Not sure if this is worthy of a new thread but anyways.....
.....so i have been reading through all these threads/taking dating advice from you lovely ladies because i'm back on the dating scene and think i've met someone really nice.
He told me a week ago that for our 2nd date he was going to take me to the theatre, dinner and then stand-up comedy show. He wants to make a whole day of it.
We are going tomorrow and he called me this evening to say that the show we had discussed is sold out. I told him i thought he had booked the tickets ages ago. He was very apologetic and said that he had made reservations for dinner and booked the comedy club tickets but hadn't gotten round to the theatre tickets.
We both logged on looking for available shows whilst we were on the phone but everything we fancied seeing was sold out (it's vday weekend as as well as the school holidays here in the UK).
He then told me not to worry and that he would think of something. I made it clear that i wanted to go to the theatre as that was what i had planned for in my head and now everything is up in the air. I am the sort of person that needs to know what i'm doing before i do it, especially for a date. I made it clear that i wasn't going to wander the streets of Central London 'looking for something to do until dinner time'.
Side note: The old me would have said, 'ah never mind, we'll just meet up and find something to do'.
Poor man said he would ensure we have a great day and that he had been working until 11pm all week (this was true as he had called me from his office number most nights this week) and wrongly presumed that theatre tickets would still be available this evening to book.
He then suggests Paintballing. We had previously discussed that we'd like to do this oneday. I said a clear, 'no way. I had planned to get dressed up for the theatre 
.
At this point i am feeling like a spoilt brat and was feeling like i was pressuring him.
He then suggests Shrek The Musical. I had heard good report and read the reviews and agreed. We are both still online whilst on the phone and i think we see the price of the tickets at the same time as there is a bit of silence.....£82 per ticket
.
Now, the old me would have broken the silence and said that that was too much money and that he shouldn't book it blah blah blah...infact i would have offered to pay half.
Instead i said, 'are you going to book them?'
He said, 'it's £82 each'.
I agree with him and say, 'so you don't like Shrek anymore?'
He says, 'Nah, i'm booking it now. I want us to have a really good time i just think the prices have gone up because it's vday weekend.'
I say, 'yeah you're probably right'.
I tell you i found that really hard. I know the old me would have talked him out of booking the tickets or something but i stuck with the 'rules' and kept in my mind that i am absolutely worth spending £164 on tickets on (plus £30 for the comedy club plus dinner
).
Yeah, i know i'm not sat in those comfy theatre seats just yet but at least i did not devalue myself and I made him realise that i don't come cheap
.
.....so i have been reading through all these threads/taking dating advice from you lovely ladies because i'm back on the dating scene and think i've met someone really nice.
He told me a week ago that for our 2nd date he was going to take me to the theatre, dinner and then stand-up comedy show. He wants to make a whole day of it.
We are going tomorrow and he called me this evening to say that the show we had discussed is sold out. I told him i thought he had booked the tickets ages ago. He was very apologetic and said that he had made reservations for dinner and booked the comedy club tickets but hadn't gotten round to the theatre tickets.
We both logged on looking for available shows whilst we were on the phone but everything we fancied seeing was sold out (it's vday weekend as as well as the school holidays here in the UK).
He then told me not to worry and that he would think of something. I made it clear that i wanted to go to the theatre as that was what i had planned for in my head and now everything is up in the air. I am the sort of person that needs to know what i'm doing before i do it, especially for a date. I made it clear that i wasn't going to wander the streets of Central London 'looking for something to do until dinner time'.
Side note: The old me would have said, 'ah never mind, we'll just meet up and find something to do'.
Poor man said he would ensure we have a great day and that he had been working until 11pm all week (this was true as he had called me from his office number most nights this week) and wrongly presumed that theatre tickets would still be available this evening to book.
He then suggests Paintballing
. We had previously discussed that we'd like to do this oneday. I said a clear, 'no way. I had planned to get dressed up for the theatre .At this point i am feeling like a spoilt brat and was feeling like i was pressuring him.
He then suggests Shrek The Musical. I had heard good report and read the reviews and agreed. We are both still online whilst on the phone and i think we see the price of the tickets at the same time as there is a bit of silence.....£82 per ticket
.Now, the old me would have broken the silence and said that that was too much money and that he shouldn't book it blah blah blah...infact i would have offered to pay half.
Instead i said, 'are you going to book them?'
He said, 'it's £82 each'.
I agree with him and say, 'so you don't like Shrek anymore?'
He says, 'Nah, i'm booking it now. I want us to have a really good time i just think the prices have gone up because it's vday weekend.'
I say, 'yeah you're probably right'.
I tell you i found that really hard. I know the old me would have talked him out of booking the tickets or something but i stuck with the 'rules' and kept in my mind that i am absolutely worth spending £164 on tickets on (plus £30 for the comedy club plus dinner
).Yeah, i know i'm not sat in those comfy theatre seats just yet but at least i did not devalue myself and I made him realise that i don't come cheap
.
at so you don't like Shrek anymore?'
I got the meaning completely wrong. 
