@pangalaticgargleblaster
Does that apply to women as well? If she does not even offer to open her purse can I assume she is an entitled freeloading gold digging parasite?
No. It would not apply to a woman not paying for her share on a first date in most cases. A woman not paying on a first date (that a man has asked her on,) is more than likely not going to be a 'stingy money-grabbing parasite.' (Very few women are, and the very few who ARE, will go for someone much richer than you, with a lot more offer them than you.)
However, despite the fact that most women not paying on a first date will NOT be a stingy money grabbing parasite, most men who insist the woman pays for what she has consumed, IS a lot more likely to be stingy, tight-fisted, and unsupportive in the future (if she was daft enough to stay with him.) And I say this from my own experience way back in the past, and that of many women I know (and have known....)
You can twist things all you like, in your attempt to make out any woman letting a man pay for her (on a first date,) is a stingy, money-grabbing, tight-fisted, bitch who will fleece the man for everything she can get. But the fact is, that in the MAJORITY of cases, most women letting a man pay on a first date will not be this kind of person. And as I said, most men making her pay her share, after asking HER out, will most likely always be a penny-pinching, tight-fisted, mean git.
I have seen it happen so many times, to myself in the past, and to many women I know. As I said, I know half a dozen couples RIGHT NOW where the woman earns much less than her man (or is a SAHM,) who is kept down by her man (financially) and has to beg for food shopping, money for school trips and uniforms for the kids, and for gifts for their birthdays etc.
He often makes sure he has enough for his frivolous hobbies and nights out with mates, and throws her and the kids the crumbs he has left. And these men started out being mean and stingy, making her buy her own drinks in the pub, pay her way into the club, pay her share when they went put for meals, and pay her own taxi home. He was never ever ever generous. The women should have seen it in the first place really, but it's too late now; they are stuck with a tight-fisted git who always puts himself first. In addition to these half a dozen women, I have known many others like that in the past too.
It is perfectly normal and nice and acceptable to 'treat' a woman on your first date, and spoil her a little, and treat her like a lady. Why WOULDN'T you, if you like her, you fancy her, and you are interested in seeing her again? As many posters have said, it’s part of the courtship ritual, and there is nothing wrong with it. And he will get the same good treatment back in due course, and lots of it!
A few people have said 'why doesn't SHE do that for HIM?' Well I say don't be so fucking pedantic. It's perfectly natural and acceptable for a woman to be treated like a princess by a man, and if you think that's cheesy and sexist and daft, then you fucking go for it, just flame me for it; I don't give a hairy bollock. The fact is that it is the nice thing to do; for a man to treat a woman well, and show her he likes her and cares about her - especially on that first date. Some people are saying stuff like 'equal rights, independence, and feminism,’ and so on, and I am all for women being given the same chances and being treated equally, but with stuff like first dates, women SHOULD be treated like they are special by the man.
I mean if we are going to be all equal, maybe she should drink pints, sit with her legs wide open, and sit there farting, and he can sit on her face, fart in her mouth and give her wedgie. Then they can go on a sing-song in the high street, singing 'get yet tits out for the lads! Get your tits out for the lads!' at all the women on the street!
As for men who meet lots of women off internet sites, well as has been said above, just go for a coffee with each one, not a meal that's going to cost 50 quid or more each time for the 2 of you! If you are doing that, (meeting women off the internet and going to an expensive restaurant, and paying for her and losing lots of money,) you only have yourself to blame really!
But if it is a woman you really like and have been trying to get a date with for a while, and you take her somewhere nice and expect her to pay for herself - then don't be surprised if she doesn't want a second date, and you end up with a reputation for being a stingy cunt. Many women are happy to share costs and help out financially with anything, but no woman likes - or wants - a stingy cunt. And a man making a woman pay for herself on a first date, almost certainly IS one.
And as some posters have said, many women WILL offer to pay, but it is a very good sign if a man says 'no no no, put your purse away...' Also, even though a number of posters have answered this question many times on this thread, yes most women (including me) WILL insist on paying our share if we never want to see the man again.
And a woman is not more 'fiercely independent' than other women, just because she doesn't let the man pay. That's just in her head.
As a few posters have said, I think there are a small handful of men on here who have had some bad experiences, because they really do seem to have a massive chip on their shoulder! And yeah a couple of them do seem a bit angry and a bit like they don't like women much actually.......
Agree very much with @Goldilocks3bears posts (especially post 5 on the previous page (posted at 10.36am today (17/05/18.) And I also agree with @Pa1oma's post at 10.50am.) Well said!
@Furano stop twisting Pa1oma's words. There's a lot of that been happening on this thread! That - and gaslighting! Just because someone is losing the argument, they make stuff up!
@chestylarue52
Its very sweet to hear stories of how people got together with their partners, particularly those who have been together a long time, I liked the story about the man who spent a third of his wage on his date.
That was me! 
And as I said, I knew he was 'the one' from that moment. We had known each other for a few weeks. We met at a club and I had seen him 3 or 4 times, and he plucked up the courage to ask me out, and he couldn't do enough for me!
His mom said (some months later,) that he was so nervous and excited, when I had said 'yes' to a date, that he spent 2 hours cleaning the car!
And he said he knew I was the one, when I spent £30 (£70 in today's money) on a birthday gift for him, less than a month after our first date. Because he knew I was generous and thoughtful too - just like he was.