Around 40% of women, he estimates, will have this kind reaction. The first, and largest, group is made up of “women that will not give any indication whatsoever that they want to or are willing to split the bill”. This pivotal moment, Emenike says, divides women up into four separate categories. Still, his eagerness to fulfill social expectations does not mean he does not pay attention to the way women react when the bill comes at the end of the date. If I ask her out, then I should also offer to pay.” “If I ask a woman out on a date, well, she could have stayed at home and made her own meal and do whatever she does normally. He feels it is only right, because mostly, as the man, he is the one who does the asking.
I just feel like men pay the bill on the first date.
As a rule of thumb I offer, well, I insist on paying the bill. “When I am going on a date, I just assume I am going to pay. It even occupies part of his monthly budget: between 10% and 20% of his non-rent spending, he estimates.
For Obinna Emenike, a 29-year-old New York tech entrepreneur and CEO of coffee app Roast, paying while dating is a no-brainer.