[stieg]

Let's face it! The rules have changed and these days dating requires a lot of $$$ and a degree in any College(community college not accepted). People want someone who has enough money in the bank, a white collar job and other great atributes that can make someone find interested. Not having any of these prepare to spend the rest of your life alone. They say money can't buy love.....wrong! I guess i should give up on dating and tell my parents that the only way i can give them a grandson is by adopting one.

[Sometimes psychotic]

I don't think that's true. I have a PhD and my best friend has an associates degree. It's not quite the same as dating but what matters is we can connect despite the differences in our education.

[hamster-bamster]

Originally Posted by stieg

I guess i should give up on dating and tell my parents that the only way i can give them a grandson is by adopting one.

How is adoption cheap?..

Does not make much sense.

[~Christina]

Pretty narrow views you seem to have. Not everyone wants to see a possible mates bank statements, that's just ludicris.

[healingme4me]

Blame inflation. Costs money to eat, see a movie, go to a sports game.

What types of dates are these women looking for, anyway?

Originally Posted by stieg

Let's face it! The rules have changed and these days dating requires a lot of $$$ and a degree in any College(community college not accepted). People want someone who has enough money in the bank, a white collar job and other great atributes that can make someone find interested. Not having any of these prepare to spend the rest of your life alone. They say money can't buy love.....wrong! I guess i should give up on dating and tell my parents that the only way i can give them a grandson is by adopting one.

[hamster-bamster]

Originally Posted by stieg

Let's face it! The rules have changed and these days dating requires a lot of $$$ and a degree in any College

It is a very corny suggestion, of course, but... think of the late Steve Jobs who did not have a college degree. He dropped out - it was not worth it for him and he did not want to waste his adoptive parents' life savings.

[spondiferous]

Find someone who doesn't care about money. Anyone else is not worth your time. I figure if a person's concerned about money, they should go out and get it themselves, not expect the other person to provide it for them.
I haven't done much dating, but the dates my partner and I have are not expensive. We can't afford it, and we don't pretend we can. We'll go out and share a meal somewhere and come home and cuddle and watch shows. Or we'll go to the movies on cheap night, or go walk in a park on a nice day, admire the waterfalls and flowers and animals, and pack a picnic lunch to enjoy on a bench. Some creativity is helpful too. I don't believe there are any 'musts' in dating, except that you 'must' be yourself. It helps to be clean and present the best side of yourself, but you should never have to lie, flounder, or grasp for that which you do not have.
People should like you for who you are. If they don't it's their loss and time for you to move on. That's my two cents.

[Yoda]

This wasn't a date but I have a fond memory of a day out that was fantastic fun. I was probably four or five years old and my mom had very little money but we enjoyed what we had. I was born an animal lover so she took me to a fair where the farmers' were exhibiting their animals. Great excitement for a kid. We couldn't afford to buy the food they sold at the fair so she had packed us some travel food in the car. I remember celery with peanut butter and kool aid in a thermos. I am sure there was more food but to me the celery and kool aid was the best lunch at the fair! It was culinary exquisite for a child.

As an adult I remember fondly my second date with a man I had met on a blind date. He invited me to his house and gave me a single rose when I arrived. He cooked Cornish hens which are about 2/$5 and stuffed them with rice. We finished a cheap bottle of red wine while listening to his vinyl records on the turntable. That was one of the most romantic dates of my life.