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Q: If offered a prepaid season ticket, can you pay for it? ( No Answer,   1 Comment )
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Subject: If offered a prepaid season ticket, can you pay for it?
Category: Relationships and Society
Asked by: jack501-ga
List Price: $10.00
Posted: 16 Jan 2005 10:59 PST
Expires: 17 Jan 2005 05:03 PST
Question ID: 458155
Recently connected (online) with a strictly platonic friend. Yet to
meet in person. She has invited me join her at a play at a theatre
where she holds prepaid season tkts. valued at about $50/each. It's a
gracious offer and want to go. I would rather pay for my tkt., then I
won't be obligated to take her to dinner.  It's not the money at all,
it's just that I'm an introvert and this is too much for me on a first
date with a complete stranger.  If I pay for my tkt.  we can do coffee
and/or dessert afterward for about 1/2 hr. to keep it simple.  My
usual 1st date would be a movie and coffee afterward.  I like to keep
the 1st date low key with a 1/2 hr. of face time.  Will I be totally
blowing the rules of etiquette by offering to pay for my tkt?
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Subject: Re: If offered a prepaid season ticket, can you pay for it?
From: pinkfreud-ga on 16 Jan 2005 11:36 PST
 
Unless she has hinted in some way that she expects you to pay for the
ticket, I think it's best to thank your friend for her generosity and
enjoy the evening at the theatre. If I were in your friend's position,
I would feel a little bit hurt if my companion offered money in these
circumstances.

If taking your friend to dinner is an emotionally daunting
proposition, perhaps you could have a brief coffee date before the
show starts. By choosing a time before the show, you can control the
duration of the engagement, since you'll need to leave the restaurant
in time to be seated at the theatre.

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