Poll: Question for the guys...

[Catalyst6]

It should be split. I know, I know, there are reasons for the social mores, but they are mostly dead. Going "dutch" is the only proper way.

 

[Sacman]

Horrible date?

Dine and dash time...

 

[Dusk17]

To me it seems that it would be polite that initially whoever asks someone out should be the one to pay, besides if you have a terrible date then ask them to pay it will make you look like a dick

 

[TheLoneBeet]

I always pay until the girl offers to pay. Usually my relationships end up as a pattern of me paying, then her paying, then me paying, etc.

OR I pay for dinner she pays for the movie kind of thing. Basically going dutch but technically not.

 

[Jim From Accounting]

My sense of chivalry would make me feel obligated to pay.

Chivalry died when women earned rights.

it didn't die it's just in a coma and waiting for the life support to be turned off.

 

[lord.jeff]

I've always dated girls that feel obligated to pay there half.

 

[James Joseph Emerald]

If you get set up on a blind date or just ask a girl out and then have a terrible date do you still pay for the whole thing?

Like I mean you both know that it is going poorly and you both know that there will not be a second date. Do you still feel obligated to pay?

Hehe, "dating". That's such an American thing.
Frankly the whole concept is so forced and awkward I don't know how you can stand it.

 

[Rayne870]

Dine and dash if it's that terrible. Terrible for me would mean they were like a serial killer or something, everything else I can deal with for the duration of the date and pay my share.

 

[Jedoro]

Never been on a blind date, but if I'm just out with a female friend I go ahead and pay for it all unless she protests.

 

[Tdc2182]

Yup.

The way I see it, she was most likely nice enough to look pretty and actually go out with me.

It's the least I can do.

 

[DarkRyter]

In the situation where I'm not the sad lonely man I am now, and actually get a date at all...

I'd probably pay. I owe the lady for eating with me.

 

[Nickompoop]

It's the gentlemanly thing to pay for the lady, regardless of how unlikable she is.

However, this doesn't mean I need to delay in asking for the check.

 

[General BrEeZy]

for taking up my time? hell yes they deserve me to pay for them. if any girl went out with me at all, they deserve my complete respect and admiration.

 

[00slash00]

this depends heavily on the reason there wont be another date. do you two hate each other? then you each pay for your own half. do you feel no spark but enjoy each others company enough to become friends? then any obligations you may have felt about a date no longer apply and you can flat out ask who should pay. you could decide to pay for your own half, go 50/50, or one person pay this time and the other pay the next time you hang out (as friends).

dont hold them mentality of "i am a man, thus it is my duty to pay, no matter what." that mentality is absurd and quite frankly, insulting to a lot of womyn

 

[thirion1850]

Depending on how she acts towards me. If she's a swine, I think I'd rather split the bill and end it on a wry smile. If it's just not working out but she's a fine person, sure, by all means. I might even reconsider in the future.

 

[GraveeKing]

There should be a poll option for ask your date to be polite and pay part of it themselves instead of being either a jerk or a gentleman.
But yeah, if the date went bad - it's only decent of you to pay for your side of the meal and ask the other to do the same as you would not like to do so again.

 

[Mr.Numbers]

If the date goes badly, we're friends, and friends split the tab.

And there's gender equality to take into it too.

There's a difference between chivalry and making me pay because you have boobs. The latter is called prostitution.

NO I am not saying that making me pay for the date is prostitution, but it should be seen as a NICE or CONSIDERATE thing to do, not the be all and end all.

 

[InsipidMadness]

Voted Dutch because the other options were equally as lackluster in representing my opinion. We're in a world now where women have, or still demand, equal rights and they have the jobs to support such a claim. Therefore, the first few dates are a mutual wanting to get to know one another and the price should be split as such. When the relationship moves forward then one can pay this time, then the other another time, etc. There has been too many women making a fuss about the guy paying that it usually turns out awkward in my opinion. In the olden days where the man was the only person asking people out, essentially he'd be paying for her time, aka the date, and she'd repay him in favor, aka a kiss at the end or whatever you wish it to be. The chivalry in me screams at me to take responsibility on a new date, but like I mentioned, women tend to get fussy when you start deciding things without them and usually want to split the check or just pay individually.

 

[Whateveralot]

Being the gentleman I am, I always pay for first dates.

If a girl wants the third date, though, she'd better pay for the second date (or at least offer to pay for it). Ok, ok, I'm not THAT harsh, but still. It's the difference between good and perfect.

Great first dates are not very expensive anyways. Like last time, we just sat and chatted away. Barely cost me a tenner, which included some food for just me (she wasn't hungry, I was starving).