Your guy friend sounds like a control freak from the 1950s. Your date sounds like he was just being polite by asking you. If I ask a girl what she wants to eat, and she doesn't know, THEN I am decisive and I tell her where we are going.
This isn't the 1950s, dating isn't about the man being in control of everything. Some men are really bad at managing money and need a good woman to take over. I think relationships are slowly becoming more like partnerships, or teams, where people are more equal.
I have a long time interest in psychology, specializing in relationship dynamics for 30 years.
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