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"Ugh, sometimes first dates can be an absolute nightmare. Recently, one of my friends went on two dates that, well, won&amp;amp;#8217;t become second dates for very specific reasons, both involving money. Let&amp;amp;#8217;s decide which one of these dating crimes was the biggest offender&amp;amp;#133;and immediately make sure our guy friends never commit &amp;amp;#8216;em. What&amp;#x27;s worse on a first date: a guy bragging about how much money he has/makes OR a guy planning a pretty packed evening and insisting you go halfsies? Why is money such a deal breaker anyway? To get to the bottom of it, I consulted the experts: my best friends, duh. These girls are real smarties and know a thing or two about the dating game. How does your opinion match up? Kelly says, &amp;amp;#8220;I would much rather a guy plan a packed evening of fun things to do and ask me to go halfsies with him than have a man take me out and just talk about how much money he has/makes. I have never been and will never be the type of girl who cares only about how much money a guy makes, and I think it is a HUGE turn-off when a guy thinks he is all that just because he has a lot of money or makes a lot of money. I have a job and I can support myself. With that said, if a nice guy was creative enough and cared enough to put more thought into a date by planning something fun and interesting, I wouldn&amp;amp;#8217;t mind paying for some of the night (unless of course he planned something ridiculously expensive and asked me to pay. That would be a no-no for sure).&amp;amp;#8221; Christina says, &amp;amp;#8220;I think a guy who brags about how much money he has on the first date would be wayyyyyyyy worse than going halfsies. Bragging about money is just so tacky and a desperate attempt to try to impress someone. To me that topic shouldn&amp;#x27;t even be brought up until you are semi-seriously dating someone. Unless you are going to buy me a penthouse apartment, I really don&amp;#x27;t care. Just kidding.&amp;amp;#8221; Nikki says, &amp;amp;#8220;Bragging about how much money he has or makes is the WORST. Paying half on a date is just disappointing. When you&amp;#x27;re invited on a date that you&amp;amp;#8217;re under the impression has been totally planned by this guy, and then you wind up dropping 60 bucks when you could have had just as much fun sitting at home hanging out with Blake Shelton and Adam Levine on a Tuesday night and not spending money that you didn&amp;amp;#8217;t have, well, it just kind of stinks. Sigh. There&amp;amp;#8217;s just still something to the idea of being wined and dined on a date, especially when you were the one asked by a man. It&amp;amp;#8217;s just kind of assumed that if you&amp;#x27;re being asked out, the askee will be doing the paying. I recently went on a date where the man covered the cost, but let me pay the tip. Another guy I saw covered a $100 tab but bragged about his money the entire time. Not cool, dude. I ended up being more attracted to the guy who let me open my wallet.&amp;amp;#8221; The consensus here is that a guy who brags too much on a first date is a total deal breaker. Let&amp;amp;#8217;s be honest&amp;amp;#8212;neither option is really ideal. I&amp;amp;#8217;m a little old-fashioned and like a guy to pay for everything on the first date. I&amp;amp;#8217;m comfortable paying half on the second date, but if he asked you out on the first date, I like the idea of the guy picking up the bill. But I absolutely agree that if I went out with a guy and he bragged about his cash All. Night. Long, I&amp;amp;#8217;d lose his number fast. Which do you think is worse? Is money a deal breaker for you? Photo: Leila Cutler / Alamy"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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