Who Pays on the First Date? No One Knows Anymore, and It’s Really Awkward

Wall Street Journal ^ | June 26, 2017 | Khadeeja Safdar

[C19fan]

There was a time when Tinesha Zandamela would dig around for her wallet at a first date, anticipating that the guy would insist on paying.

That was before she went out with one who “forgot” his wallet, or the one who requested to split the check 50-50 after eating nearly all the food. Now when the bill arrives, she sits still, not even...

[C19fan]

Feminism only applies when it is advantageous to women. Hypergamy strikes again.

[mrsmel]

Yep. But you can just bet that some feminist will come along with that myth about “men make more than women for doing the same work” as an excuse.

Just like you never hear about the “glass ceiling” in sanitation jobs, unless they’re office jobs.

[Skooz]

As a man, I do.

The end.

[Sacajaweau]

Settle this before you leave home.

He'll buy you a drink....but not your first dinner??

Depends...Were you a bar pick up?? or someone he's known for a while.

If you're working and he's collecting unemployment and has three kids from his first two marriages and she's still living with mom and dad...hmmmmmm

Tell her to run....fast...and don't look back...

[I want the USA back]

What if a man “transitioning” to a woman goes out on a date with a woman who has already “transitioned” to a man and is gender-fluid, but expresses him/herself as a male homosexual? Who pays the taxi fare to the insane asylum?

[rarestia]

If a woman is adamant about paying, let them. As a confident man, I always espouse the idea of never turning down a free meal. Otherwise, I assume I’m paying for both as a gentleman.

[VanDeKoik]

If you ask her out, then sure.

If you both decided together, then screw that. You spit it.

You are adults, or else you end up being her ATM, which makes you a simp, not a “man”.

[deoetdoctrinae]

[HLPhat]

>>Who pays the taxi fare to the insane asylum?

Take off and nuke the asylum from orbit?

It’s the only way to be sure.

[mason-dixon]

OK, I'll risk the wrath of the wumen-haters club.

Here's the rules as I knew it back in late 1970's.
1) Whomever proffers the invite and arranges the date is the Host; the other party is the Guest.
2) Host is responsible for the main expense (such as meal or expensive tickets to an event) and transportation (unless otherwise arranged) and all other expense (see exception, below).
3) Guest is responsible for offering to cover other expense (such as tip or pre-dinner drink). And Guest is responsible for being the Host on a later, reciprocal date.

That's my understanding of feminist rules as of late 1970's.

[manc]

agreed.
I have known women who agree to a dinner only to never see that guy again. All they wanted was a free dining out night.

Women want equal rights then they can have it.

[Dr. Sivana]

I always paid. If I accidentally wound up with a feminist there wouldn’t be a second date. Also, I get to pick the place that way and can get food I want. (Best scores, Parthenon in Chicago, Sally’s Apizza in New Haven, Ruth’s Chris in Wethersfield CT, some Spanish restaurant in Hartford, CT [Paella]).

[mountn man]

Tinesha probably goes out2-3-4 nights a week, with different guys.

Dinner and dancing one night with guy #1
Dinner and a movie another night with guy #2
Dinner and a concert another night with guy #3

Then she goes out with her girlfriends another night, comparing each of the suckers, complaining that one of the guys took her to Olive Garden for dinner, and that another guy actually wanted to go Dutch..

[Dr. Sivana]

Who pays the taxi fare to the insane asylum?

The government! Duh!

[vladimir998]

“That’s my understanding of feminist rules as of late 1970’s.”

It ain’t the 1970s anymore! Plenty of “feminists” now expect men to pay for everything all the time. I’m not kidding. It’s so bad that women pay for seminars to be taught how to be more fair minded: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71o3hq6iSPM

[rotundusmaximus]

Thank you!

[Gay State Conservative]

Assuming she’s gainfully employed split it 50-50

[mykroar]

The man pays. With today’s generation, I can see why there’s confusion.

[Fightin Whitey]

Who pays?

Who cares?

They don’t even know who squats to pee anymore, including even themselves.

[lightman]

If the “new normal” is sex on the first date after splitting the check 50/50 it is DEFINITELY a man’s world.