@DorkySupergirl Said
This might sound like contradiction but she does not care if a man has a lot of money, as long as he is not in big debt and things like that but to her, men are suppose to pay for dates. She says she would not have taken the money but he was suppose to offer even half for the babysitter. Her reasoning is that he knew she has two children and it was part of the date so at least, cost should have been split.
My thought is that they are not his kids and has responsibility to pay and if you can;t afford sitter ,do not go out. She can afford sitter, it was just that this was a guy and it was a date so offer should have been made.
but her having two children is not part of the date unless he was the father.
I think men paying for the dates is a nice gesture, but outdated and shouldn't be expected. I'd prefer to split it, as that is fair, but will go along with the who ever did the inviting can do the paying.
The sitter for the kids, is her responsibility to make arrangements for before hand. It's like she had to have clothing for the date or take a shower to prepare for it, should he have offered to pay part of her water bill and for soap? or buy part of her outfit? I think your friend has unreasonable expectations.
I would probably tell her I think it's an unreasonable expectation, but I tell my friends things like that, though they all kinda know that if I think something is wrong, I will speak up about it. They don't have to agree with me or listen to me, but I will point out something.