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The day after Valentine's Day is a bit of a relief. No longer must people wait in anticipation to find out
what their Valentine has in store for them or whether they forgot about the holiday completely. There is only one area
that will still be feeling the strain of the occasion other than the strain of a waistband after indulging in too much
chocolate: your wallet. Or perhaps the wallet of your significant other. According to a study done by Discover Card, men spent
an average of $128 on Valentine's Day, while women only spent around $74.
Perhaps it's a cultural expectation that women are to be the primary recipients of Valentine's Day gifts. Does this extend to even the women who ordinarily support "going dutch", or trying to split things as evenly as possible? Informal straw polling prior to Valentine's Day showed that many women do expect to be taken out and not have to share in the cost of the evening, at least this once. So, who paid for your dinner last night?
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2-15-2006 @10:40AM Liz said... We had a nice cheese fondue dinner at home, so I guess the answer would be "both of us."
I find that it's too expensive to go have a meal in a nice restaurant on Valentine's Day, and that many places only offer prix fixe menus. We'd rather spend less money at the same places to have the dishes of our choosing.
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2-15-2006 @11:20AM DanGarion said... Liz, if that's the case you must be going to the wrong places! My fiancee and I went to our normal favorite restaurant and they weren't doing anything to take advantage of their customers.
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2-15-2006 @1:17PM Peter said... We had dinner at home purchased and made by me. :)
Duck liver pate with black truffle, prosciutto wrapped filet mignon marinated in a soy, ginger and sesame oil sauce, creamy mushroom soup, asparagus with shallot, mushrooms and white truffle oil, fingerling potatoes and all washed down with Penfold's Koonunga Hill Cab/Shiraz 2002.
In return I received a new Kyocera ceramic chef's knife, so I guess we are even. ;)
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2-15-2006 @1:42PM Beth said... My mom bought my coffee at Barnes and Noble. (sorry Starbucks haters, it's a once a week mother/daughter thing) Then I went home and had a bowl of her chili she made for me on Sunday. Wasn't so bad being single yesterday... we eyed up some men and had some good laughs. Oh and my dad bought me a new crock pot!
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