QUOTE(blue_rebel @ Apr 26 2009, 07:08 PM)
I would never EVER let my boyfriend pay for my personal items, i.e. clothing, books, cosmetics. I mean, wtf? We're not married. His money is either (a) his parents' money, or (b) his hard-earned money; so I really don't see why it should go to me. That's just selfish. Occasionally he picks up when I say things like "I'm running out of hand cream, perfume, etc" and he goes out and buys me stuff out of his own free will, which is really sweet of him, but I try to insist that personal, girly things be mine to pay for. I mean, would HE ask ME to pay for his briefs and cologne???
Food-wise, haha we take turns paying for each other. Valentine's Day was hilarious. I paid for him, he paid for me, and we both had the same dish anyway so it was even. lmao

I m agreed with you. I have a girl friend who totally depends on her bf. We all study far away from house.
Her bf is my classmate. The girl happened to be my housemate. So we all hang out as a group quite often. Etc, weekend or weekly cinema day.
From what I can see, her three meals a day, tanggung by the bf, her weekend household expenses tanggung by bf, her transport tanggung by bf. If we planned for weekend to drive up to Penang, he would pay for her part too. Like we spend 1k 5 ppl for the weekend, then divide by 5 ppl, but he has to pay for 2 ppl.
And she give a list to him what she wants on her birthday, valentine, anniversary etc. To tell you the gifts she asked for not so cheap for students like us. Whole set of facial care product which cost nearly 1k for valentine? OMG.
Sometimes really envy her when the bf buy this n that for her. The only she paid for herself from the money her parents gave is her rent RM210/month + her own shopping for heels & clothes.
Since me n the bf are classmates, me n him often have lunch together after classes, so I observed his spending on own food like so kedekut. And he will complained bout the food price getting expensive. I once asked him how much you spend on your FOOD only/month. He said nearly RM500 for 3 meals a day. Then I dengan tak malu also asked how much you spent on her FOOD, he said, same as his. Sometimes, I saw him borrow some money from his close fren. I very2 pity him. Dont know how to make money yet but already pay monthly expense for the "wife".
Among the guy's closest friends, they all think she's so cheap.
So back to the topic question... some ppl willing to share... but some take the advantage to the max to have their finance completely taken care of.