They either don't drink or they make it a point not to drink on dates.
I believe the term is "tarelochnitsa", same as propaganda, perestroika, vodka, it's a Russian word meaning plate-*****.
Women are getting successful, they earn same as men. Here in comes more careful picking of mates. It don't mean that she wants you to buy her a dinner, instead it's more about what she don't wants, a bum that drinks. Price of the P just went up. In Russia this has been happening for the past 10 years, it finally hit the west.
Here comes new venue into play, not a bar where alcohol is served and people get drunk, but hookah, a place where you can do absolutely useless thing, but it's popular and high end. Other venues include sports, tennis for example, think a hot session, a shower, and a coffee date in one. Coffee seems to be the cheapest option.
Yea, but go get hammered, seems to be going out of normalcy of things to do on weekends.