One suggestion that may make financial sense, but that’ll probably make for a seriously uncomfortable conversation around the dinner table, will begin with you asking: “Hey dad, I was thinking of taking a life insurance policy on you. When do you think you’ll die?”
Also: How do you avoid getting ripped off if you’re the world’s worst, most timid, most undemanding haggler? People concerned (obsessed?) with saving money have issues, such as …
Besides the diamond industry, who says romance has to cost a bundle? A cheap date can be a great date.
Perhaps there is no such thing as a good cheap date. The website MyVeryWorstDate is fairly self-explanatory: Folks (pretty much all women) write in with anecdotes of dates who are crude, who are obnoxious, who suddenly lose their pants, who are under house arrest (with the leg monitoring device and all), who go shoplifting during the date—and who are often incredibly cheap.
IKEA is the best cheap date going. Strip clubs, out of the goodness of their hearts, are welcoming in horndogs on a budget by dropping cover charges and lowering drink prices.
