Originally Posted by Burning Down

I'm always willing to split the check on a date or an outing with friends (this is more likely to happen with friends, of course). When I started dating my boyfriend, though, I told him this and then he was like "That's fine but in my culture the man ALWAYS pays for the lady no matter who suggested the date". I was actually glad that someone still believed in chivalry to a certain degree - I had always dreamt of being taken care of by a man in that way. Attitudes towards women paying for dates or whatnot differs between cultures - he said that in Serbia it's quite rare and hardly acceptable for a woman to foot the bill, especially among older people. He paid for everything for the longest time, and then we both just became sort of complacent about it after awhile. We take turns now when we go out.