OT: First date prior to Butler game

[temery]

I’m not entirely sure why I go on many first dates but not 2nd dates but when they do leave early they always apologize and usually offer to pay so it actually benefits me in the long run.

You may have stumbled onto something. Hungry men tanking a first date just to get a free meal. Maybe a sign in the men's room saying, "Forget your wallet? Tank the date. She'll pay just to get away from you.

 

[Dogdeacon]

I’m not entirely sure why I go on many first dates but not 2nd dates but when they do leave early they always apologize and usually offer to pay so it actually benefits me in the long run.

Try paying randomly & see if the propensity for 2nd dates increases. Negotiating who pays is real starting off on wrong foot, don’t discuss anymore try to pay IF you like her and refuse help. If you don’t like her there suggest split.

For 2nd date, I called my wife at 9:30 on a Saturday and apologized for last minute but asked if she wanted to go to noon UConn at BC (we both lived 10 minutes away). She said; “I love college basketball yes” And in many ways the date hasnt ended. That was 1998.