First dates are a time for chivalry: A study found that 85 percent of young men pick up the tab, which is more than most people expected.

  • It might seem old-fashioned, or even inappropriate to pay the bill at first date. 
  • A study showed that 85 percent of young men pay the bill for their first romantic rendezvous. 
  • And what’s more, most of their dates expected them to do so 










It is possible to be criticized for not paying the bill at your first date.

The study revealed that 88% of men under the age of 25 still pay for initial romantic rendezvous. 

And what’s more, most of their dates expected them to do so. 

Paying the bill on a first date might be derided as old-fashioned or even sexist. However, 85 per cent of young men still picked up the tab on initial romantic rendezvous, a study found

It might seem old-fashioned, or even sexist to pay the first date bill. A study showed that 85 percent of young men pay the bill for their first romantic rendezvous.

Researchers at the University of North Carolina quizzed 552 male and female college students in their teens and 20s. The results, in the journal Psychological Reports, found a ¿strictly gendered pattern¿ with ¿very little shift from the convention¿

The University of North Carolina conducted a survey of 552 college students aged between 20 and 30. The results, in the journal Psychological Reports, found a ‘strictly gendered pattern’ with ‘very little shift from the convention’

The University of North Carolina conducted a survey of 552 college students, male and female, in the teen and twenties.

The results, in the journal Psychological Reports, found a ‘strictly gendered pattern’ with ‘very little shift from the convention’.

‘On a typical traditional date, the man is expected to ask the woman out, make the plans, pay for the expenses,’ the researchers said. 

Women were expected to ‘focus on appearance and make conversation’.

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