So I guess being honest with your boyfriend and ending that relationship are off the table eh? Yeah you feel so bad for repeatedly cheating.

Kotaku recommending anti-censorship anime? You guys have zero self-awareness

The boyfriend you cheated on? How can you justify lying to him like that to keep a hold of him?

This is still a thing? You go 50/50 until you know each other well enough to take turns covering one another. Also wtf is this archaic-ass shit about a blow-out

*Reads article*

You are on a god-damned roll.

You know what, this is one of those gender imbalances that isn’t going to be corrected unless women take the initiative.

Okay, as long as I’m paying for all the dates, why should I care about pay equality? I mean, I’m gonna need more for all those dates!

The guy I'm currently dating, as well as most guys I have dated, treat me occasionally but otherwise we split the check because i am normal and date normal people the end

Apologies, but unfortunately there are plenty of people in this comment section who seriously feel the way you’re claiming to, so yeah, it’s hard to tell you were joking.

What if you’re a white woman in an interracial relationship?

I’ll get flak for this, but even if I’m the one inviting someone, I still expect her to go dutch. In fact, that’s how it has been for all my dates, and nobody has ever batted an eye over it. Maybe it’s a cultural thing, since I’m not American, but to me it seems arrogant to expect someone to pay just for the privilege…

My boyfriend is not personally responsible for the patriarchy and has no mandate to make up for a societal problem by treating me like a child. Frankly, paying for everything all of the time would be participation in patriarchy.

This logic is way too simplistic.

Okay, so then if then men turn around and say, “Well of course we should keep earning 1 dollar for your 77 cents because we have to pay for more things” that’d be okay with you?

I agree with this except we still live at a time where far too many women feel they can’t ask a man out (and too many men feel uncomfortable with being asked out by a woman) thus men end up paying more often. So the problem isn’t quite solved.

So you’re solution to sex-based inequality is to perpetuate it?

Out of curiosity, how would you feel if you went out with a guy who made less than you?

Am I really the only one who at least tries to get the guy to let me chip in for half?

I have a friend who has this as a deal breaker- if he doesn’t pay for the whole meal, no second date.