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However, I reject the idea that you have to shower women with money to get them to go out with you. Something like going out for coffee is low-key and harder to reject, whereas a show or dinner puts on a lot of pressure.Sure, no disagreement here. I'm not defending anyone who thinks gifts or display of wealth are appropriate or necessary to get a date, just stating the fact they often increase your chance with women (maybe men as well, I don't have experience with that).
The thing that strikes me when people talk about relationships, they often pretend materialistic motives are some imaginary and mostly bad thing. In the real world, wealth (self-sufficiency) is (and has always been) a pretty strong factor for desirability.
>> What's the deal with "popular" as an adjective, anyways? It seems like a habit of putting people into categories like a cliche high school movie.
By 'popular' I mean 'attractive' for whatever reason (intelligent, funny, good-looking, etc). Or in other words: not likely to be short on attention from potential dates. I don't think of it as a high school cliche.
