Successful black men in GA (house, living, cost of)

[PKCorey]

I do agree, ATL is way too spread out. Driving from the east side to Cobb when I was dating this one girl was a pita. That was roughly 100 miles roundtrip. Way too long for sum..well...moving along...


It doesn't have to suck, if you have a half decent woman.

I never had the problem with paying for everything. Well, I have but I don't now with my current gf. We split it up. If I pay for dinner, she pay for the movies or vice versa.

I find it ridiculous in college how chicks expect you to pay for every damn thing...and don't even attempt to throw something in to the pot. I'm broke just like you!

[AcidSnake]

Originally Posted by PKCorey

I do agree, ATL is way too spread out. Driving from the east side to Cobb when I was dating this one girl was a pita. That was roughly 100 miles roundtrip. Way too long for sum..well...moving along...


It doesn't have to suck, if you have a half decent woman.

I never had the problem with paying for everything. Well, I have but I don't now with my current gf. We split it up. If I pay for dinner, she pay for the movies or vice versa.

I find it ridiculous in college how chicks expect you to pay for every damn thing...and don't even attempt to throw something in to the pot. I'm broke just like you!

My thing is, I will still pay for most of everything, movie, dinner and whatever, just as a man should. But geez, can a sista at LEAST kick in 2-3 dollars for the gas? I mean I'm only driving halfway across tha freakin' U.S. just to see her! Just sayin' ya know?

[RZaakir]

Interestingly enough, I am the type to pay for everything but lately I have gotten a lot of pushback on that from women.

On the location thing, I don't even own a car but I've dated several women who live OTP and had no problem coming to me for pretty much every date. This is partially because there is way more to do intown date-wise than in the 'burbs.

Obviously there is also the matter of value-proposition.

[PKCorey]

Originally Posted by AcidSnake

My thing is, I will still pay for most of everything, movie, dinner and whatever, just as a man should. But geez, can a sista at LEAST kick in 2-3 dollars for the gas? I mean I'm only driving halfway across tha freakin' U.S. just to see her! Just sayin' ya know?

I hear ya, man...

The gas don't bother as much now but when it was $3-4, shoot, Can a brutha get a $20 or sumthin?

[Reelist in Atlanta]

Originally Posted by truth25

I'm moving from Oregon, there is a small amount of black ppl here. I'm looking for an area where there is single successful black men. I heard there are a lot in Atlanta.

Does you have a job yet in Atlanta or is you going to be looking for one when you get here?

- Reel

[Reelist in Atlanta]

Ok, ok. I'm sorry about the snide remark. But please clean up your English or you will not be attractive to successful men of any color.

- Reel

[jeffreda30238]

Originally Posted by coolyfett

Yes, you are too picky and most of you ladies WANT TOO MUCH, want want want want want. Living in Atlanta as ANY black man is like being a mouse in a cheese factory with no cats around. Removing panties has never been easier. You gals should change your priorities, look for a good man with family values and not "successful" man. A woman worst enemy is her mouth and the more you talk, the more wolves like me listen. Keep yelling what you want, keeping putting all your cards on the table. This process will not get you a "successful" man, what it will get you is notch on the next man's resume. All that schooling and degrees and some of you broads will never figure it out. You'll walk right pass the good guy to chat it up with Coolyfett. That good guy is just like your father and brothers, but you want a "successful" man. Us Wolves and Snakes are in the clubs and bars waiting. No lie.

You know what, any other time I may take offense, but you make a SUPER VALID point. I totally agree. Bravo coolyfett, bravo!

[jeffreda30238]

Originally Posted by AcidSnake

My thing is, I will still pay for most of everything, movie, dinner and whatever, just as a man should. But geez, can a sista at LEAST kick in 2-3 dollars for the gas? I mean I'm only driving halfway across tha freakin' U.S. just to see her! Just sayin' ya know?

Wow...are yall serious? Your getting bent out of shape of 2-3$ for gas? If thats the case, you don't need to be taking women out and SAVE your money so that you don't have to get bent out of shape over 2-3$ for gas..lol Remarks like these lets me know that chivalry is slowly dying..lol

[jeffreda30238]

Originally Posted by AcidSnake

Dating in Atlanta does suck. For one thing Atlanta is waaay too sprawled out. When I go to Georgia State University in the downtown area, the cool women that I meet there all to often commute from places like Winder in Barrow County or from the Northern part of Gwinnett. Then the money situation is another thing.

40-50 years when the dollar was actually strong and women wasn't a major force in the labor market, yeah, a man working a high paying factory job can easily spend big wad of cash on a date and still be in the black. Fast forward to 2009 when you have competition from women which pulls down the salaries, a man is hardpressed to find money for dating.

Yet for whatever reason, some of these females still want to apply that 1950's-60's standard of the man paying everything to right now. Did I mention that back in those traditional times women often cooked a good meal after the movie date? Oh well...

Well some of us still cook (like myself), but men are soo physical that they never get the opportunity to experience that...why shouldn't 1950 standards still apply? That's the problem, men have too many excuses for why they can't be men anymore. I see plenty of men out here still with those same standards, and if the woman is a good one, she won't expect to go out all the time, or expect you to spend money everytime you go out. When I date, men (the few that have had the luxury..lol) are shocked that I cook, and I'm willing to pay around the 4th date, or that sometimes I don't wanna go anywhere and I just want to chill at home, have a drink and watch a movie. It's not that I want him to spend all the time, I just want to know that if there is someting I wanna do, he would be WILLING to spend the money because he knows I'm worth it.

[DonnaReed]

The saying I've heard in NY for ladies is that if you're going to Atlanta, ya better take a man with you.