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	<title>Comments on: Who Should Pay on the First Date?</title>
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		<title>By: Dave</title>
		<link>http://www.littleredrails.com/blog/2010/01/11/who-should-pay-on-the-first-date/comment-page-1/#comment-27453</link>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:13:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There&#039;s nothing wrong with making a woman foot half the bill on the first date. 

Moreover, spending your moolah might reap a big &quot;thank you&quot; from your date. But it won&#039;t generate even a smidgen of attraction. 

Paying for a woman won&#039;t lessen her attraction toward you. As long as she doesn&#039;t interpret yout generosity as an attempt to get her to like you, you&#039;re fine. 

But when you feel that icky sensation on in your gut that squawks, &quot;If I don&#039;t pay, my date won&#039;t like me,&quot; and then shell the cash, she&#039;ll interpret your &quot;kind gesture&quot; as an attempt to get their validation and approval. 

How in the world do women pick up on this? Are females endowed with psychic abilities giving them the power to know 
what we&#039;re thinking at all times?

Most women aren&#039;t endowed with psychic abilities. They don&#039;t need to. 

When a man does something to get a woman&#039;s validation she hears it in his tone of his voice and sees it in his body. 

The words &quot;I&#039;m A Validation Hungry Little Puppy Dog&quot; are practically scrawled across his forehead in permanent red ink. 

&quot;So what if I&#039;m a validation hungry little puppy dog?&quot; you might argue. 

Women, my friend, feel no attraction toward men seeking their validation. Female friends of mine have confirmed this.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There&#8217;s nothing wrong with making a woman foot half the bill on the first date. </p>
<p>Moreover, spending your moolah might reap a big &#8220;thank you&#8221; from your date. But it won&#8217;t generate even a smidgen of attraction. </p>
<p>Paying for a woman won&#8217;t lessen her attraction toward you. As long as she doesn&#8217;t interpret yout generosity as an attempt to get her to like you, you&#8217;re fine. </p>
<p>But when you feel that icky sensation on in your gut that squawks, &#8220;If I don&#8217;t pay, my date won&#8217;t like me,&#8221; and then shell the cash, she&#8217;ll interpret your &#8220;kind gesture&#8221; as an attempt to get their validation and approval. </p>
<p>How in the world do women pick up on this? Are females endowed with psychic abilities giving them the power to know<br />
what we&#8217;re thinking at all times?</p>
<p>Most women aren&#8217;t endowed with psychic abilities. They don&#8217;t need to. </p>
<p>When a man does something to get a woman&#8217;s validation she hears it in his tone of his voice and sees it in his body. </p>
<p>The words &#8220;I&#8217;m A Validation Hungry Little Puppy Dog&#8221; are practically scrawled across his forehead in permanent red ink. </p>
<p>&#8220;So what if I&#8217;m a validation hungry little puppy dog?&#8221; you might argue. </p>
<p>Women, my friend, feel no attraction toward men seeking their validation. Female friends of mine have confirmed this.</p>
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		<title>By: Helen</title>
		<link>http://www.littleredrails.com/blog/2010/01/11/who-should-pay-on-the-first-date/comment-page-1/#comment-25778</link>
		<dc:creator>Helen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 02:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In my years of dating I have had two guys buy me drinks but never dinner. Where are the chivalrous men? I would love to meet just one. Please!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In my years of dating I have had two guys buy me drinks but never dinner. Where are the chivalrous men? I would love to meet just one. Please!</p>
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		<title>By: Moeen</title>
		<link>http://www.littleredrails.com/blog/2010/01/11/who-should-pay-on-the-first-date/comment-page-1/#comment-14472</link>
		<dc:creator>Moeen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 06:10:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hmm, interesting.  Actually, I don&#039;t think there&#039;s a right or wrong answer to this one.  Every woman I went out with either paid beforehand or said specifically they don&#039;t like it when guys are chivalrous, or go dutch on the first date, as it seems condescending to them.  Perhaps the women I meet are more egalitarian?  Different strokes for different folks I guess.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hmm, interesting.  Actually, I don&#39;t think there&#39;s a right or wrong answer to this one.  Every woman I went out with either paid beforehand or said specifically they don&#39;t like it when guys are chivalrous, or go dutch on the first date, as it seems condescending to them.  Perhaps the women I meet are more egalitarian?  Different strokes for different folks I guess.</p>
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		<title>By: Moeen</title>
		<link>http://www.littleredrails.com/blog/2010/01/11/who-should-pay-on-the-first-date/comment-page-1/#comment-14397</link>
		<dc:creator>Moeen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:10:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hmm, interesting.  Actually, I don&#039;t think there&#039;s a right or wrong answer to this one.  Every woman I went out with either paid beforehand or said specifically they don&#039;t like it when guys are chivalrous, or go dutch on the first date, as it seems condescending to them.  Perhaps the women I meet are more egalitarian?  Different strokes for different folks I guess.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hmm, interesting.  Actually, I don&#39;t think there&#39;s a right or wrong answer to this one.  Every woman I went out with either paid beforehand or said specifically they don&#39;t like it when guys are chivalrous, or go dutch on the first date, as it seems condescending to them.  Perhaps the women I meet are more egalitarian?  Different strokes for different folks I guess.</p>
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		<title>By: Brad</title>
		<link>http://www.littleredrails.com/blog/2010/01/11/who-should-pay-on-the-first-date/comment-page-1/#comment-14396</link>
		<dc:creator>Brad</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah, every situation will be different so I wouldn&#039;t argue there&#039;s a universally correct answer. I do believe that as a man offering to pay will never do you harm as long as you don&#039;t press the issue. Making the offer to pay is often more important that the actual act of paying.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, every situation will be different so I wouldn&#39;t argue there&#39;s a universally correct answer. I do believe that as a man offering to pay will never do you harm as long as you don&#39;t press the issue. Making the offer to pay is often more important that the actual act of paying.</p>
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