[lrjohnson]

My independance is very important to me. I would feel uncomfortable if someone was paying my share more than now and then, as a treat. For me dating does not change that. My Guy and I treat each other sometimes, and it is back and forth. Early in the relationship it was the same way. When one of us is lower income, we do not expect the other to subsidize our luxury budget (it helps that we both are low maintenance).