Definitely, some women are gold diggers... just like some men are. For every such video that can be found, there is an article like this to contradict it:
http://www.nocommitment.com/are-all-.../#.V23SSbjhC70
Bonus story about male gold diggers (they totally made bank):
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...n_3399503.html
Women are not tentacle-sprawling creatures who ensnare their prey into paying for dates. Not most of the time, at least.
I'm not saying another guy should pay... but i always pay.
It's just rude not to... unless she insists.
I feel like this comes up a lot because people take interest in the wrong kinds of people. They try to date a lot of people, and then they feel like they are broke. They try to date someone they just want to fuck and the people they are trying to date do not just want to fuck.
don't go out of your way to date someone that you just want to have sex with. when you date someone that makes you happy, you won't care about who's paying for the check.
http://arbys.com/
its a place where guys take entitled hoes who think we should spend heaps on them.
Cooking > going out. You want to know your partner? Then you certainly do not want to follow things some pr guy from hundred years set up.
Kinda surprised this is really even a point of debate (although, I guess this is the internet; people will debate anything).
If you're not from a culture where splitting the cheque is the standard (in which case, you should do that), then etiquette says the person who does the inviting should be prepared to pay. This is really true whether its a date or you're hosting a social get-together. However, the other person should always offer to pay for half, and the party who issued the invitation can decide whether to take them up on it.
If you're married or in a serious relationship and want to do some other arrangement, then fine. Likewise if you have a prior arrangement to take turns. That's your business. But as far as the general social etiquette, if you're not from a place where going dutch is the norm, the invite-er should plan to pay and the invite-ee should always offer to split.
Perfectly fine with paying for my own stuff but almost every single time the other person basically insists on paying for everything. So at that point I'm just like ok. Not gonna argue if someone wants to give me free food or whatever.