Dater wants more effort than a dive bar

DEAR HARRIETTE: A man asked me on a first date to a dive bar. I said no because I already felt like he was trying to see how little effort he could put into planning where we would go. I’m not saying he needed to spend a ton of money on me – especially for a first date – but his idea just felt flat-out lazy. In the past, I’ve been in relationships where my boyfriend would see how...

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