when dating who is the responsible one to pay for dinners out?

the person who did the inviting. though it is always polite to at least offer to pay ofr yourself.

If you are going to go to dinner with a man regardless of whether you bring your children along or not, the one who asks the other to go should be the one to pay. That is the rule I follow.

Everybody knows that when you go out on a date the guy is supposed to pay

Well how many kids is it between the two of you? It can be costly when you add up meals for all the kids. Ideally he would pay but since they are your kids, you should pitch in sometimes to give his pockets a break once in awhile.

No it's not right. He is the man, he is supposed to take care of you by buying the dinner. It is the polite thing to do, it shows respect.

Usually the guy pays for the lady.

I guess from this point you have established an expectation.

On his part, that it's ok for this to continue. If you don't think this is right then say so.

If he is dating you, then he should pay unless you go (Dutch). Which is fine, if you have discussed this.

It's all up to you. Continue with him or more on.

Both the guy and the lady should take turns paying.

Depends on who did the inviting. I keep seeing this about who should pay. Unless it is pre-arranged about who is going to pay for who's meal, then the person doing the inviting is responsible for paying for the meal. However, If he invites you and you invite along others without ok'ing it with him first, then you are responsible for whoever you invited. If He invites his family and you, and you invite YOUR family, YOU are responsible for YOUR family but not "your" meal.

no...he really should foot the bill at least once if not more than often...does he pay when it is just you and him out on a date by yourselves? you might reconsider your relationship because it is not going to get any better unless he has a serious change of heart...

the person who invited the other on the date. So most commonly the GUY.