Is it normal for the girlfriend to want to pay for dates sometimes?

its okay for a woman to pay for a man, makes the woman look independent, and that she can take care of herself without having to have a man doing everthing for her

All the above is terrible advice. You just said that your last boyfriend became "too comfortable", so why would you do the same thing again? The way you begin a relationship sets the pattern for how the relationship will be. Women teach men how to treat them in the beginning. If you start off paying he will expect it and once again you'll be with a boyfriend who is "too comfortable".

There's nothing wrong with being a woman and letting the man treat you. After the relationship is established, down the road if you want to treat him ocasionally that's fine. But in the beginning the man needs to court the woman.

You go ahead and go for it girl.

With the best guys it soon becomes transparent and meaningless who pays for what. I've paid for guys to join me for weekends on islands. It's fun!

IF there's a problem with it it's his problem, not yours. Life's too short to deal with men that don't accept you.

Seconded for what dappled said

Shit. U should never pay for a man, Before I met my husband he paid everytime. Don't pay it makes u look like your a little desparate.

Because modern society has mixed and matched the gender roles, men and women have issues like this.

i don't think there's anything wrong with the girl paying for the date sometimes. i do it often. guys tend to get kind of funny about it, though.. at least in my experience. i think they think it's "unmanly" of them to allow the woman to pay. so i try to find a happy medium. if we're gonna go to a dinner and a movie, i'll let them pay, but i'll buy the popcorn during the movie, or the coffee afterwards, or pay for the tip at the restaurant. to me, it's a nice way of thanking them and letting them know that you're not a gold digger. if a guy becomes too comfortable and expects you to pay everytime, then he's probably a dead beat and isn't worth your time anyways.

My ex gf still kinda pays for me... But then again were kinda like on n off cus we still fuck around n shit, literally. I would say normal if you take turns paying n stuff. Depends on ppl too, she was kinda more of a independent girl n didn't care so much about $ sooo .. Idk. I would insist on even payin half but it never happened so yeah, girls nowadays ha.

It's totally fine for girls to pay for dates sometimes. Go ahead and pay if you want to and if he gets too comfortable then tell him you want it to be more 50:50. Or have the discussion early on and establish who will pay and when before anything goes wrong.

I've never minded paying for a woman. However, when you're an established couple and you start pooling your incomes, it doesn't really matter who pays for things as you're paying for them with shared money anyway.

As for how I feel if a woman pays - slightly uncomfortable. I always feel like I'm judged to be ripping her off somehow. Stupid attitude in this day and age, but I'm just being honest.

Yeah it is good if it is half half we dont life in the dark ages anymore. If he gets to comfortable with it and expects you to pay for it talk to him or move on as he is just being selfish. Personally i would not mind and appreciate if they girl helped pay for dates.