Who should pay for the second date?

Host: Who should pay for the second date?

Gloria MacDonald: If you are going out on a second date and it is a dinner, generally speaking, the man will offer to pay and I highly recommend to the woman that you graciously accept and allow him to pay. Now in this day and age, that's not going to go on forever and in fact, women, after the second date especially, if the man has paid for your drinks or your coffee the first time you have met and now he has paid for your dinner, by the third time you are getting together, it is absolutely up to you to offer to pay. You cannot after the second meeting or date expect this man to pay for the third date. Even if there is a huge discrepancy in income, you need to do something to show the man that you are going to contribute to this relationship. So let's say, there is a huge discrepancy in income and the man makes far more money than you do, then maybe you do something where you invite him over to your home for dinner and you are going to cook a meal. But, by the third time you are getting together, you need to show the man that you are going to contribute to the relationship and that you are not going to be freeloading throughout the whole relationship. But guys, there is nothing that's going to impress a woman more than if you pay for that dinner on the second date and if you don't pay for it, unfortunately, she is going to think you are cheap and she is going to think that you are not going to pay for anything throughout the whole relationship and if you have listened to some of the other segments, we talked about the fact that women on a subconscious level are looking for a man who can provide for them. Provide home, shelter, food, clothing and can provide status and part of that provision, even if the woman doesn't need the money, is the man showing that he is gracious enough, he is generous enough and he can afford to buy a nice dinner for the woman?