I live in Colombia and something that's super common here is double dates, which are fun but mostly fruitless.

You ask a girl out on date and she will bring an amiga, so you are expected to bring an amigo. They will usually tell you they are coming with wingwoman and ask you to bring a buddy in a cute way.

But the logistics are fucked, I've had a couple of times that I was out on these double dates and could have pulled the girl I invited but she didn't want to separate from her amiga. I've also had a couple times that my buddies invited me on double dates and I had zero chemistry with the wingwoman.

The girls expect you to pay for their taxi cabs, their drinks and the shitty food they want to eat when they are drunk. Most of the time at the end of the night I really just feel like I'm just paying for the two amigas to go on a date with each other...

I've tried a couple things like cold approaching other girls while on the double date and merging sets; which spices things up some but I'm coming to the conclusion that these double dates are just a waste of time and money.

Any good suggestions on how to prevent and/or turn these double dates into a 1-on-1 Day Two?