I was not aware of this post. Thanks for pointing it out. Personally, I think the blogosphere has gotten something wrong about the term “cheap”. I don’t mean to pick on anyone specific, but cheap to me implies giving something up. Especially when dating, I don’t think you should give anything up. In dating, I believe I am there to enjoy the company of someone who could be special. Hopefully they feel the same way; if they do, it doesn’t really matter where you are, as long as you are enjoying it.

Once again, thanks for pointing out the Zen Habits post.

-W

http://zenhabits.net/2007/03/cheap-but-great-dates/

Spot on about travel! I’ll admit that the wife and I do tend to overspend on vacation, but we only take one a year, and we budget for it.

I’m one of the lucky ones that has goals and plans for the little bit of money I do have. And I’m certainly happy to go out for entertainment and dates, life is too short to not splurge once in a while, but when the other party wants to splurge all the time it’s not going to work out.

I think another point to touch on is travel. I’m not a big traveler other than the yearly vacation, and that’s generally within driving distance. So, for those of you with goals that don’t include that, don’t expect to be happy with someone (or them happy with you) that wants to jet-set once per month.