Let's face it...this line of work is all about fantasy. For the guys who have a wife or girlfriend at home, it's a fantasy world where you get to leave the troubles of real life behind. For that hour, or two, or what ever time frame you choose, you don't have anyone bitching at you about not taking out the garbage or raking the leaves or shovelling the snow or staring at another woman or getting the kids to soccer practice and the list could go on, and on, and on. For guys like me, (president of the computer club, av club, chess club, the geeks, dweebs and weirdos of the world) it's a fantasy world full of girls who are way out of my league. For my hour, or two or whatever time frame i choose i am in a world with a beautiful lady that i could never get otherwise. In order for me to be fully immersed in that fantasy it's better for me to get the business of money out of the way early....really early, like within the first 5 minutes. I've always done it with this in mind, i can't imagine what a mood breaker it would be if half way through the date we had to stop, suddenly snap back to reality and rummage around for the donation. This is just my personal view, the way i have chosen to handle the situation. Not everyone will agree with me and that's o.k.