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What should a date cost you?

The last of the four, from the Utility Maximisation Model. Ten questions read what you actually want out of an evening; the eleventh asks what you can spend. It returns a figure: this much a date, this many dates a month — the point where your curve meets your budget line.

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IA first date. Where are you taking him/her?
IIHow long should a first date run?
IIIWho pays?
IVThe bill arrives and it's rather more than you expected.
VYou have one free evening this week. What do you spend it on?
VIBooking somewhere you can't quite afford, to impress someone you've met once.
VIIHow much planning goes into a first date?
VIIIOver a month, would you rather have one evening you'll both remember, or as many as you can fit in?
IXAn hour of travel each way, for a first date.
XDating is an investment, or dating oughtn't to cost much at all?
XIWhat could you comfortably put toward dating in a month?

Ten reveal your preference. The eleventh sets the budget line, in pounds, euros, dollars or yen.

ITwo evenings, done properlyA steep curve: an evening has to be worth something before it counts as one. The month buys two dates, and each has to do the work others spread across five.
IIThree, well chosenMeant, without being an occasion. Enough to keep something going, few enough that you turn up to each one properly.
IIIFive, at the tangencyWhere neither axis is sacrificed to the other. Not a thrilling answer — tangencies rarely are.
IVEight, and keep it cheapMore people rather than more spent on each. You're buying information rather than atmosphere.

The ratio comes from what you want. The amounts come from what you can afford.

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