Who should pay?

[TracyF]

When you go out, who's paying?

The man

The woman

Both

[RebelinSteel]

It’s not a binary choice, it’s often a discussion or simply the person who suggests a place to go covers the largest percentage. Then there is also the ability of either person to pay, while at university, the girl I was in a relationship was working and making considerably more money than me as a student lol, so she was happy to pay 90% of the time.
Then after university and I’m working, I tend to pay when I choose a more upmarket eatery, the reasoning behind that is if she’s a university, in a lower paid job, taking £100 out of her available free cash for the month would hurt her more than me. I refuse to eat in cheap places serving average food just because we need to half the bill. I choose I pay, although they tend to cover drinks or taxi fair etc.

[AviatorTom]

The general rule is that the "host" pays. That is, whoever invited the other should pay.

Having said that, whenever my wife and I go out, I pay, though she arranges it almost all the time.

[Aubrey97]

I'm likely done with first dates but I'd always insist on splitting until we were exclusive, then we can just take turns or something, still splitting in a way I guess but dealing with the "I paid, so you owe me something" once was definitely enough to end that for all time.

[paledreams]

How about never-ending splitting? Lol 😆 hopefully not resulting in a split, 🥁 drum beat? 🪘

[Nikki1989]

Depends on the situation. At bars, we take turns buying rounds. If we are eating out, my husband pays for all meals.

[LiamJHayden]

If I ask, I am prepared to pay. Why? I am asking and choosing the location. I generally do not know her budget, especially earlier on (first two meetups are coffee or other simple thing to weed out the food wh*res) and for all I know the places I prefer might trash her budget for the next month.

[sirderpsalot123]

In the early stages men should pay, but as things get more serious and develop it’s pretty fair to start going 50/50 on those things. Men shouldn't be expected to pay for the entirety of a relationship unless they want to do so. Which I prefer doing but will let her pay for herself when she insists. I never let her pay for me tho

[OfMiceandMen]

I prefer the restaurant, as long as she's game we claim the food was awful and ask for it to be sent back once we've picked it over sufficiently, but of course tip the waiter/waitress well if they are pleasant.😜

[exitseven]

The person that extends the invitation unless there is a previous agreement.
I had a long distance relationship and the deal we had was if one of us spent all that money on air fare once they got there they did not have to pay for anything.

[Billlewis]

I'm a firm believer that the guy should always pay. I also like to pay for her dates with other guys whenever possible.

[paledreams]

Both should pay - lol lady you pay for your own meal and I'll pay mine lol - I paid for my own condoms and or lube lol 😂😆

[1073sucks]

Whose ever idea was to go out.

[Ms_Facesitter]

Both. Just makes things easier.

[paledreams]

100 💯 percent

[butterfly_nake87]

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