Is it OK for my new boyfriend to ask me to split the bill? ‘I don’t want him to get used to me paying for my own meals.’

Dear Quentin,

Do you think it’s OK for a guy to ask his new girlfriend to split the bill when they go out to eat? We have been dating for a few months. Neither of us has ever been married before. 

I am 28, he is 29, and we both live in San Francisco. We both work full time. The previous guys I dated never asked me to split the bill.

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