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The Pay-Per-Meet Debate: Trial Contract or 'Gig' Dating?
Would you pay a cash deposit just to guarantee your date shows up? 💸 Modern romance is changing fast, and new platforms are introducing micro-deposits, attendance fees, and escrow-style holds ranging from $15 to $100+ to combat ghosting and dating app fatigue.
In this episode, we unpack the entire trend:
Pragmatic Trial Contract? Is charging an upfront fee a smart efficiency filter that respects your schedule and slashes no-shows by 70%?
Gig-ification of Intimacy? Or does putting a price tag on a coffee meeting turn romance into transactional gig work and create awkward power dynamics?
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