I’m serious.  Call me old fashioned or whatever.  In the new age of the “pick me” woman who’s willing to pay a man’s rent and leave the tip and wash her own car to prove that she’s worthy… be the opposite. Maybe I’m what’s wrong with women today.  Perhaps, I have been brainwashed by misogyny and patriarchy.  If you are not independently wealthy or are unemployed; you cannot afford to date.  How can you even find the time?  Where I’m from even when you don’t have a job you have a job… looking for a job.  My parents taught me this as a young woman.  I’m sure they impressed it upon my brother even harder because he's a man.  For the record, I don’t think broke women should date either.  It places you in a place of vulnerability where you do not belong.  FACT.