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I'm working on a budget now that I seem to be sticking with being self employed. (I have for years saved off the top and spent the rest)
Thing is, I tend to spoil my women (One at a time)
I'll be back in the area with my GF soon (I've been away working) and I'm trying to come up with an amount...
She's pretty low maintenance, it's mostly my fault for stopping by and saying "Lets go grab dinner, do this or that" etc... (She lives with her sister... so....)
I think I'm going to shoot for $100/Week, but would like to know what you budget for comparison purposes.
Your budget would really be dependent on how much disposable income you have.
If you only have $200 a week leftover from your paycheck I can't see spending $100 on a date. Spend what you are comfortable spending.
We don't really budget for it. If we feel like going out to dinner we just choose a place that we want to dine at. Sometimes it's $200 and sometimes it's $25.
Nothing wrong with budgeting. Picking a place to go to dinner (that isn't sort of "blah" or average or fast-food-y) might be sort of an issue, but if you use something like Groupon that could make for some very interesting and unique dates without a high cost. In addition, some places run specials on "slow" nights in order to try and draw more business... check your newspaper, or classifieds, or whatever.
We just pay the bills, put some in savings every week and whatever is left is what we use for that week. If we do go out to dinner, we just pay attention to what is left over and try and budget foodwise the rest of the week.
It appears that you always pay. Why is that?
400.00 per month is way too high. I don't mind paying to go out but I won't do it every time, if I did have a GF. I like independent women who have their own money. I have no interest in buying anyone.
Currently I am spending zero on dates. I did not go on one during the entire year of 2012.
Why don't you just pick a real woman who pays her own way on dates? If I were a man, I wouldn't put up with any woman (no matter how gorgeous they were) who expected the guy to shell out on dates. 50/50 or Dutch.
You can't put a relationship on a budget. Well, you can, but it'll make you look awfully paltry,
Not so much.
She says repeatedly I spoil her more than anyone she's ever dated. (And I do)
But I STILL need a base number. If I go over that... (Like I will in Feb for "Artificial make guys spend money on overpriced flower day" , and will in March or April when I take her away for a week during spring break.) that's fine, but I still need a base number to try to keep to.
The reason I'm thinking about it is I seem to be sticking with being self employed... and it's not a 9-5 proposition.
I've made enough since Hurricane Sandy to take the rest of the year off if I want to. (I don't want to)
What I WOULD like to do is to set aside the next 11 months worth of expenses, put the rest to work, and any money I make in 2013 will go towards 2014's expenses and otherwise be invested.
So I can't use a monthly paycheck as a barometer anymore. (It's an odd situation to be in, and not something I considered when I fell into being self employed)
John13:
She's back in school getting her PHD and is on a student's income.
She likes it when I cook, we stay in etc... but if i want to take her out and do things... it's necessary (And I'm fine with) paying. She's a low impact, rather homebody, quiet person without alot of demands... I'm OK with it.
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