In the dating stages, I think the guy should pay the majority of the time; it's just the gentlemanly thing to do. If the girl, however, insists on paying her share, just let her. Not worth arguing over.
When you're married or living together though, it's a whole different ballgame. But that's not what the OP was asking about though.
I also think it's interesting that this 'rule' of who should pay varies from culture to culture. In Egypt, it's extremely bad form for a man to let a woman pay for anything, even if they're strictly just friends.
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