Going Dutch
October 11, 2009 –
I am not aware of this having any secret sexual meaning as in going ‘Greek’ or having a ‘French Polish’ (nudge nudge wink wink). No I think it just means paying half for something and this is the context in which I mean it today, ladies and gents.
When is going dutch appropriate?
Well, I think, obviously with friends, male and female and colleagues of course, family etc etc but an amour? No I don’t think so.
Call me an old fashioned girl but I like a gentleman to treat me like a lady – a princess if you will. Insisting on me paying half for a dinner is a tad unromantic isn’t it? I once got asked if I go dutch and I said ‘Do I look as though I wear clogs?’
Oh don’t get me wrong I am all for women having the right to do, you know, whatever, yadda yadda, yadda. But I really don’t think it diminishes a girl’s independence and dignity to have a nice fella buy her a prawn cocktail once in a while, do you?
I remember going out for dinner with a whole bunch of people and one of the guys had brought along his new lady. After we had had a charming meal and the bill came, he pulled out his calculator and started totting up the price of what she had eaten. Honestly. He then, to the utter horror of all at the table, showed her the part of the bill she would have to pay. He never saw her again.
He saw himself as a ‘new man’, a brother in feminism (that’s an oxymoron by the way :), a guy so firmly embracing the feminist ideal he is throttling it to death. We, on the other hand, the other diners, both male and female, forever saw him as a cheapskate. Someone with no generosity of spirit and frankly not very classy.
I guess it is pretty common these days, you know to go dutch. I blame it on HH and the feminatzi gang. Although they dont seem to mind the rest of us footing the bill for their dining extravaganzas and their husbands’ porn. I also guess I have been spoilt with my fellas, they always thankfully leave the calculator at home :)
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