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Stew,

I have to totally disagree with your views on dating. I am not a 'girly girl' (a term which totally offends me) but i hold down a part-time job, and my ex NEVER ONCE expected me to 'pick up half".

It is the MAN'S responsibility to pick up the check IF he's the one who asked for the date, plain and simple. I am dating a guy right now who won't even let me buy myself a bottle of water if we stop at a gas station. To me, THAT is a man; knows his woman can hold her own, but still wants to take care of her.

I agree with Emmy...you want women that HAVE to rely on you, so maybe this poll was just a way to get us strong, independent women in a tizzy???

Jenn

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if you were a strong independent woman, you wouldn't have a "man" paying for your company. your man is two words: P-Whipped. he doesn't know how to be a man because if he did, he wouldn't have to pay to have a girlfriend. if you were any sort of a woman, you wouldn't allow someone to pay for you. you would pay 1/2 without offering to. a woman offering to pay 1/2 is simply putting the payment back on the guy because they know that they don't want to look cheap.

it's not a matter of being cheap. it's a matter of young boys being brainwashed by their mother (especially the ones being raised by a single mother) that you should treat a girl like royalty. where did this gender divide happen? do girls fathers tell them to treat their boyfriend like a king? no. it's just the way that society has put a woman up on a pedastal that her vagina is gold plated and should be treated as such.

there is no reason a guy should pay for a girls company. it's just another form of prostitution. if you wouldn't date a guy that doesn't pay for you, you are nothing more than a white-washed hooker.

i do agree that whoever asks who out on the first date, they should pay. after that, you get to know each other and know where things stand.