Does the girl expects her boyfriend to pay for the expenses on the first date?

Answer 1

I never allowed a girl to pay for ANY expense on ANY date I ever asked her on. Not once from my first date to the dates I ask my wife on today after 26 years of marriage. I cannot believe that there are guys who have been so poorly raised that they expect a girl to EVER pay for anything on a date. In fact when I met my wife she said that was the first thing that impressed her about me. The fact that I treated her like a lady. I opened the car door for her (not when it was moving). I let her go through doors first, I pulled her chair out when we ate at a restaurant, I always paid for meals, movie tickets, ice cream etc... She said that she had rarely been out with a guy that knew how to treat a girl right. Most guys she had been asked out by were a$$holes that had no understanding at all about chivalry. She had been raised to expect guys to treat her like a lady and I was raised to treat girls like ladies. We were a match made in heaven. Now after 26 years of blissful marriage I STILL open the car door for her EVERY TIME we go in the car. I still stand up when she enters the room, I still pay for dates, open doors for her, pull out her chair in restaurants, and treat her like we are on our first date. Maybe, that's why we.ve been married longer than about 90% of all people in the United States.

Answer 2

He's not a boyfriend on a first date. Although it's traditional that the gentleman pay for the first date, it's also traditional that he does the asking. If this is not the case--if she does the asking--she should be prepared to pay. However, if this would make him uncomfortable, he should come out and say so right away. And everyone should always bring enough emergency cash to get out of an etiquette jam on a first date anyway, since you never know whether or not you're dating a philistine.

Does that about cover it?

Answer 3

i think girls generally do expect the guy to pay for the expenses on the first date especially when the guys asks the girl if she would like to go out on a date with him.

Answer 4

Um, how are they boyfriend/girlfriend before even going on a first date??

On a first date, I think it differs with everyone. I prefer to at least pay for my half (I'm a girl), but rarely does the guy ever let me. Usually I will throw a few bucks down for my drink or tip. But I've learned not to expect anything anymore...

Answer 5

Well if it’s the first date then he’s not really her boyfriend is he. Its tradition that the guy pays but I myself am not like that its 2006. If say I went to a movie and dinner, I would willing pay for one of the things. Unless the guy insisted that he paid, which some do

Answer 6

Traditionally yes, but as a non-traditional girl I love to ask guys on a date and pay for it. Most guys don't like it but the way I see it, we're both equal. The next time we go on a date, he can pay for it.

Answer 7

You are a suitor on the first date not a boyfriend yet. Of course the male pays. One of those double standards women don't have a problem with.

Answer 8

I think the person that asks for the date pays.

What's really nice is even if the girl asks the guy offers to pay.

Answer 9

All of the people above me say yes. Alternatively, the girl should bring enough money with her and offer to split the bill. If the guy she's out with insists on paying, which he should offer to do, then she should certainly take him up on it. It's better to be safe than sorry, if you go out and he's only brought enough cash to pay for his own.

Answer 10

A lot of females do expect it but you do have a few who dont mind paying or even splitting the cost.