After a 6 month hiatus from OLD, I recently returned to find the bar is well and truly ON THE FLOOR. There seems to be a lot of cost minimisation strategies employed by men of OLD - so good in fact, I’m surprised Bain and McKinsey haven’t come knocking at their door.

7 out of 10 DaTes I’m being asked on are WALKING DATES. Please can someone enlighten me as to what is a WALKING DATE?!! I enjoy keeping fit and go to gym 3x a week and walk my dog daily but what is a walk (as the main and only activity) in the context of a first date - are we walking to a bar or restaurant or just walking around aimlessly?! In my city, COVID restrictions have long eased and most venues have reopened and returned to pre-COVID capacity.

I find these offers cheap, low-value and do not show respect for my time nor a serious intention for a relationship which is what I’m looking for. I’m not a show pony to take for a walk around the paddock for the man to decide if I’m hot enough for a real date and investment.

In almost all cases I say no flat out with the exception of a few instances where I have (regrettably) suggested a more appropriate date only to find the men exhibit traits of stinginess on the date such as not allowing me to order food (I.e they already ate before date etc.) So going forward I will just cut my losses at the first suggestion of a “walk date”.

Would be interested to hear if others are also experiencing this strange phenomenon on OLD...

ONE MORE THING To add insult to injury, most of the time the guys expect you to go to them for the “walk”. I would love to know which girls are accepting these “dates” as it’s enabling this LVM behaviour prevalent in OLD today.