Cheapsktates or Frugal?

What makes a person a cheapskate? Personally, I think whoever asks for the date, male or female, should pay for the meal. I consider that to be a matter of manners. If a guy doesn't pay for the meal that he asked for, I will graciously pay for the meal, but neither should he expect something which I have found to be the case with cheapskates. I have found these guys expect intimacy. I have never understood when some people think that when they treat someone poorly, they should be treated lavishly. What I will agree on is that cheapskates are like golddiggers, they both want something for nothing.

Did I miss something here? Is this the Lex and Terry's 900 board?

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So what was your problem, having to pay for your meal or having to have sex after paying for your own meal. I do agree, the one that asks should pay, but only if the other party intends to honor that by possibly returning the favor at some point or in some way. If it was a first date, or meeting where both parties are testing the waters and there is no attraction, then no, one shouldn't feel obligated to partake any further. But if you are going to just repeat the process where a person continually asks you out and takes you out then I too would expect some type of favorable response. Whether it be intimacy or another date on your dime to further explore the possibility of romance is only reasonable. I'm all for friends of the opposite sex but if frendship is what you want, make it that. Friends take each other out from time to time. If not interested in either then don't go out with them.

A frugal person will order a salad even if someone else is paying. A cheapskate will order a salad when they are paying, and a lobster when someone else is.