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I would pay my half, sure, but in this situation I think the women were stuck with his bill, too. Because he ran out.
This situation is interesting to me because I used to dine out with a group of women friends who would show up, then say "oh I don't have any money, will you pay for me" or say they forgot their wallet. I stopped going out with them. I think a lot of people want to dine in restaurants but they can't afford it. They need to stay home and make a sandwich. I don't feel sorry for them.
Very weird. They're not your friends. You figured that out. I wonder who they're mooching off of, without you.
If you have an ounce of sense, you don't meet someone online and go to an expensive restaurant. You go out for coffee or a drink in a coffee shop or bar until you have a feeling whether this is a trustworthy person you want to spend time with. And when you do go out to dinner, you say at the start of the meal: "we're paying separately, right?". A $130 dinner is not a first or even a second date thing to do.
Not taking precautions to protect yourself (and your wallet) when you're meeting someone new is setting yourself up to be taken advantage of by a sociopath like Mr. Gonzales.
If you have an ounce of sense, you don't meet someone online and go to an expensive restaurant. You go out for coffee or a drink in a coffee shop or bar until you have a feeling whether this is a trustworthy person you want to spend time with. And when you do go out to dinner, you say at the start of the meal: "we're paying separately, right?". A $130 dinner is not a first or even a second date thing to do.
Not taking precautions to protect yourself (and your wallet) when you're meeting someone new is setting yourself up to be taken advantage of by a sociopath like Mr. Gonzales.
What good does verbally stating that each will pay for their own when dealing with a scam artist?
I would pay my half, sure, but in this situation I think the women were stuck with his bill, too. Because he ran out.
This situation is interesting to me because I used to dine out with a group of women friends who would show up, then say "oh I don't have any money, will you pay for me" or say they forgot their wallet. I stopped going out with them. I think a lot of people want to dine in restaurants but they can't afford it. They need to stay home and make a sandwich. I don't feel sorry for them.
OMG PV, I had a coworker who did this crap for the longest until we simply stopped inviting her out. not only that when ever we split the bill she would always order soup to nuts. The one time we asked her did she have her bag (lol, we had wised up) before we left, when we got to the restaurant she made sure to get seperate checks.
What good does verbally stating that each will pay for their own when dealing with a scam artist?
Read the first part of my post. You don't go out to an expensive dinner with someone you don't know already. A scam artist would not be going to get coffee with someone because he's answering personal ads to get free meals. That's why he's a "scam artist". Clarifying who's paying for what in a relationship that's proceeded to the point where you're sharing an expensive meal is to make sure there aren't any misunderstandings, not to avoid being scammed.
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