show off by taking her and her family, mom especially, to the store. maybe a day trip to Santo Domingo. let them buy whatever mom likes or needs. five gallons of cooking oil, 50 lbs of rice, a small TV for the back bedroom. now you have made an impression for the good, unless she's got many other "boyfriends" that already take her out to McDonalds....when you date a dominican girl and you squander money on a fancy restaurant you don't look good.......take it from experience so that you don't have to hear it later...because, i went, i tried, i learned, "he spent $$$$$ on a dinner, what a fool, we could have had a new mattress, roof, 50 lbs of rice!!!" not trying to be cruel, i'm just sharing my history. and present life. i don't go out to fancy restaurants in SD when many in my wife's large family could use new sneakers for a little boy. and, the family is huge, to make an impression buy sneakers for a nephew. stay home with mom and dad, pay for "needs", you will be a hero.............