People can go on dates in the park, library, or a fast food restaurant.

I don't call these places cheap.

Before going on a date, you need to check the person's background and decide who this person is.

Fancy and expensive restaurants rarely work if you have never been to that restaurant. Living above your mean is stupid because you want to impress a date.

Suppose a master carpenter, doctor, lawyer, or business owner chooses to go to a fast-food restaurant. In that case, it's okay and doesn't make you a broke person. It's just a date.

My partner will never forget that I accepted his offer to go to his usual casual restaurant. He wasn't a broke person, but real. Three decades counting with the same person.

If you don't have a job, career, school, or training, don't date-- simple.