Have I mentioned lately that I’m a little bit obsessed with First Dates? In case you missed it, the awkwardness and weird and wonderful personalities just make for damn good watching.
But there’s one thing that First Dates do that every other dating show that on our screens – think Married At First Sight and The Bachelor – refuses to.
First Dates gives people a second chance.
On the first episode of the latest season of the show, we met Roxy, a 26-year-old nanny who described herself as “the Bridget Jones of Australia” and who revealed to Barman Cam that despite having been on over 50 dates, she had paid for every single one.
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I think it's fine to pay for your own meal. That would be fair and normal, hey? And fair enough if they all rejected her, but given that she rejected her tv date as having 'no chemistry' with her after the one date, I wonder if people are prepared to give others a chance? Maybe Roxy had 50 really dodgy men take her out, which is really unlucky, and obviously, there are people that you just don't want to date, but it isn't necessarily "fireworks" on the first date. I was friends with my husband for a while, before we dated. Someone said did I want to date him when I first met him, I said "No!" Now we have been married for over 10 years and have 4 kiddies and I am so blessed. Sometimes you need to give people a chance. But I guess that's not interesting television.
Agreed, she seemed super picky for someone rejected all the time
I call complete BS that of 50 dates, no man offered to pay (even given her serial killer eyes). Mind you, we are after equality are we not, so why does it matter exactly? Or is it just selective equality we are after?
I've not seen the show, but considering the wording in this article it's 100% possible that she insisted on paying for her meal on every one of those dates. The man may well have offered and she declined.
I am 100% happy to pay for myself on dates.