Price of a date in USA.

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Do you know how much ammo I could buy for $440?? Not nearly as much as I'd like, but still...

If you did buy $440 worth of ammo,
No one could accuse you of shooting blanks.

Better embrace the motto "If it ain't on, it ain't on", if you go on a spending spree where Sly works.

A parlour "date" used to cost around that much.
A "Private" upmarket "date" averaged around $650 to $850.
It has been a long time since I was on the "dating" scene, so don't quote me.

Are you talking about hookers or what does cost there as much?

The numbers seem to come from match.com . I was married before internet dating so I shouldn't say anything about it. I imagine people willing to participate in the survey are proud of how much they spend on the date.

if it's a survey then it's bs.

In my personal experience, the price of a real date (not with a prostitute) can vary from about $10 per person at a fast-food restaurant to well over $500 per person for a full weekend getaway.  My dates with my wife are somewhere in the $100 per person range.

Maybe that's what they've told you, but it doesn't make it true.

Rich quarters filled with rich courters.

Just speaking for myself here, but I have no interest in restaurants and fancy dates, because of sensory issues. Even the bowl of soup with my guy in a bistro was a bit overwhelming, and I felt like people could hear us talking. I'd much rather hang out with our dogs or go for a walk, or anything where we don't have to be in social settings. Maybe autistic women are less high-maintenance when it comes to big expenditures, or maybe it's just me. I can't speak for other people but I'm fine to stay on the down low.

And if it matters, he does have a good income ... it's not about (or not about) that. I have a good income too. It's just that not everyone wants to get all dressed up and deal with the public just to spend time with someone they like.

For first dates - or "we should meet in real life" not-yet-dates - I've always been most comfortable with a walk in a park.
The most memorable date with my now-husband included a loaf of bread, a bottle of kvass and climbing a tree in the city center.
It's all about having fun and the fun/$ ratio can drastically differ between various possible activities together.

I agree, but I didn't meet him online so there was no "we should meet in real life" decision. I actually met him in the waiting room at my osteopath. We had already spoken / met face to face before deciding to meet again. Our first date was New Year's Eve in the daytime, and we walked our dogs together outside for a few hours in the area where I grew up. That was the day we ended up having a bowl of soup, because we wanted to keep talking but it was quite cold. We didn't want to deal with the chaos of New Year's Eve later in the evening and I was reluctant to go to his house on our first date, so we had soup before the restaurants got too busy. The most we've ever purchased for a date was a pizza. He offered to take me to fancy places, thinking it was important, but that's not my style. I'm more like you in that regard. He's quite a homebody as well, so we're a good match socially. Too bad the lockdown happened. I miss playing Scrabble at his house.

Yes to the “home dates”, all ours (Mrs K and I) were at her house: I was unemployed at the time so I’d nip round the supermarket in the afternoon, let myself in her back door with the hidden key and fix up a meal for us to share when she got in from work, with wine and board games/puzzles afterwards.
The most I spent was £30, and that’s including taking a gift.

We’ve had four “going-out dates” in eight and a half years: a German standup comic, Japanese drumming ensemble, Dutch blues band and a production of a French comedy at the theatre, all after we were definitely serious and none involved spending more than £70 all in.

Don’t expect second date if you take them to fast food
Is what I’ve always been told

Guy I know spent $500 on a first date.

It's not what you were told by me.

Yeah most women here will only meet at a restaurant or something cause apparently “walk in park” means rape why else would you want to get a woman to a secluded park

Only one of me 5 dates in my life agreed to walk in the park.
The others cost me money. The only one to get to two dates we went on walk after and she ghosted me after that. That was one where homeless yelled at us. The date also didn’t drive. So it seems walks are out for dates here. Which is shame we have two nice parks both which I can get to by bus.

I spent $50 on both the two dates for the one lady.
$30-50 on each of the other dates, maybe that’s why I never got more dates cause they see me as cheap.