One date?
with gifts on their birthdays,
they want diamond rings that
That’ll be £80, cost thousands and dinners out
and trips away. It's nice to have
these things in a small quantity.
please.
But soon it becomes so regular
The women that want showered woman to go a walk with him
the woman would probably
scoff.
that it's no longer special when
your loved one comes home
with a bunch of flowers. The
The greed of today's society is thought and love that goes into
grotesque. Children as young
gifts isn't important if it hasn't
as 6 are now sitting inside
cost them half their wages at
playing on their tablets and
the end of the day. People are
consoles rather than being out selfish and greedy. It's not their
playing with their friends.
fault of course; it's the world we
As a child I experienced the joy live in.
of playing on my bike in the
In today’s generation I find
street with all the other kids
women want a lot more and
from the block. On sunny days expect a lot more than they
we played "tig" and went to the used to, and men know this. A
park with a ball. On the rainy
man with only two pennies in
days we entertained ourselves his pocket is never going to
inside with made up games and have the confidence to ask a
toys.
beautiful young woman out for
I want, I want, I want. When
does it stop?
Now, a child sits glued to the
TV from the second they arrive
home from school. They sit for
hours playing games and
browsing the internet on their
phones and iPads.
the fear of rejection due to
being poor.
In past generations young
couples were happy with taking
a walk together. But not now,
an average date consists of a
trip to the cinema, dinner out
With the increase in new
technology a child has more to then some drinks. Of course,
this type of date fizzles out in
want than ever before in the
the relationship. As it has to,
past. And that's exactly what
because it’s a ridiculous
happens. The kindle fire is no
longer good enough, they want amount of money to spend
the newest iPad. The Xbox 360 every date especially, if you
don’t have it. And of course, the
is nothing compared to the
woman doesn’t pay a penny. It
Xbox One. They want the
has to be a big, expensive
newest and the most
evening; filled with moments of
expensive. But when is it
the man emptying his wallet
enough?
and the woman lavishing in the
When is it enough for anyone?
free goods. If a man asked a
It’s not a nice image. A date
shouldn’t be rated on how much
money the man spends, rather
the quality of the time spent
together. Even if that time is
just walking around the block.
By Mahri Carmichael