Or whatever they teach at India's got latent

Business Analyst

Nobody's getting laid on first date anyways.

Software Engineer

Yea and who should pay for pregnancy related expenses?..... obviously whosoever is pregnant? 
  
 If you want men to pay for your date, say so. 
 No point in making circumstances which are gender unequal, sound as a 50:50 to work in a particular gender's favour.

Bhai? 😅😅 
 Har jagah Feminism ki ladai nahi chahiye

Consultant

Har jagah nhi? :( 
 That's selective feminism 😅

Product Management

Analyst

Security Engineer

I always pay on the first date, and then say "next time, it shall be yours". Working so far and got 2-3 dates with everyone who went with me on the first date.

It's instant feedback. If the girl/guy still insists on paying half, tumhara Poora kat gaya

Software Developer

Product Manager

I never understood why people think date is a one sided thing. You shouldn't go on a date where someone just asked you and you don't feel like it. If you feel like it, you should be an equal contributor. 
  
 Otherwise you are just adding one more name to the list of girls who go on dates only for free food.

Senior Software Engineer

Why not just pay your own expenses? First date shouldn't feel like an investment to get returns later, more like just to know about the other person maybe?

... whoever's idea it was to go on the date

Who pays on the first date?

Who pays on the first date?- Grapevine

Dating in this economy is expensive.They pick fancy spots,then when the bill comes, these(independent)folks don’t even fake the wallet reach

Welcome to Ask Grapeviners's Private Community

Is this true?

Software Test - QA

[Valentine's] Things not to say on first date

https://x.com/deepikabhardwaj/status/1798720683364819455 (Dating scam)

I did think dating is a scam on some level but this case does reveals bad actors on female side as well. Pretty sure it happens outside India as well and tbh, such case might be less highlighted than a case with male as the bad actor.

Why should boys have all the fun?

Source https://twitter.com/championswimmer/status/1769029504775991405?t=y1zcf9roVA_6CAkCz8hvAw&s=19

E-lafda! Men paying on first date furthers gender pay gap

Such a dull Saturday!
Please share something interesting

What's the latest gossip? What's new f* up you did?

[Valentine’s] Out of the box dates you have been on

First Date Idea

Grapeviners, can you, with all honesty convince a non-believer like me into getting married and having children. If you do, my parents will send a million blessings your way. 

About me: 
- Female, 28
- mostly introverted, very selectively extroverted
- single and normally attractive
- Jinxed when it comes to relationships
- Financially independent, Net worth: 1 cr
- not bragging, but I'm decently intellectual and I can have smart conversations

My reason to resist marriage is: I'm scared it won't work out and will cause bigger problems than being single. Have seen too many unhappy marriages in family and friends. Dating scenes in recent times have only made things even more unimpressive.

Convince me to get married

After a few failed relationships, I had an arranged marriage (at that time, it was just to fulfill what my parents wanted). She was a very conventional girl,, never had any relationship before. I was scared going into the marriage too. 
  
 5 years later, she is the best thing that has happened to me. She helped me explore things I never would have. She gave my life a different perspective. 
  
 I'm not saying just because it happened to me, it could happen to you too. I'm saying unless you take the leap you'll never know what you're missing out on.

Founder

Last year, I was grinding away at the client's office. They're like the big shots in the textile game. Fast forward to a Saturday night, 8:30 PM, and we're finally wrapping up our work.

My girlfriend flew from Delhi and we decide to hit up this ultra-luxurious restaurant for dinner. We go all out, order everything that catches our eye, and to top it off, we decide to cap the night with this mind-blowing dessert that sets us back a solid 25,000.

When the bill arrives,I pay and then I shoot a reimbursement request to the client; stating to have a dinner with one of their major vendors, thinking it's all in good fun, right?

Well, guess what? Next day the client comes back and I receive a mail stating my reimbursement is approved! I'm sitting there, staring at my phone, thinking, Did I just stumble onto some secret business dinner expense loophole?

Reimbursed 25,000 Dinner with girlfriend by EY client ✨

Seems like a fake story. And if True, speaks a great deal about the integrity of the folks EY employs. Good luck not getting caught

Management Consultant

Listing down couple of them which I have explored so far:
1. Drinks + Golf
2. Drinks + Dancing

Looking for great ideas. I have couple of them in mind:
1. Coffee + Stroll in Park
2. Badminton / Table Tennis?

What are some cool first date ideas?

What is the most embarrassing/weird thing you’ve done on a date?

Operations Analytics

Share your list. But Only unmarried women

We did a men survey with huge response rate
: https://grapevine.in/post/808462ef-8ae0-4269-aaa3-c683ba1194bb

Women your turn, what is that you seek in your to-be spouse?

I was in depression a few years ago due to unexpected events in my personal life ( I don't want to give too many details, but it is related to family. Nothing happened to me) I have fortunately come out of it, but I still take medication because I don't want to relapse. Not being condescending but I have a good profile, I have studied in top tier institutions (iisc) earning well (30lpa), not beautiful but I know how to groom myself. Every guy I meet be it through friends or parents is initially very interested in me, then I tell them about my diagnosis. They straight up ghost me. Most don't even ask questions to know more. 
 TLDR someone with an open mind and doesn't have a prejudice against mental illnesses.

Data Scientist

Welcome to Office Gossip's Private Community

Hey everyone,  

Hope you all have a Good Friday!
 
What this is: a place to hang around and chat just about anything - without having a specific topic to discuss.  

Think of it like the watercooler at your office.
 
Look forward to hearing from y'all :)

Daily Watercooler (16th June)

Hope you people had a fantastic weekend!

Dive into any good books? Or perhaps you found a new favorite spot in the city?

I'll go first: Got lucky on a dating app. Might go on a date in the coming days :)

What did you do this weekend?

Product Engineer

In Feb, me and my partner along with another acquaintance(From 2 years) opened a cafe in Bangalore. Everything was going good except for hiccups in-between, the usual conflicts and misunderstanding. Me and my partner really worked hard for the cafe, put our heart and soul into it. The GST is in the name of third person since he is already running a business on it and told us we can use it. We started inviting people to the cafe for tasting sessions and feedback. We were about to official launch until one day.. 

Since customers were coming in, we started charging minimal amount. The third person's acquaintances came in and I asked if they had paid infront of his other friends who wouldn't even have heard what I asked. He in return asked if my friend had paid for the coffee, I said yes. I am not sure what triggered his so much or if it was all planned from starting, the very next day afternoon he brought around 10-15 localities who were drunk. We three girls were sitting in the cafe and my partner and other guy friends were not present at the moment. Once my partner came in, He took out a file and said I went to the lawyer, police and minister and this is my cafe here after. You guys can go out. The file consisted of rental agreement which is in all of our names, food license, gst and all other bills in his name. He hit both of us there itself and started shouting.

Then after a big scene happened, the police came but that guy took police to the side and spoke something, not sure what that was about. He gave two cheques to both of us on the day itself. He just bought time and cleared one cheque, the other cheque he himself told the bank to bounce it. Not sure what he is plotting.

I just wanted to leave everything whatever happened and continue with life. But the emotional turmoil, the hitting, the post incident scenes everything is in my eyes still. And above all, the amount of work and passion we put into our project, everything was chosen and done by both of us.

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