"I'm still at previous consumption levels on that."
Not to worry Dennis, I would think the TP issue applies more to MtF then FtM. Its kind of a hygenic matter, though you find a lot more uses for tissue also. Items I find I can't get along without anymore and definately need tons more of then previously are Qtips. There was a time a box of them would last me seemingly forever and I'm always replaceing them now.
It's really frustrating about the cost difference. I still wear men's jeans over that. Anything sold in womens departments seems to cost more even if it functionally looks the same and is of the same material. Anyway, I like the standard button down fly 501's. They have a perfect fit on me. Dry cleaning costs are much more also, though I only know that from our own bills in the past, my woman and I. I could have a suit cleaned and pressed for nearly the same as one of her blouses. A lot of this is simple rip off, though in things like hairdressers, a lot of it probably has something to do with women being much more particular and harder to please and easier to piss off.
Paying for dates? Well, yes, it is a kind of traditionally expected thing and in the male world, dutch is a much less common thing, more like taking pride in "providing". Unless you have some kind of understanding about this with the women you go out with, it will probably just be taken for granted.
Cheaper to be a guy? Yes and no. It can be, as you can get by on so little in compairison, but then it's the dates and care of S/O's that can kill you, and some of the extra curricular activities can get a little expensive also.
Terri
