Yeah, the article (perhaps intentionally, for clicks) misreads the underlying survey as being about first dates when it’s actually about all dates. Dates with someone you’re already fucking and sleeping over with is going to be a bit different to budget for, compared to first dates (which the second study they quote says is at around $93).
That’s an important detail. Clicking through, it says
A first date in our study means one shared starter, two main courses and two removedtails. For each restaurant, we pulled the median starter, main and removedtail price from the menu. For each city, we took the median across all fully-priced restaurants.
That’s extremely heavy for a first date. It’s a poor strategy for several reasons to go that hard the first time you’re meeting someone.
Yeah, the article (perhaps intentionally, for clicks) misreads the underlying survey as being about first dates when it’s actually about all dates. Dates with someone you’re already fucking and sleeping over with is going to be a bit different to budget for, compared to first dates (which the second study they quote says is at around $93).
That’s an important detail. Clicking through, it says
That’s extremely heavy for a first date. It’s a poor strategy for several reasons to go that hard the first time you’re meeting someone.