Guys (or girls): Why would  we need to "talk about" going dutch  (please read all details below)?
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My boyfriend thinks he has to pay for everything too! He will throw my money on the floor in shops so I can't pay. It annoys me too so I let him get on with it. I do other things like buy him clothes when I'm out shopping and try to even it out a bit that way.
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I guess it really depends on the nature of the relationship and the personalities of the individuals.  For the most part I would say that the guy should assume the role of paying for the dates.  However some more independent women or those in a more friend-like relationship might feel more comfortable going dutch.\n\nJust don't ever assume or expect the girl to pay unless it was already agreed upon.  Always at least offer or be willing to pay the bill.
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Because they are of Germanic descent. Dutch = Deutsch. \n\nPeter Brooke, Kinmuck Scotland\nI'd always thought it was a corruption of Deutsch, similar to the phrase 'Pennsylvania Dutch', who hail from Germany rather than the Netherlands. \n\nRonald T Elsworth, Chicago USA\n"There are the Potsdam Dutch, the Rotterdam Dutch, and the goddam Dutch". I can't remember the exact origin of this quote, except that it was from an English source at the time of our rivalry in the seventeenth century. At that time, dialects of "Deutsch" were both more distinctive and more widely used than today, and Englishmen considered Holland to be one of many German countries. After centuries of separate political and cultural development, Dutchmen have told me that they find the term offensive. Sadly, it remains the only word our language has for a "Hollander". \n\nBill Irving, Clacton UK\nSpecifically, the Netherlanders were the "Low Dutch". People from German speaking countries were the "High Dutch". Nowadays Germans can speak either Hochdeutsch (official German)or Platdeutsch, but how similar the latter is to the language of Amsterdam, I don't know. \n\nChristopher Young, Sheffield England\nThe term 'Hollander' isn't even really accurate, as technically it only refers to someone from the two western provinces of North and South Holland (including Amsterdam, The Hague and Rotterdam). People from the north, east and south of the country can get quite offended if you refer to them as 'Hollands' rather than 'Nederlands'! \n\nJames Geldart, London UK\nWhen I stayed with a Dutch family about twenty years ago, I happened to mention the word 'Dutch' in conversation, whereupon the father of the family got quite upset, thinking I was accusing him of being German. He was obviously no fan of the Germans as a result of his war experiences, and insisted that he was 'Hollands'. Incidentally, I've always been puzzled by the fact that some French people call Holland 'L'Holland', which is pronounced (more or less) 'Lowland'. Is this coincidence? \n\nChris Colley, Cambridge UK\n`Dutch 'is ultimately derived from an Indo-european root meaning 'people'. The reflex of the same root may be seen in the Welsh word 'tud' (people) which is to be found in the personal name Tudur (English Tudor )which is derived from an earlier form which meant 'king of the people'. The root is also to be found in the personal name Tudno (one familiar with / known by his people) which one can see in the seaside town of Llandudno (Dudno\nGuto Rhys, Madrid, Spain\nSeeing as the Dutch refer to themselves as "nederlanders", there's no reason why the English can't use the equivalent 'netherlanders', in the same vein as 'greenlanders' or indeed 'new zealanders', but that's a different question. \n\nAndy, den haag nederland\nDutch is derived from the earlier common language spoken in the Low Countries called "Diets". \n\nFrank Landsman, Bandung, Indonesia
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no cause the dutch are mostly agnostic.....
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It just might be your needs to keep up a conversation might become your downfall.  Too much waw-waw and not enough get-it behavior will cost you your girl or 'gurl' as the less smart pleases in saying.  It takes an intelligent mix and most wise is to be honest.  But you know what, this is the week-end and most who are visiting Answers with questions during week-ends do not give a rat's rectum for advice nor sensible answers.  Therefore, just do what you do best, run your motor mouth blah-blah-blah, it isn't about points, I think I gotta puke.
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My son was born in Poland. His mother is polish, I'm Dutch. The time his mother and I were married we raised him bilingual. He know speaks both languages fluently, so he can understand both sides of the family. I think it's important to keep connected with your roots this way (too)
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If that kind of man talks to me about his wife like that, I will tell him to tell directly to his wife in manageable ways. Sex might be important, not the important thing for building a marriage, but it's not good to let others beside our spouse knows the trouble of that, it's better if the couples set time together discuss.
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Dude,\n\nCun u inderstando me?  thun their is know problum with mispilling or flapping the slang down by the juju bi bop?  Dig!\nPhat, way phat.  Chicks, cool cats, and all you homie gangstas dig, like you know?\n\n\n.......see the problem ?  By using a narrowly accepted form of communication you are cutting off the rest of the world from understanding you.  Is this your goal?
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learn to speak dutch...
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"Go Dutch" means that each person pays for him/herself on a date instead of the traditional Guy pays on a date.
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Hi it's your lucky day. I'm willing to help you I speak Dutch, English and other. how can I be of help. Mail me.\nzapit333@yahoo.com
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I am Dutch. So far I know it's not possible to obtain a Dutch passport because of that reason. If you want to obtain one you have to do it another way. But a important thing to obtain one is that you actually have to live here in Holland. But even then It's very hard. Marry a Dutch guy here gives you a pretty good chance, but even that won't give you a guaranty. By the way....I am already married...and love my wife very much :)
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Everyone has their own comfort zone and "talking about it" feels so awkward so I guess I would wait and follow his lead.  The last thing you want to do is be too aggressive with a guy.  Then they freak because they want to be "in charge".
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Wanna learn another language?\nLike dutch?\n\nI bet you're going to learn english now.\n:-)
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It is a question of geography as much as anything else.  In general, the location of a particular population in relation to its foreign language speaking neighbors and the size of that population has moer to do with the tendency for a population than all other factors.\n\nFor example, one only has to look to the Benelux (Belgium Netherland and Luxembourg) as an example.  It is generally accepted in the Netherlands that an educated person will speak at least two and probably three languages: Dutch (nederlands), English and a third, usually French or German.\n\nWhen one looks at the population of the Netherlands (14 million?) and its location it is not surprising due to their dependence on foreign commerce to maintain their high standard of living.  \n\nHowever, large populations in Europe like Germany, Poland and France don't have the same high degree of foreign language emphasis although I would say that the educated French or German adult will speak at least one foreign language.\n\nOther small trading (and not always) populations in other parts of the world, (like Africa) speak several languages.\n\nIt is natural (or at least historical) that economically dominate countries that are also georgraphically rather removed will have a lower percentage of foreign language speakers (the US and Japan for example and Great Britain to a certain degree from the time of the Pax Britannica).  The bottom line is that large populations are often self sustaining to a large degree and many of their citizens do not travel on business and it is therefore perceived not to be necessary to devote educational reources and time to this pursuit.  This is changing however, with the President's (USA) new emphasis on foreign language education and its importance as a national security issue.\n\nHope this was helpful, though short and incomplete.
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Your day, his day\nYour interest\nWhen is the neext time y'all going to see one another. Okay if you guys can't think of things to talk about, where's the connection??\nJUST TALK...lollol lol lol
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terri, you need to learn to understand, he has written this question almost perfectly, just missed out a comma, but big deal!. The English probably "borrowed" the word Holland from one language, and Dutch from another, I'd like to know if I'm wrong though, good question, by the way.