Who should pay for the date?

[CaribbeanChaos]

As a parent (and step-parent) to a lot of boys, I’m looking for opinions on the older teenage dating scene.

Are boys expected to pay for dates nowadays?

Context - eldest is at uni. He goes on a few dates a month. He hasn’t got a steady girlfriend so these are dates with different girls, not the same one. The other day he said that as the man, he is expected to pay for everything.

Is this still a thing? In the age of supposed equality should the man (boy in my eyes) be paying for everything?

Early days 50:50 at any age surely. Mutual respect. At any age once in a relationship it's nice to treat someone occasionally within the realms of a budget! Man to woman and woman to man. If he likes the princess type that will be hard to navigate as shown by a lot of your replies. However, you sound like a n independent role model so I'm sure he'll come round!