Marion, I’ve been married to the same wonderful woman for 32 years and we reared three great kids together. If my wife had displayed the philosophy that you are pushing, we would have had about three dates and I would have gone over the hill and looked for some greener pastures. You said you wanted opinions and that’s mine.
Whether you realize or not, you’re already trying to control the guy and good, capable men don’t like that………………AT ALL! (unless they’re in to S&M)
Either this guy has been burned before or he has friends who have…………..or he reads a lot of psycho babble books or articles. Whichever it is, if he’s really a good guy, you’d be wise to back off with the “I want to tell you how to spend your money” attitude. If you want to go to a nice restaurant so badly, why don’t you invite him and you pay?
