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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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[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Yep. People in these comments seem to be talking about prices from 10-20 years ago.

Even cheap junk places are expensive now.

Frankly the best deals these days are the super expensive places, because they haven't gone up as much. I can get a fancy dinner for $150 by myself, and 5-10 years ago it was $100. A lot of the cheaper options have more than doubled in cost, including fast food, dive bars, and other.

I went to a steak house last fall, paid $100 for a really nice steak and two sides, and two whiskeys for about $20 each. 5-10 years ago it as like $80 for that steak and the whiskey was 16 bucks.

the last dinner date i took a lady on was at not nice place and it cost me $150 for a couple of dinners, an app, and three drinks.

[–] protist@retrofed.com 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Corporate chain restaurants like Denny's are 100% going to be more expensive and worse quality than anything local. I live in Austin, TX and have no issue at all finding amazing tacos for under $4 or sub sandwiches for under $8.

Where was that dinner date? $150 for two dinners, an appetizer, and drinks plus tax and tip at a fancy restaurant doesn't seem that bad to me.

Don't get me wrong, prices have absolutely gone up, my point though is there are lots of options for dates (where I live) that aren't going to cost you anywhere near $200

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

fancy restaurants will cost you $300+.

anything above a dive bar will cost you that much. i live here dozens of restaurants. everything is 15+ for an appetizer now. entrees and 25-30+

nobody is going to taco trucks at 8pm on a Friday night for a date. Here taco trucks are a lunch option and they charge you 8 dollars a taco.