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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Tue Jun 23, 2015, 02:44 PM Jun 2015

Derek Jeter Went Dutch On A Pizza Check With Hannah Davis In Italy

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/23/derek-jeter-hannah-davis_n_7646294.html

When Derek Jeter eats amongst company, he's probably used to being presented with the black bi-fold bearing the check. According to Forbes, Jeter's raked in approximately $400 million during his baseball career, the kind of wealth that tends to turn one into the breadwinner in any financial situation....

Jeter -- who made hundreds of millions playing for the Yankees -- and Davis -- who pulls in about $5 million a year modeling -- made out and ate pizza near the Spanish Steps in Rome. Then they asked to split the bill, each paying with their AmEx Black Cards (available to those who charge more than $250,000 per year!).

The news was met with male shock on Twitter, because of course it was. But was it really that messed up? On the one hand, like, bro, Jeets, my man: Be a gentleman, uphold our society's time-tested chivalrous values and put one card -- your card -- down. At the least, it saves the restaurant in receipt paper. Tree killers are bad.

But denying an independently wealthy woman the choice to pay for her own damn meal -- no matter how many zeros the guy on the other side of the table is worth -- doesn't feel right either. Urban philosopher 2 Chainz has spoken on this very topic before: "It's mine, I spend it."


How exactly does one go Dutch on a pizza date in Italy?
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Derek Jeter Went Dutch On A Pizza Check With Hannah Davis In Italy (Original Post) KamaAina Jun 2015 OP
I bet ya Hannah's Horse ate most of it... Ryano42 Jun 2015 #1
It's about the miles lame54 Jun 2015 #2
Isn't it patriarchial to expect a man to always pay? n/t Yavin4 Jun 2015 #3
If they've been dating for a year now NewJeffCT Jun 2015 #4

NewJeffCT

(56,829 posts)
4. If they've been dating for a year now
Tue Jun 23, 2015, 09:45 PM
Jun 2015

I'm sure they've already worked out how each of them pays for their trips to the restaurant and in other situations.

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