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Dating has gotten so expensive that nearly half of U.S. singles say it’s no longer worth it, as the average night out approaches $200 (fortune.com)

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[–] SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Last year I went on many dates and the average expense was like $25. Yes, I did sometimes go out to restaurants, but they'd be either coffee shops with food or fast casual places. And yes I pay for her meal too. How are people spending $200 on a night out?

Wait it's the average vs the median probably. A couple extreme outliers are inflating the average.

[–] MacGuffin94@lemmy.world 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Probably the old standard dinner and a movie. Assuming $20 for a main (x2) $10 drinks (x2 to 4) $15 show tickets (x2) maybe a $20 snack that's already over $100 and I low balled all of those prices. It could easily hit $200 especially if this is looking at larger population hubs.

[–] tmyakal@infosec.pub 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Took my wife out for almost this exact date last weekend. Dinner was $45/ea for the main, $9/ea for drinks. Plus tip. Local live theater show was $40/ea. Skipped snacks because we were full from dinner. All-in, the night was just over $200.

[–] MacGuffin94@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Yeah it's typically 30-40 main and 15 per drink for me as well but with kids we rarely go out so that's a splurge. Also didn't include child care but since this was primarily about singles I didn't think it was as relevant. Parking also isn't free a lot of the time and that could be another 10-40+depending on the city and events going on.

Man life is too expensive.