Reference: Wallmart

You guys are snobs. In some regions of the country wallmarts are like bread and butter lol. Scary but true

Lookee heera, the Walmart is fine to buy stuff in and it's fine when you are looking around... But a date it is not... It's like going to a cheap Costco or the poor man's Target... I guess he coulda taken her to Big Lots...

I can think of myriads of sad love songs:

I found love on a 2-way Neiman Marcus, but lost it a lonely Walmart...

I left all my Exes in the Walmart in Texas...

I fought the security cop at the Walmart and the cop won... :rolleyes:

One of us - maybe me, maybe you - is misreading what CUGreekgirl originally said.

I got the impression he took her to a niceish restaurant for which he paid and at after the date they passed a Walmart and he was all "oh I gotta pop in here to check something out quickly - would you be ok with that?" and so they did and then he drove her on home afterwards.

But I get the impression you think Walmart WAS the date?

Or maybe it was - am I mixed up?

CUGreekgirl?

Clearing things up....
 

WalMart was NOT the date!

We went to the Olive Garden, which is considered a pretty nice date around here (yes I live in the country in South Georgia).

He collects DUB city car models and when we got back into my town, he wanted to check out the WalMart in my town to see if they had any of the models he didn't have yet. It wasn't like we just went to WalMart for the hell of it. WalMart is pretty much one of the only stores we have around here. I usually go at least three times a week to pick up stuff for projects I am doing or stuff I need and he knows that. I wish we had better stores around here, but we just don't.

TO reiterate: WALMART WAS NOT THE DATE, and when he asked if I wanted to stop by he knew I wouldn't mind.

I dont think stopping at Walmart is a bad thing. He just wanted to check if they had something and he knew she went there a lot. It wasnt part of the plan it seem like.

I dont see stopping at Walmart being a big deal, but I am from Ohio and we dont have all sorts of entertainment to do around here and people are raised diff ways. I wouldnt expect to go to some 200 dinner than go to a like 200 theater or something. Then again Im married and there isnt much to do here. Plus I enjoy the little things, like picnics lol....

Thanks for being so down to earth Shannan! I grew up in upstate NY where it is the same thing with not a whole lot to do. My ex-boyfriend grew up in Long Island then moved to Manhattan. He would always "make fun" of my family because they went to chain restaurants or to the mall all the time. It is a different lifestyle, definately, and people are happy so leave them be! Needless to say, my family is happy we are no longer together because they thought he came off as being snobby. I may live in the city and be exposed to great restaurants and "culture" but I won't forget where I came from. I like to splurge once in awhile but I think it is a waste of money to drop that much cash all the time on dinner or drinks. There are also girls out there though who unfortunately look for this in a date, and will only date someone if he spends lots of money on them all the time. In my eyes, my ex is getting his payback. I had dinner with him the other night and he said he is getting annoyed because (he's not an attorney yet, still in law school) all the girls he meets only see him for "his money" (which he is not even making yet duh!). He told me one girl ditched him because he wouldn't take her out for an expensive dinner on her birthday and looked down on him because he said he would MAKE her dinner and drinks.

Even taking into account that going to Wal Mart was not the main purpose of the date, and even taking into account my personal disapproval of chain restaurants -- is it ever a good thing when someone decides to basically run an errand while on a date? I can't imagine being on a first date with someone and saying, "Oh, I want to run to the store to look for something..."

The mama's cell phone thing is weird too. That's the kind of isht guys do when they're married or something.

If the guy doesn't respond to your e-mail, then definitely his loss. Why in the hell would he not give you his number? And I also don't understand why he would drive so much for a date only to take you to Olive Garden. Why?????? If I'm driving that much, I'm eating somewhere good. If he's a guy w/ simple tastes, fine. He could enjoy those simple tastes a little closer to home. No way in hell would I drive an hour to eat Olive Garden.
It's also tacky to run an errand on a first date. If it were your 3rd, ok. But not the first date. It takes the focus off of you and puts it on some lame collector cars that one can purchase at WalMart.
How on earth did you meet this guy? :confused:

Just a question to all people who have responded to this. WTH is wrong with Olive Garden? Why is everyone so "Olive Garden is a crappy place"? I love OG. I go there all the time. When the hubby asks where I want to go to a nice place I say OG. I hate stupid expensive places. Who wants to pay all that money for something to eat? Yeah it may be nice to go out to a fancy place sometimes, but come on. OG is just as good as Red Lobster, Applebees, ect.... Sorry to say but around here those places are HUGE places for dates. College kids and even people out of college either dont have that money to waste on some fancy place or dont want to. I know Id rather spend that extra 100 I saved and use it to get more flowers for my garden or something. OG is GREAT!!!! Its actually my fave Italian place to eat. I love their soup. I just wonder whats everyones dealw ith dogging OG? Man we arent all in NYC or CA and love to dish out 500 on a meal. Why does a date have to be about going to the most expensive place. Come on now.....

About Olive Garden... It's all about perspective. My boyfriend is from upstate New York, land of cheap and fantastic Italian restaurants all over the place. We went to Olive Garden once and he thought it was disgusting. Being from Des Moines I think it's okay but nothing special. It's just that since I currently live in a metro area of 3 million people (counting Boulder) there are at least 4 places I can think of that have prices similar to Olive Garden, are owned locally and serve far better quality food that I'd rather eat at. That's why I would rip on them. I'm beginning to understand that not everyone has options and if you're driving an hour to get there you're probably stuck with the chains.

I'm from a fairly small town, and NO. No OG for Munchkin. But, that could be because I lived in Italy for a while and don't like dumbed-down food made for Americans with immature palates. When the boy and I go out for a date, it's usually to a smallish local place in one of our hometowns or here in the city. We definitely eat for less than what one would pay for a dinner for two at OG.

I don't see where anyone says that it's necessary to go to fancy or expensive restaurants. Some of the best food I've ever had has come from tiny hole-in-the-wall places where you can get a meal for $5. Olive Garden is a chain -- it's boring and sterile, although I do like their breadsticks and salad. The atmosphere leaves a lot to be desired also -- most of them are large and they tend to attract people with kids, not my idea of a place for a date. I look at chain restaurants as lowest-common-denominator food -- it's designed to appeal to many people, so I tend to find it rather boring.

I prefer more out of the way restaurants, something small and locally owned with some character. It has nothing to do with being fancy or spending a lot of money. I'd rather go to a funky little Mediterranean place, or for Ethiopian or Thai food or to a quirky little Italian restaurant. If a guy suggests something like Olive Garden, to me that's saying he has no creativity and that's a bad thing.

um . . . des moines has a huge italian-american population, compared w/ its size, and i can come up w/ 8 restaurants off the top of my head that are similar in price, but dominate in quality . . . you can find them anywhere, if you want to do the research and are willing to try something new.

-RC
--olive garden plus walmart equals the kid from des moines thinks jah lazy

1) I'm in Denver now.
2) We moved out of West Des Moines when I was 13. I didn't get to pick a lot of restaurants as a kid.
3) The only thing I was trying to say was that relative to upstate New York.....

Sorry for the hijack.

Any updates? Did he ever call? Is this the same ex-druggie guy?