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In this situation, it's not a lack of money. It's a lack of imagination. If you insist on the route of dinner/drinks/concert/movies, etc., you're going to run through money in a hurry. There are plenty of fun and interesting things to do that don't empty your wallet.
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A lot of fun dates don't even require any money at all. For example, beach volleyball, surfing (of course you have to have a decent surf board), swimming (isn't that great that both show a lot of skin, and the dates don't even require any money at all?)
Different stroke for different folks.
So says the person in a warm climate coastal state.
I suppose somebody with a degree are not going to be burger flipper for a long time.
I think the reality is that some of us if not most of us have gotten into relationships with people with little or no money. Doesn't mean the dates cannot be fun. Some fun dates require no money.
One guy I dated always took me to the family restaurant his family owned. It was a fancy restaurant, but who wanted to have a date in a family restaurant?
I can enjoy a date by just walking with somebody (if this is somebody I enjoy being with).
??? Dunno if the claim is valid, but I have read that 800,000 Americans have a degree and poverty-level income - and surely not all of them are fresh out of school. Many more have slightly higher incomes in the neighborhood of $10 per hour.
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Then you can replace that with walking in the park, snow fight stuff like that.
Yawn.
I'm not saying it has to be pricey. It doesn't. But you need some money. It's always the ladies that are saying dating doesn't have to cost anything. It does. Even if we go for a hike there are going to be some pints afterwards. Or a free concert in the park or a free day at an art museum, there is going to be some food/coffee/drinks associated with it, or a cab ride from time to time. It doesn't have to be much, but it costs something.
You can get away with a date, or two maybe, without spending more than $20, but you can't "date" without money as an adult. You can a bit in your 20s.
??? Dunno if the claim is valid, but I have read that 800,000 Americans have a degree and poverty-level income - and surely not all of them are fresh out of school. Many more have slightly higher incomes in the neighborhood of $10 per hour.
But poor people get into relationships too though, no?
I certainly dated blue collar worker, and I loved him, that is all it matters.
We have a lot of fun dates together don't really require any money at all. I agree with CPG, it is not about lack of money, it is more about lack of imagination.
Walk around town taking in all the different stimuli a downtown or distinct neighborhood has to offer.
Walk on the beach
Go to the lake
Stay in the bedroom all day (best one for me) (can't go wrong, he he)
Go to the park
Go hiking, swimming, outdoor activities, etc
Bonfires/ campouts,
What did people do when they were in college/ highschool? No money then. The more expensive things to do can seem like the more boring sometimes. IDKW!
I'm not saying it has to be pricey. It doesn't. But you need some money. It's always the ladies that are saying dating doesn't have to cost anything. It does. Even if we go for a hike there are going to be some pints afterwards. Or a free concert in the park or a free day at an art museum, there is going to be some food/coffee/drinks associated with it, or a cab ride from time to time. It doesn't have to be much, but it costs something.
well yeah, duh, it requires some money, but op is about "how do people with little or no money get into relationship." They just have to use their imagination.
How do you think poor college students get into relationships? They got into relationships all the time.
Walk around town taking in all the different stimuli a downtown or distinct neighborhood has to offer.
Walk on the beach
Go to the lake
Stay in the bedroom all day (best one for me) (can't go wrong, he he)
Go to the park
Go hiking, swimming, outdoor activities, etc
Bonfires/ campouts,
What did people do when they were in college/ highschool? No money then. The more expensive things to do can seem like the more boring sometimes. IDKW!
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How do you think poor college students get into relationships? They got into relationships all the time.
Not sure poor college kids do. Never met many poor college kids at my schools, and they were state schools. Regular college kids get loaded/high and F.
Same way most of the poor seem to. They drink together.
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