Does he have to pay for everything?

In a college relationship, should the guy be expected to pay for everything? Movie tickets and dinner dates and lunches out all add up in cost really fast.

In "adult-life" outside of college, he would still be expected to pay for all of this. Whether or not that is fair is a whole other discussion that might be attributed the very real and unfair wage gap that women still struggle to overcome, but I digress...

In a college relationship, both parties are very likely to be broke. College comes with difficult coursework and crazy schedules that make working a job on top of it all very difficult. Not to mention, a good portion of college students are struggling with student loan debt and are still economically reliant on their parents in some ways.

Having a guy pay for everything all the time sets up an unfair expectation for him. How can he "spoil you" 24/7 if he doesn't have any money. Do you expect him to turn to his parents to get the money it costs to date you? Should he begin stealing things just to get by? Or would his best option be to just dump you and spare his wallet the misery?

If you're dating someone for the free stuff, you're looking for a sugar daddy, not a boyfriend. Also, it's worth mentioning that even if you insist on splitting bills, he will probably still pay for you sometimes. And that will be such a lovely surprise every time he does.

So let your boyfriend pay for you sometimes, but don't make it an expectation. This is college, we're all broke here.