Using a voucher to pay for a meal on first date?

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chatterpillar wrote: »

It all depends on how it's done.
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I have to admit, if he'd pulled out a deal voucher when the bill came, I would have felt a little bit less impressed. I don't know, it just seemed like he'd made such an effort to find a restaurant that I'd love ... I think that using a voucher to pay for the meal would raise the question as to whether he was just going for the cheapest most convenient option.

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But ... to give a different scenario. Say if we'd been chatting about food, and I mentioned I liked (for example) Italian food, and he said "Hey I've a deal voucher for 2 for 1 at this nice Italian restaurant, would you like to try it out?" Well then I'd have absolutely no problem with him using the voucher in that situation!

Yeah, this. I totally agree, which is why I don't understand the people going "No absolutely no way". If someone says "hey, I have this voucher, want to come to dinner with me?" surely it would be even easier to ask someone out?

Nonetheless, I see a Groupon type of voucher as just an already paid-for meal. It's not like a 10% off thing clipped out of the newspaper.

I have to ask all the negative nancys, would have you taken a girl out for one of those "meal for two and a bottle of wine for 20 quid" deals that were ubiquitous last century?

Sound Bite

I must live on a different planet to a lot of people here.

How is this even an issue? Makes no difference whatsoever.

UCDVet

This is a great way to weed out the girls you don't want.

Pay with a voucher - if your date seems turned off, you've saved yourself a lot of wasted time and money.