Most comments here will say that its the mans responsibility! Why? Women have won their unequal womans rights LONG AGO. So now ladies you have the right to pay up, you wanted the rights! Well this should be included. The excuse of no money is your personal problem. If you seriously want a man then straighten up your life to make it easier and dont expect him tp pay for all your stuff. This liberalisation of such things means that there are far more men out there working for far less money now than 50 years ago. The authorities who allowed your equality complaints to succees didnt raise womens pay to accomodiate you, they lowered mens pay instead and now to add to the misery of it all there are ''refugees'' coming from all parts of the world to help drive down incomes even more. For example, in UK a travelling (locum) pharmacist would expect £35 an hour in 2005, the rate has now plummetted to £15 an hour 12 years later, why? because they come from India and Somalia with so called qualifications and they take a lot less money!!! Another example, I was first married in 1992, cost me £20,000 which was all of my inheritance from my late father. In 2001 she announced divorce when her father was dieing! (imagine that!) and she is still spending her inheritance money (far more than I and bragging about it) Plus she took everything in the divorce. She owns a house now and still rent........Is all this fair? Is all this womens rights fair? Should I pay for yet another woman? Is that fair too? My earning capacity has been hammered through the years just like many men for this equality and fairness nonsence. I notice it 35 odd years ago as a teenager and hoped I wouldnt get stung with what has been going on.
I personally dont care about the perception about men paying 100%, I dont care that some of you will have a go at me for what I said her, or that some of you will call me bitter and all those other colourful words. I have heard more than it all and I'll say once more, Ladies if you so desperatly want a man, you pay for him as much as he has to and stop claiming rights you dont have.
There are a great many men my age that wont even look for a woman as I am discovering, yet the women are looking, all of them.