I think some of you are missing a very vital point - the girls perspective.
loveshogun, Iceberg, Kailex and others are all on the same page of.. if a girl thinks your cheap in anyway for taking HER out, you need to get rid of her, I think its WAY to premature for you to make that assumption, and here it why.
Girls have girl talk atleast 12 times a day on average(i soo made this up), if she tells her girls she went on a "date" and you took her to eat at dennys/subway/etc. DO BELIEVE you will be the talk of the week, of how cheap you are, and she will be advised to NOT see you again from her girlfriends, women ALWAYS want the best for themselves, they have guys wanting to take them out left and right, so how else are they going to weed through the losers? For some this is their way of doing that, it doesn't make them "gold diggers" necessarily
matter fact most of my girl friends who are extremely hot and some of the coolest down to earth girls i know, would not be caught dead on a date with a guy at subway or dennys, ONLY because thats the first impression, if they already went out, she wouldnt have a problem at all going to subway or dennys.
IMPRESSIONS COUNT remember that.
SOLUTION:
What can we do as guys?
One way is to frame it as a casual meetup maybe at a mall or something for you look at some outfits, you can even get her advise on what looks good on you, then you can swing by and get some ice cream.. have some really awesome conversations.. do some silly stuff like put funny glasses or hats on her, you know really hit it off.
NOW you are the talk of the girl chat as the really awesome guy shes interested in AND you even paid for her ice cream, even if it was only like 4 bucks. Was it a date? Who knows.. Who cares.. It Doesn't matter. What matters is, she is now thinking about you.
You as a guy have the power to control the situation in a way thats presented in YOUR favor, but you have to know HOW a girl thinks.
P.S. who ever stated a walk in the park and icecream doesn't move towards building or expressing sexual interest in a woman, you dont express sexual interest until she is ready, she wont be ready without rapprt and comfort, so you build that first. unless shes puts out like a porn star...
i didnt know i have to bring girls to specific places to express that i want to bang them....