> >For all you single women torn with this dilemma when on a date.
> >This is taken from The World According to HE & SHE by Julie Logan
> >and Arthur Howard:
> >
> >     If SHE wants to sleep with him, then it's a date:
> >     HE pays.
> >
> >     If SHE doesn't want to sleep with him and if SHE's a nice person
> >     who wants the "just friends" message to get through loud and
> >     clear:
> >     SHE pays for herself and insists on it.
> >
> >     If SHE doesn't want to sleep with him and if SHE's a nice person
> >     but HE's rich:
> >     HE pays but SHE offers.
> >
> >     If SHE doesn't want to sleep with him, SHE's not a nice person,
> >     and HE's rich:
> >     HE pays.
> >
> >     If SHE doesn't want to sleep with him, SHE's not a nice person,
> >     and HE's not rich:
> >     HE pays.
> >
> >     If HE pays but SHE doesn't want to seem like a freeloader:
> >     SHE offers to help, HE refuses, SHE says she'll get the drinks or
> >     coffee later.
> >
> >     If HE's cheap:
> >     HE asks her to split the bill.
> >
> >     If HE's broke, they're close, SHE's not a nice person, and
> >     they're going to a good place:
> >     SHE feigns indifference to the financial catastrophe that awaits
> >     him. HE pays.
> >
> >     If HE's broke, they're close, SHE's a nice person, and they're
> >     going to a good place:
> >     SHE slips him the money before they get to the restaurant.
> >
> >     If HE's broke, they're close, SHE's nice, and they're going to a
> >     cheap place:
> >     SHE pays.
> >
> >     If HE's broke, they're close, SHE's not nice, and they're going
> >     to a cheap place:
> >     SHE suddenly realizes that SHE has to stay home and wash her
> >     hair... forever.
> >
> >     If SHE asked him out, it's his birthday, and they're in love:
> >     SHE pays.
> >
> >     If SHE asked him out and it's not his birthday but HE knows
> >     what's good for him:
> >     SHE starts to pay, HE protests, SHE gives in.
> >
> >     If HE's a guy with any interest in seeing her again:
> >     HE pays. Period.