Who should pay for a date?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Online dating... each person should pay, it 's more like an interview not a date
Somebody knows somebody and asks them out... the person who asked should pay...

I don't like that all the financial obligation is on the man. I will offer to pay, offer to pay the tip, offer to buy a drink.

I think women need to step it up in the paying category.

Jeez, only one poster suggested the man pay. everyone else said whoever asks, pays.

Guy - invitee pays is bs. Grow up its c21

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think this conversation is pathetic. Women have fought for years for equal rights including equal pay. Many women on this board complain about how men expect sex. It's hypocritical for women to expect men to pay for all dates or even all first dates. I'm in my mid 40's and have been dating post divorce for almost two years. On a first date I always offer to split it. If I like him and plan to go out with him again I'll let him pay if he offers. But I will then pick up the tab for the 2nd date. A few men I've dated insisted on always paying which I actually did not appreciate and for these men it generally turned out that their income or wealth was all they were bringing to the table. If I want to earn as much as a man for equal work, I should be willing to share the cost of dating.

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Guy

[Anonymous]

Woman here. If it was a bad date I'd try to I nsist on paying my half. If it was a good date I'd offer, but no one took me up on it. If they had I wouldn't have seen them again romantically.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I didn't contradict myself. His paying means to me he is interested and can provide.

Wow, you interpret a man paying for access to your vagina as "providing?" Unreal.

Paying for access to her vagina? Um, I think you misread the bill! You're paying for FOOD

You are either lying, pitifully ignorant or woefully uninformed if you think guys are simply paying for food by insisting on paying for dates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Even drinks appetizers and full meal would only be tops $150. Again. Big deal.

So what, Captain Save-a-ho? What a waste of money. Again, give your ATM number and I'll make better use of your money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Inviter pays.

PP, kind of heard to say who the inviter was, it was online and both agreed.
I feel she should pay her portion. Especially since the date sucked.

The quality of the date is irrelevant. Who was the person who asked who? Who typed,"So can we meet for dinner next week?" That person pays.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I didn't contradict myself. His paying means to me he is interested and can provide.

Wow, you interpret a man paying for access to your vagina as "providing?" Unreal.

Who said anything regarding access to my vagina? Thats what wrong with the dating scene... Men think of paying for a date as an exchange for sex.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Even drinks appetizers and full meal would only be tops $150. Again. Big deal.

So what, Captain Save-a-ho? What a waste of money. Again, give your ATM number and I'll make better use of your money.

Ha! You're just pissed cause you're broke

Loser alert.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I didn't contradict myself. His paying means to me he is interested and can provide.

Wow, you interpret a man paying for access to your vagina as "providing?" Unreal.

Paying for access to her vagina? Um, I think you misread the bill! You're paying for FOOD

You are either lying, pitifully ignorant or woefully uninformed if you think guys are simply paying for food by insisting on paying for dates.

Nah, he's paying for food.

Unless he's got some kind of deal with the waiter going on that I dont know about!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I didn't contradict myself. His paying means to me he is interested and can provide.

Wow, you interpret a man paying for access to your vagina as "providing?" Unreal.

Paying for access to her vagina? Um, I think you misread the bill! You're paying for FOOD

Hahaha, exactly. What a loser.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't mind paying for my own meal if the date sucked and I have no plans to see a guy ever again. I'm not sure I would go on a second date with a man who made me pay for my own meal though.

Yes. Exactly. If you want to see her again, pay.

[Anonymous]

My experience: Guy chases, guy is falling over himself to pay. It's just the name of the game. When it's not that kind of date, well, reevaluate.

[Anonymous]

The woman should always pay for her dinner and her date's.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I didn't contradict myself. His paying means to me he is interested and can provide.

Wow, you interpret a man paying for access to your vagina as "providing?" Unreal.

Who said anything regarding access to my vagina? Thats what wrong with the dating scene... Men think of paying for a date as an exchange for sex.

No, women who expect a man to pay for the woman's dinner are holding out the false hope of sex as the enticement to get a free meal.

No sane person with any self-respect would expect someone else to pay for their meals for them in a date situation. This is just women taking advantage of men.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't mind paying for my own meal if the date sucked and I have no plans to see a guy ever again. I'm not sure I would go on a second date with a man who made me pay for my own meal though.

Yes. Exactly. If you want to see her again, pay.

This is simply not true.

If the woman actually likes the man she isn't going to care whether or not he pays for her dinner. Anyone who says otherwise is more concerned about getting the free dinner than about the man.