Questions: Relationships

There’s a couple that I know that are together for over 3 years now and right from day 1 the guy insists that they spit the bill 50/50…. they’re in a committed relationship way past the casual dating phase.
For the guy to want to split bills is it because he doesn’t trust his partner or is it because he’s inexperienced?
(this is his very first serious girlfriend that he’s ever had and he lives on his own).

Or is it because these days both people chip in their half because the cost of living has gotten expensive?

👉No details. Just curiosity👈

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I met my boyfriend online in November, and we plan to meet in person for the first time in May. Since he lives in another country, he invited me to visit him, but he asked me to split the cost of my ticket in our FIRST TIME MEET.

What bothers me is that, in the past, he traveled back and forth to the Philippines to visit his ex-wife and even paid for long hotel stays with his other exes. He paid everything without them contributing! He often tells me he values me more than his past partners and sees me as his future wife. However, when I questioned why he treated his exes differently, he said it was because they were poor, while I earn a better income. I explained that I have major expenses, including living alone in another country and supporting family in my home country, but he insisted that since I’m in a better financial position, I should contribute.

It’s not that I refuse to split the cost, but I can’t shake this uneasy feeling about why he’s treating me differently. Am I overreacting, or is my concern valid?

Please advise what should I do? And, vote below!