None of this is a "one-size-fits-all" description of how life and the mongering life works. It's a snapshot of how it works here. Were you to be in other locales and cultures free time would absolutely be in play, social dates would be in play, and vacations would be in play. I have taken many women on vacations and have never paid a dime other than the cost of the vacation itself and any expenses along the way. People in other markets are more aggressively seeking husbands or the opportunity to travel which are not easily available to them and which we take for granted here. They are more inclined to spend time with people just because they like them. I think LC's approach is the way that everyone should understand and expect the system to work here as a baseline, because here it is purely and simply a job. It's also important to recognize that not all mongering cultures are created equal, that not all national cultures are created equal either, and that a measure of people working here come from other locales and have different expectations, that exceptions happen, even here, and that anywhere else any Canadian/US perceptions you have of how the mongering world works should be thrown out the window. In other words, anything can happen, anywhere, and nothing should be discounted, but some things are more likely to happen in some places than in others, and if you're dealing with people from here you should generally expect as a rule to simply pay as you go and not overthink it.
