I went back and read my original post, nowhere did I mention a relationship with the man in the context you are alluding to BigC, \"romantic\". It was a first meeting, we did not correspond for weeks or months before this meeting, but I said this in my first post. He came straight with the invitation to meet for lunch. He asked me, of course he should pay, if I had asked him I would have paid, matter of fact the last date I went on before this one I asked the man out, he picked the place and I paid, on my birthday to top it off, wow that kinda sounds pathetic that I had to ask for and pay for a date on my birthday. Anyhow it was posters responding to me that put in the romantic stuff, it had not crossed my mind as of yet. You also mentioned my age and my being pathetic if I didn\'t know how to date by now or something to that effect, that I shouldn\'t need advice since I am darn near 40. Let me say this, that is alot of other womens problems with this whole thing, they have been doing it wrong their entire lives, and they refuse to take advice or change the way they operate. Only dead people stop learning BigC. I am very alive and still have the capacity to learn, it is not about being told what I want to hear, it is being advised in the true spirit of helpfulness, and helping me with what I asked about without reading other stuff into it. Sticking to the topic at hand. Plus we all know you are very sensitive to the subject of women asking about a man\'s financial status so I had kinda hoped you would steer clear of this topic. You didn\'t, you still make it seem like I am wasting his time by asking him questions about his business success. Why is that? Why would I as a female be wasting his time? Also I don\'t need to be anymore upfront than he is, he is not saying why he asked me out, he is not saying what he wants from me. So why should I be anymore forthcoming than he is being, besides we may not ever cross paths again.
BlkGeisha
