the professional fiancee

Suddenly I got reminded of an article I read in a magazine in Jakarta. Was waiting for mom to pick me up, and there was nothing else to do to pass the time. The article was designed to give tips about metropolitan dating, though I think that term is very dodgy. The reporter interviewed a guy who had been given the nickname "Mr. P.F.", where P.F. stands for Professional Fiancee, since he had been engaged three times, and all 3 failed. Parts of the interview was something like this:

R: What do you think about giving gifts like CD, say, your own compilation of songs?
PF: No. Do you realise that it's against copyright to make your own compilation CD? If you want to give CD, find a 2nd hand CD, it's cheaper. And find something easy to listen to, like jazz compilation or such, so it'd be up to her how she wants to interpret the CD. Let her interpret the CD as she wishes, and play along with it.
R: How about going out to dinner?
PF: Offer her to go to dinner, but let her pick the place. This way she'd feel obliged to pay half the bill.
R: How about jewelry, like rings?
PF: If you're going to give rings, find one with a model that's good enough to withstand the trend and will never be outdated. So if things fall apart and she returns the ring to you, you can use it for the next girl.

..............my opinion is...... there's calculating, and then there's shamelessness.

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