Who Pays on the First Date?
Who Pays on the First Date?
The first date is always full of excitement, dread and anticipation. If your first date takes place in the restaurant or café, the situation may heat up after a waiter brings a bill to be paid up. At this very moment both of you are running a certain discomfort, as none of you knows who should pay it up. So, let us consider what both men and women think about who pays on the first date.
- What is on a man’s mind
For most men ability to pay for a woman is like showing their own dignity, in a way his masculine power. But of course, all men are different, and if he is not greedy and got used to paying for a woman, the only thing that would probably go through his head is something like “Hope she is not too independent to let me pay for her”.
- Who pays on the first date: What is on a woman’s mind
Somewhere deep inside every woman wants a man to show his own pride which means that every woman wants a man to pay for her on the first date. However, most women don’t want to seem impudent, that’s why they usually offer paying for themselves.
As I became interested in this problem, I conducted a small interview in which 10 people participated. As you can assume, the central question of my interview was WHO PAYS ON THE FIRST DATE? The results are as following:
- Who pays on the first date? -- 7 people said that a man should pay on the first date
The vast majority of people said that a man should pay on the first date. Among their answers were the following:
“Of course, the man should pay!”
"I find it unnatural if a girl pays up for a guy or each pays for him/herself, especially on the first date!”
“Men were born to support women financially!”
“If he is a true man, he should pay”.
“When a man pays the bill in the restaurant, he looks like a gentleman showing his best”.
- Who pays on the first date? -- 2 people said that each should pay for him/herself
Among the reasons that participants gave to backup this point of view were the following:
“If each pays for him/herself it helps to avoid an awkward situation”.
“Nowadays, some ladies can take advantage of your “Gentlemanhood” by ordering extra-expensive dishes and drinks. To prevent it, I prefer paying for my own meal and letting the girl pay for hers too”.
- Who pays on the first date? – 1 person couldn’t give a definite answer
The last participant of my interview was female. She could not give a definite answer to the question and pointed out that it actually depends on many other factors, such as:
- Who was the initiator of the date?
- What are financial and social statuses of both people?
- What are their desires to pay?
If you are still at a loss and don’t know who should pay the bill on your first date, just keep to the following rule: The one who asks the other out on the first date should be responsible for paying.
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About the Author -- Diana Turner Social Media Manager, academic writer, and music composer, Diana Turner uses the phenomenal power of articles to help students, business owners and entrepreneurs. During the past 13 years of her writing experience, she has written over 4,600 articles including essays and different forms of academic papers useful for students and businesses. Since 2009, Diana Turner has written dating articles, tips and useful recommendations about the safety of online dating like: Who Pays on the First Date? |
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