Inflation makes cheap dates a hit

Dating is one of my favorite topics to write about, and my latest for The Wall Street Journal is no exception. With the price of restaurant meals up 17% and alcoholic beverages away from home up 12% since before the pandemic, daters are increasingly embracing frugality. The result isn't always pretty. One woman I spoke to woke up to a text requesting her half of the bill from a man who had made a big show of waving her credit card away the night before.? The text read, “Hey bb what’s your Venmo I need that dollar bad ??" She wishes she had only sent him back a dollar. https://lnkd.in/gTHjh_SR

Dating is one of my favorite topics to write about, and my latest for The Wall Street Journal is no exception. With the price of restaurant meals up 17% and alcoholic beverages away from home up 12% since before the pandemic, daters are increasingly embracing frugality. The result isn't always pretty. One woman I spoke to woke up to a text requesting her half of the bill from a man who had made a big show of waving her credit card away the night before.? The text read, “Hey bb what’s your Venmo I need that dollar bad ??" She wishes she had only sent him back a dollar. https://lnkd.in/gTHjh_SR

Suddenly, more people are comfortable going cheap on a first or second date. “You don’t want to make a huge investment in someone you don’t know.”

Suddenly, more people are comfortable going cheap on a first or second date. “You don’t want to make a huge investment in someone you don’t know.”

THE ART OF DATING IN 2022..

I'm so honored to be quoted in this story in the Wall Street Journal today, and it will be in print tomorrow. Fancy first dates are being replaced with fiscally responsible dated with the growing economic concerns. "Los Angeles-based dating coach Julie Spira says rom-coms taught people to shower a love interest with elaborate gifts, food and wine to signal their interest. Now, she says that kind of move is more likely to signal that you’re out of touch with today’s economic concerns. “It’s overwhelming when somebody you barely know love-bombs you,” she says, referring to those kinds of grand gestures.? Her clients increasingly opt for more casual dates, to cut costs and to show their sense of fiscal responsibility to a potential partner, she says. “It used to be taboo to talk about money. Now, you need to have these conversations,” she says."? #love #dating #dates #economy #wallstreetjournal

Dating is one of my favorite topics to write about, and my latest for The Wall Street Journal is no exception. With the price of restaurant meals up 17% and alcoholic beverages away from home up 12% since before the pandemic, daters are increasingly embracing frugality. The result isn't always pretty. One woman I spoke to woke up to a text requesting her half of the bill from a man who had made a big show of waving her credit card away the night before.? The text read, “Hey bb what’s your Venmo I need that dollar bad ??" She wishes she had only sent him back a dollar. https://lnkd.in/gTHjh_SR

No More Dinner and a Movie. Cheapskate Daters Want Less. For many people, the big question these days is less about who pays, and more about how much.