u/Alone-Perspective832

Correct me if I’m wrong but I personally think that if a guy likes a girl enough (aka dream girl), he’d almost find it hard to explicitly ask her to chip in for dates, such as to pay for a meal, or to pay for the activity the couple has chosen to sign up for. I understand that as gender norms have changed, and as the world becomes an increasingly equalised place for both genders, though obviously we aren’t fully there yet because things like gender pay gap still very much exists, and so does the glass ceiling, among others, but understandably, women of prior generations have broken tons of barriers for us and hence women of today have had opportunities that stack more closely to our male counterparts over time. However, does this necessarily translate into men in SG dating scene expecting their partners to contribute “equally” to dates or at least somewhat equally? How does it work today? I hear of stories of couples even splitting downpayment and mortgage right down to 50-50 (even if the guy is quite a fair bit older and would’ve amassed a tidy sum of income before the lady even started working), so don’t even mention dates, but at the same time, I personally know of couples where the guy is very chivalrous and insist on paying for everything throughout the relationship - and even go beyond that by giving their girlfriend an apportioned sum of their salary each month/ credit card to swipe. I’ve personally been in a relationship where the guy paid for everything and so he essentially - and inadvertently raised my standards in men.