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" This weekend, despite my no dating on the weekend rule, I decided to sneak in a quick drink with a guy I&amp;#039;d been e-mailing back and forth with. Turns out, his schedule was insane over the next week (so is mine!) and I figured, if we were both free, why not? Anyway, we met and split some appetizers and a few drinks. Conversation was fine, but not stellar. We talked about running (surprise! Seriously, I don&amp;#039;t know if it&amp;#039;s just in New York, but it seems like every guy I&amp;#039;ve met lately has been this urban warrior who loves triathlons, fleece, and their running times), work, etc. I seriously doubted I&amp;#039;d see him again, but it was fine. The check came, and I leaned down to take out my wallet. Then, he said, &amp;quot;that&amp;#039;s okay, you can keep your girl money.&amp;quot; WHAT!?!?! Girl money? Even (even!) if I give him the benefit of the doubt and imagine he meant that my money is &amp;quot;girly&amp;quot; since I work at a women&amp;#039;s magazine (I know, we&amp;#039;re streching here!) it&amp;#039;d be an insult. The point is, I work really, really hard, in a career I&amp;#039;m passionate about, and if I want to spend that money on drinks and appetizers, let me dammit! Now, before I completely unfurl the flag of feminism, I will say that I DO believe in chivalry and I DO like it when men pay for dates, even if I do offer to chip in. But why couldn&amp;#039;t he have said, &amp;quot;oh I&amp;#039;ve got,&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ll take care of this,&amp;quot; instead of this comment? Gah! Also, I did a quick Google of &amp;quot;girl money&amp;quot; to see if this is a trend I&amp;#039;d just missed. Turns out, it is. Maureen Dowd, from the New York Times wrote a column about it back in 2005. But I guess this guy, like his running times, is just kind of slow. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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