Courtesy of Sister 2 Sister
If you have ever been a single woman dating in a big city, it’s likely that you’ve experienced the awkwardness that results when you’re on a date, the check comes, and the guy who asked you out seems not to notice it.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Many of today’s women make salaries comparable to men and can probably pick up a tab for a meal now and again, but it’s still uncomfortable when a man wants to reverse—or otherwise alter—traditional gender roles and fails to pay for the date, open doors, initiate physical contact, etc…
Who’s pursuing whom here?
Maybe that way of thinking is antiquated, but it’s not cheap for a woman to commute to work every day, maintain a home and sometimes a child by herself, and still stay fly enough to attract the attention of an eligible guy—given the crazy men-to-women ratios in cities these days. You mean, she’s gotta shell out bucks to go on a date, too?
There was a time when the thought of women paying for dates would be insulting to men who were often taught to be the breadwinners. Things have changed, not the least of which are households in which men are raised by single women who do all the providing, bill paying and disciplining. Could this have something to do with how the dating rules have changed?
Sister 2 Sister asked self-proclaimed relationship expert and former “Real Housewives of Atlanta” personality Dr. Tiy-E Muhammad to offer his opinion.
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