Ok, I’m reaching out to gather some wise words of wisdom from the mumsnet collective. Last year my wife of 17 years decided to end our marriage, she needed to find whatever she wanted to find… I found it difficult to accept, but accept it I did and have since been getting myself into a good place. I recently decided to dip my toe into the world of dating and have been dating a woman for a couple of months now. On the face of it we’re both quite different but have a few mutual interests and can talk for hours, so have a good connection. Whilst I’m not sure if this woman is going to be my new forever partner, I fully intend to keep dating and see where it may / may not go. My question for you all is; what is the modern thoughts on paying for things? We’ve been on many dates and I always pay. I don’t mind particularly (ok, so maybe a bit!) she has a great job, own home etc, I can afford it (only talking a few hundred) but now I’m second guessing myself, am I being naive? Falling for a woman who might (?) be just with me for fun… I don’t know, a bit confused about it all really, I’m just so new to all this that I don’t know what to think / what’s the norm?