The Filet Of The Land

I'm a 36-year-old single man. I see buying a woman dinner as a nice part of courting. Lately, however, women keep pretending to be interested in me only to vanish after I've taken them out for an expensive dinner. How can I avoid women who just want to use me as a meal ticket?

--Duped

A first date should be an opportunity to get acquainted -- with you, that is, not wine from Napoleon's private stock and steak from a cow that attended French boarding school.

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