Voulez Vous Diner Avec Moi?

Good dining companion is the rarest sub-specie of friends. It is easier to find horrible dining partners: those who will not eat over 90% of the items of any menu, criticized the other's orders, have only complaints about the food and other matters through out, and pay for only and exactly what they have consumed without any tips or tax. It is worse than finding a mate; at least that has the sex drive going for it. And if you do not want to have sex with anyone, usually you just not have sex with that person; there is no social obligation in the exchange of bodily fluids. Unfortunately there are plenty of people we are socially obligated to dine with: relatives, friends, acquaintances, business associates, lovers, enemies, etc. If we say we do not want to dine with someone, it is considered to be a great insult without any possible justification. I have friends and family who I do not want to dine with, not because I love them any less that others but they are just horrible dining partners. I enjoy talking to them, drinking with them, driving around with them, partying with them, and may even have sex with them, but eating with them is just something else. I do not really understand why people pay for sex but I would certainly pay for the right dining companion.