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Women Buying Men Drinks: A Hard No from Paige
At 20:25 · chapter starts 19:55
Paige saw a clip from the 'We Met at Acme' podcast in which a male guest told women they should go up to men at bars and buy them a drink. Her response was immediate and categorical: no. Her logic is multi-layered — her makeup costs more than the drink, her outfit costs more than the drink, and the issue isn't the money but the gesture itself. 'If I needed someone to buy me a drink, I wouldn't be standing in a bar,' she says. [1] — Paige DeSorbo "My makeup costs more than this drink. My outfit costs more than this drink. Like, I don't need you to buy the drink. It's not about the mon…" 20:25 Hannah builds on it: every time a woman approaches a man, there's a real safety calculation involved, so why would she also pay for the privilege?
A podcast guest told women to approach men at bars and buy them drinks. Paige's verdict: absolutely not. Her makeup and outfit already cost more than the drink — it's not about the money, it's about the gesture.
