Some questions to ask yourself, if you're unconvinced about making them pay:

  • If they're insisting to go 50-50, why would they do that? Are they broke? Are they trying to save some money on your back? Make them prove they have the means to afford offering you a mere meal, an enjoyable time together.
  • Make them prove they care about your pleasure, without asking an sacrifice from you (the fucking horror!). They want you to keep your hard work's money and offer you pleasure. They want to keep you around. Why would they make you spend your hard earned money?
  • Those that want you to go 50-50 want you to subdivide their dating lifestyle, dating many women at the same time, making you sacrifice your hard earned money, on top of making you prepare and invest your precious time into them. So if we think about it, wouldn't that mean that LVM would converge toward going 50-50? Maximum pussy, minimum bucky.
  • If they can't afford going 100%, how the hell can they afford raising a child? How the hell can they afford buying a house? Seriously? They THAT broke? You don't want them omfg. Say no to a life of misery!
  • Why is he making you pay while he he TRYING to woo you? Why is he trying to make you pay, he has the MOST to gain from getting into a relationship. Access to a woman, access to family-making, access to lots of perks. You have a lot to lose! You risk losing your time, you risk losing opportunities.

Algorithm to make men pay:

  1. When the moment the bill comes: Don't look at it, don't remark it, carry on the conversation like nothing happened. You don't even leave him a whiff you wanna pay the bill. If he pays, proceed to step 7.
  2. Go to the bathroom, to give him an opportunity to go pay the bill. give him about 3-4 minutes. Retouch your styling, reshape your dress, scroll a minute on reddit. Try to not surprise him while he's paying the meal. HVM don't wanna be seen paying. Once back at the table, carry on the conversation, no word about money or the bill. We're not there to discuss money, we're there to discuss botanics or the latest sports match or whatever. If he paid, proceed to step 7.
  3. If he ain't picking it up, ignore. Wait till the waiter comes for the payment. Still do nothing. Carry on the talk. If he pays: proceed to step 7.
  4. if he brings 50-50 up, dumbfox him. "What do you mean, going 50-50?" "I thought this was a date?". If he goes to pay: step 7. If he argues.... next step.
  5. If he argues, tries to make you feel like shit, tries to gaslight you into thinking you GOTTA go 50-50 humiliate him with: "You really need my help with that?" or just plain play innocent "Do you need help with that?". Just squish in that sprinkle of humiliation in there. Men, ESPECIALLY LVM, value themselves in the amount of money they have, and implying they can't afford a mere dish and are broker than they are.... It makes them defensive for their "manhood" (their view of, tho).
  6. Shit Ending: Okay, seems you've emptied all your other options, you're forced to pay your part, oh well. Bathroom break again ("Oh babe I gotta go again, I'll be back right away!" and insert a uwu sorry face) and ghost. Irish goodbye. Usually in restaurants they have a exit at the back as well. Call a cab asap, get in your car, get ouuuuut, and block him on the way out. He's a bad one. Oh well, this shit happens. If you can't discreetly exit, text a friend to call you in 5 min, answer the call then "panic" and say "SHIT MY FRIEND IS SICK I HAVE TO GO OMFG". And give Friend a margarita, she did you a good one <3
  7. If he did pay at steps 1, 2 or 3, it is a good sign. proceed to 7a. If you reached steps 4-5 and he did pay, proceed to step 7b.
  • 7a. Good Ending: "Oh thank you, I loved our time in this amazing restaurant. You have excellent taste in restaurants(add this last comment only if it's legit the case!).". Don't go pickme over him aka washing him in compliments just because he paid. You're already thanking him with your presence and energy. Then carry on the talk on the way out. Say you gotta go now, and wish him a nice day/evening. Smile.
  • 7b. Bad Ending: "I had a good time, but I gotta go, see you another day!" then block his ass on the way out. You don't tolerate those that even dare to offer 50-50. If you hesitate about blocking, read the first part.

Relevant readings:

Make men pay : the reasons

against 50-50 1/5 2/5 3/5 4/5 5/5 <<<<must read, explains the concept and goes beyond and spreads to many spheres of our lives. Includes information about receiving, how to do it.

mate guarding, understanding their own instinct to protect their status, and how to leverage it to our advantage,

Core of the dating war: money. Why LVmen are so protective of their money

AND A SPECIAL ONE FOR THE MALE LURKING CRYBABIES: THERE YOU GO, SCROTTIES