, but in the UK, you can get charged anywhere between £1.50 and £4. Why is coffee so expensive in the UK?
Not a full answer, but some food for thought. I used to work in a coffee shop. The economics of it really surprised me.The most expensive part of any drink, was the lid. Followed by the cup. And then the milk, for most espresso based drinks. And then the stupid cardboard sleeves people put around the cup. After that, I myself competed with the building itself for the middle ground. And way down at the bottom of the list, was the actual coffee.Most people will frame this that the actual coffee costs mere pennies. But there we go.So two questions I’d add to your comparison of VAT, wages, etc;Does Italian coffee culture lean more towards “black water” coffees (eg, espresso) or “beige milk” coffees (latte, etc). Milk ain’t cheap.Do they consume it as a “bar” culture (order your drink, drink it, leave) or “to go” (disposable cup, disposable lid, disposable sleeve - everything you dispose of was accounted for in the price)Now I realise my stereotype of coffee-culture in Italy is probably the misinformed view of a tourist (like thinking NYC coffee culture is more Friends and less .. zombies staring at laptops). But in Italy I’d picture an old man standing at the bar with a small demitasse of something black and strong. Whereas in the UK we’re more likely to be slipping the disposable sleeve onto a disposable cup, before stirring (with a disposable plastic stick) the foam and maybe some sugar, into half a pint of milk. Before popping a disposable lid on top and walking back out.The monetary difference between these two products is not VAT.
Is He Materialistic and what does he want from me?
There's this guy who keeps on texting me and asking me to go on date with him. The problem is : Once I went out with him and he asked me to choose a place for lunch and I chose not expensive one ($30 per person) and he said that it's so expensive. Then we went to something cheaper. Afterwards I suggested to have coffee in Starbucks and he yelled : "It's expensive!!" Moreover the way he dress is totally weird. On the first date he wore a totally worn out t shirt and sandals. And not to mention his dandruff was on his shoulders??? I'm not saying that I'm materialistic, I have a very good income, drive a really nice car and own a condo and I graduated from overseas University. This guys is high school graduate, keeps on changing jobs and ride a motorcycle. And yet he keeps on telling me he has a good business or something but it;s totally contradict. He knows that I have a very good income, have a good fashion sense and a University graduate etc. It was such a turn off when a guy who is asking for a date, yelled : "EXPENSIVE" when you suggested to have coffee in Starbucks! Is he materialistic?
What is the least expensive thing to buy at Starbucks? Since Starbucks' reward program gives you a star for every transaction (regardless of $ amount), this seems like a valuable bit of knowledge.
See, that’s exactly why Starbucks changed its rewards programs. It used to be the old man who comes in every day and gets a small medium roast coffee, costing 2$, received as many points as the guy who buys himself a coffee, and a medium frappucino for his son, a mocha for his daughter and caramel macchiatos for their best friends. What ended up happening was that many people ordering multiple drinks, e.g. five drinks, would actually complete five separate transactions in order to make it fair. Except this was a nightmare for the baristas and for everyone behind them in line. So now it's money spent that determines points given.Also, I believe the cookie straw, at 99 cents, is the cheapest transaction.
What are some of your poor man dinner meals?
** Posted in Cooking section but wanted some tips from parents also** I’m sitting here trying to figure out how we can possibly save more money. I can’t skimp too much on certain things with groceries but I can skimp when it comes to my husband and myself. My son is 21 months old and has to eat properly. I also have to make his lunch for school and I try to buy healthy stuff for him and well, healthy isn’t exactly cheap. And lots of fruits or veggies go to waste because I can’t cook them fast enough. So my question to some of you is this…. What are your “poor man” meals? What do you guys make for dinner that costs very little but serves a lot? Please provide your recipes if you can. The one meal that we make a huge portion of is called “American Chop Suey”. It’s nothing like it’s name but we basically just take a huge portion of sauce, tomato soup, elbow macaroni, some diced onions and ground hamburg. Mix it all up and freeze what you don’t use up. Usually one big batch serves us for at least 3 other meals. So what types of meals do you guys make when you’re pinching pennies??