if a guy pays for your meal is it definitely a date? Is there ever a situation where you two could just be friends? seeking clarity LOL

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I have guy friends where we swap paying for meals. Nice thing to do for each other. But typically it’s people I know well. If this is like a stranger than probs a date

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Ditto. Or one of my good guy friends (known each other since we were 12) will often pay when we have a meal/coffee to catch up because he’s generationally wealthy and just a nice guy.

Wouldn’t say it’s definitely a date, he might have done it as a nice gesture. Didn’t you guys establish that it was going to be a date? Can you give more context?

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1) He’s older & very clearly a mentor/family friend
2) You’re visiting a friend and are a guest in his city
3) He’s rich & you know he often pays for friends

Those are the only circumstances I can think of lol. Otherwise I’d almost definitely interpret it as a date

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If that were the case, I'd be dating my boss and cheating on him with a variety of subordinates, clients and friends - some of whom are female despite me being sadly lacking any sexual and/or romantic interest in other women.

Long story short: nah, it's just one attendee paying for dinner.

I've had many guy friends split the cost for the entire meal (for theirs, me and my female friends meals) because they feel bad making the females pay, as if it's not gentleman like. They would even do it on a 1 to 1 setting (knowing we're all friends). Not all friends are like that tho. It also depends how long you know them too.

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