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She doesn't need to thank me. I just think it shows class and good manners when people are polite and say please and thank you. This goes for all genders, all relationships (friendships, acquaintances, co-workers, spouses, etc.), all people.
Does she thank anyone? Waiter/waitress? bartender? taxi driver?
If I went out with a woman on two dates and she never said thanks, there would not be a third date. Actually, if she didn't say thanks the first date there would not be a second. I think you can do much better OP, but the choice is yours. Sounds like you're being taken advantage of to me. And to these people saying he should be thanking HER for going out with him I just have to lol. So her time is more important than his? Give me a break.
Yes you're overreacting, what's important is there's a mutual interest. If you like her and want her to continue to go on dates with you, why take standing on ceremony to heart? Maybe she was raised a different cultural background from you, if you can't get pass that then stop dating her.
I guess a quick "thanks for the sandwich" or "thanks for the bottled water" wouldn't have gone amiss.
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Originally Posted by NilaJones
So she just showed up with unwashed hair, no makeup, in grubby jeans and a sweatshirt, smelling bad, so you couldn't even tell if she was a girl or a baby-faced boy?
This is weird to me. In my extensive dating history, I have never thanked a woman for enjoying free drinks and food on my dime lol. And it has never been an issue.
"Hey, it's great to see you again" is about the extent I thank her for gracing me with her presence.
You have to go back pretty far in history to the time when gentlemen used to thank a lady for the pleasure of her company. idk, maybe back to 1910. A chaperone was usually involved, back then. I see no reason why mutual thanking wouldn't be appropriate, now. Think about it, OP; she didn't have to accept your invitation. Nor did you have to extend it to her, specifically. You both owe each other a thank you.
Her: "Hey, I had a great time, thanks!"
OP: "Yeah, me too! Maybe we could do this again sometime soon?"
You have to go back pretty far in history to the time when gentlemen used to thank a lady for the pleasure of her company. idk, maybe back to 1910. A chaperone was usually involved, back then. I see no reason why mutual thanking wouldn't be appropriate, now. Think about it, OP; she didn't have to accept your invitation. Nor did you have to extend it to her, specifically. You both owe each other a thank you.
Her: "Hey, I had a great time, thanks!"
OP: "Yeah, me too! Maybe we could do this again sometime soon?"
Is that so hard?
None of it is hard. And saying thank you for a free sandwich isn't hard either.
In the part of the world where I live, all dates are dutch. I normally thank the waitstaff, and tell my date I had a great time (or that it was nice to meet them, if a dud date). I don't think I have ever had a date thank me, but I don't pay a lot of attention to keeping score like that.
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