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Troy

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Hi

This is a poll and question in one. With the re-opening of the entertainment industry in my country, prices of events are at an all-time high. My local currency is not USD, but a lot of industries in my country are now putting prices in USD to avoid inflation since the USD holds more strength. Eg. Car dealerships, Hotels, Events, Orthodontists, High-End Restaurants, Homes, and Apartments.

I did a field report today and I talked briefly about the prices I had to pay for goods and services. Now I do understand the prices will differ from country to country somewhat. I will start by summarizing the price of the party I attended last night:

*All prices are in USD

Transportation to and from the party $2
Early Bird ticket $10
Food before the party $2.40
Hotdog during the party $4

Total = $18.40

Ok, not bad right! The issue I see though is I was being a cheapskate the entire night. For the following reasons:

- Walking in my neighborhood at night can be dangerous. I should have called a taxi and spent $6 to take me to the party and another $6 to take me back home. But no, I decided to walk to save $10

- Guys on GirlsChase talk all the time about buying some liquor. At parties, it is banned to take alcohol (and food) from outside. I was being cheap by walking around with ice and water in a cup...instead of ordering a drink at the bar. Most people at the event had bought 1-5 cups/bottles of alcohol. Keep in mind these people are also not rich. In fact, I probably make more money than some of them right now. However, the way I view money is completely different from others. For example:

  • Chase would have an easier time selling me his book "How To Make Girls Chase" for $47. Heck, Chase, you could raise the price to $500 TODAY. I would go into debt faster to buy Chase's book if that were the cost. Because I see the long-term value over decades of that book repaying for itself. I get to download a decade-plus of Chase's knowledge into my brain and avoid a lot of the mistakes.
  • Meanwhile, if I go to a party and see a bottle of luxury Vodka for $40, you best believe I am going to mentally haggle the price. Why the fuck should I get drunk for $40 only to pee it out in the next 12 hours? In my field report, I even talked about bottles of Vodka being sold for $186 USD. Absolutely ridiculous for me to do at this stage of my life. So I am basically peeing away $40 - $186 USD. And unless I get laid that night, I don't see the value there.

I eat a lot per meal. And I know where I stand. If I was to really spend the kind of money to fulfill all my needs last night, it would have looked like this:

Transportation to and from the party is $12
Early Bird ticket $10
Food before the party (get a belly full) $6
8 Hotdogs during the party $32 (yeah I eat like a farmers horse, I have a large appetite)
Apple Vodka $40

Total = $100 USD

Going Out 2-3 Times Per Week

I know guys on GirlsChase talk about going out to meet girls on the weekend. I also know Chase talked about bar-hopping back in the day or changing venues in the middle of the night if one venue is lame.

Let's hypothetically say a guy decides to take his dating life seriously. He goes out on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. It could be different events: beach, parties, bar, restaurants, parks e.t.c. There is a financial cost to everything whether you count it or not. Time costs... And unless you plan on being the guy who lives in the city and takes women on the same free park date (walking distance to your home) every single time, then no, there is a financial cost. So let's split the difference. I showed how I would have easily spent $100 last night. Let's hypothetically say each outing cost $50 USD.

Going out 2-3 times per week $100 - $150
Per month = $400 - $600

If I were to ball out and do just the minimum as I showed in my example for an entire month, my dating cost would be:

Going out 2-3 times per week $200 - $300
Per month = $800 - $1,200

(If I am going to spend $800 - $1,200 USD per month on just dating, I would only feel comfortable doing so while earning $8,000 USD per month before taxes.)

According to Black Demographics stats here the average American median household earns $55,392 per year. That's

$28.85 per hour
$230.80 per day
$1,154 per week

Questions And Poll

So my question is how much on average do you spend on a date? This includes:

Condoms
Transportation
Food
Events entry cost
Tips to waitresses
Hotels & motels to pull girls to for fast sex
E.t.c.

I will end this by sharing a popular music festival:


$129 USD for a party! Yow first off, I feel like I need to be making $10,000 USD per month for me to justify that cost. For some of these parties, you have to book a hotel room. And from the looks of it, decent hotels are charging $100 USD upwards per night. There are even motels that don't even give snacks or meals that are charging $60 + per night.

Yet I see articles on GirlsChase talking about pulling women back to hotels rooms for sex. That sounds like a lifestyle for a man earning 6 figures in order to do that consistently. That's a whole other subject I will leave alone for now. Anyway, comment below, how much do you spend on average per date? If you go on 12, 52, 100 dates per year, how much money does each date average out?

P.s. I am not trying to be an overly analytical guy about this. I'm trying to figure out if my spending habits on dates align with others' experiences. So do my spending figures sound normal or out of the ordinary? Honestly, if I had the money like that to ball out, I would not have even made this post. I'm seeking clarity on the cost of dating in 2022.

Thanks
Troy
 
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the right date makes getting her back home a piece of cake

Troy

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Have you thought about daygame?
Good point. I have and I changed the title of this post a little bit. I think a more broad post is better for guys who want to:

- Hook up with new women consistently
- Get a girlfriend and keep an active social life
- Everything else in between

Daygame is good to do. And there is still a cost to it. How much do you spend on average for daygame @climbingup

This to me means, if I get dressed one day with the sole intention to daygame girls, if I have to stop somewhere and buy food, call a taxi, e.t.c. all that factors into the cost of the daygame experience.

Troy
 

Don Giovanni

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Sorry, but I spend on average 5 - 7 per night + a pack of cigarettes a week. That means 2 - 3 drinks a night, bars/ clubs without entry fee and metro to get there and back, 4 times a week. This means roughly 30 a week and 120 a month. I look at it like paying monthly fee if I trained some sport or learned an istrument.

The alcohol you have at home is ment to be an excuse for the pull, not for you to drink it, so it should last a while.

I know a couple people that do like to spend 100 per night and can spend in those numbers you listed, but those are exceptions. Pretty stupid if you ask me.

Daygame is free and street night game is free too.
 

climbingup

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Good point. I have and I changed the title of this post a little bit. I think a more broad post is better for guys who want to:

- Hook up with new women consistently
- Get a girlfriend and keep an active social life
- Everything else in between

Daygame is good to do. And there is still a cost to it. How much do you spend on average for daygame @climbingup

This to me means, if I get dressed one day with the sole intention to daygame girls, if I have to stop somewhere and buy food, call a taxi, e.t.c. all that factors into the cost of the daygame experience.

Troy

Like less than €5 a day. Just go to a few grocery stores a day and talk to the women in them.

If you live far from where women are and malls are, then yeah you'll have to pay for a taxi.
 

Troy

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I looked through a few of the articles on GirlsChase related to good dating spots. Articles:


I am going to compare a few current costs to the ideas GirlsChase has:

Beach Trips

The last time I went to the beach was in December and I spent $12 (but I was being a cheap stake about it hence why the cost is so low). To make a fair illustration, I just called my local taxi company to find out how much it would cost to take me from the main city to the closest free beach.

Taxi $20 to and $20 from the beach
2 Fish and side dishes $12 (me and the girl)

Total = $52

Ok, so a free beach and the cost is already $52. I also picked the cheapest fish on the menu. If I were to take a woman on a beach date, I would be holding my breath hoping she does not order Lobster or any of the more expensive fish. That would run the cost between $20 - $30 for the seafood meal. That would easily make a date trip to a free beach easily cost $70.

Hmmm, so what if I decided to take 4 to 8 women out on dates per month to the free beach. Does that mean my dating budget needs to be $208 to 560 USD per month? ( I'm asking the question to myself because I am shocked ). Sounds ridiculously high to me. Some beaches in my country even cost money. And that's a whole other ballpark I won't even get to right now.

Road Trip/Camping

According to the article by Tony Depp, it's a good date idea to take girls on camp trips if the connection is great. Personally, I would only do this for a girlfriend, not some random 1st date. I selected the cheapest camping area in my city. It is about 30 miles into the countryside.

Transport $20 to and from
Cabin $55 per night (single bed and simple kitchen. Other cabins cost more too and I am picking the cheapest here)

Total = $75

And the food is not included. So I am being conversation here. Let's say I go grocery shopping before the camp trip and pick up some cheap food items, the cost will be at least $20. So $95 for a one-day camping trip up to around $190 for 2 days. Seriously? Look how much money I have to shell out already just to date.

Walking/Park Dates

This is my favorite. I have taken a good number of women on park dates for a walk and the most I ended up spending money on is Ice Cream.

Transportation (myself) $4
Ice cream (me and the girl) $10

Total = $14

Ok not bad. This could work well for first dates. I would do well with a girlfriend situation now since I am so busy. And this is where things get complicated. I know Chase said to not get in a relationship and get caught up in expensive dinners, events, e.t.c... I get it. However, I don't think it's possible to keep a woman in a 1 year, 2-year relationship and just take her for park dates. I'm going to need variety every now and again.

Grocery/Mall Shopping

This would be affordable as well. My city is relatively large. However isn't it quite intrusive to walk into the same stores day in and day out and not buy anything, yet be approaching customers? I can imagine a guy getting away with this if he lives in Miami or some other extremely large city. There are lots of locations to choose from yeah. Anyhow, the cost would be $10 at max here for transport and cheap food.

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Ok, I could go on and on. Out of my 4 examples, the average cost is $37.75

How does my example compare to your guys dating experience?

Edit: The best person to ask is @Chase ballpark how much do you spend on average per date? I'm curious to know. Could you share a post for different dating spots about how much you paid? In a few articles, you talked about bar or club hopping. And I know some clubs charge an entry fee. I'm attempting to budget out my life so I can take a similarly aggressive approach to date without going broke.

Because it's either me who is unintentionally inflating the cost of dating... or something has drastically changed in the prices from a decade ago when you wrote some of these articles. Dating is costing me a pretty penny out here and it ain't fun.
 
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