As long as he asked you out to this restaurant, and it was only the two of you, he considered it to be a date.

There are a few common reasons why he chose to split the bill with you.

He believes in splitting bills when he goes out on dates with women, in the name of being equitable.

In this modern era, where women have careers and make their own money, he thinks it only fair to split the bill at the end of the date.

He is less of a traditional man, and believes that in modern day society, either gender has an equal investment in a courtship.

To an extent, he worries that in not splitting the bill with you, he is insulting you and your ability to provide for yourself.

This is a man that was raised by parents who bore equitable financial responsibility in the household.

He saw his mother and father take on equal financial responsibility in the household with the mortgage, car loans, school fees, food, etc.

His mother worked a job and brought home income that was used to pay bills, as his father did.

In growing up in this climate, he learned that men and women have an equal financial responsibility to a relationship.

He has held on to this philosophy into adulthood.

In splitting the bill with you at the restaurant, he is only living up to it.

An alternate reason why a guy splits the bill with you is when he thinks that he requires multiple dates with you to deem it worth the risk to spend money on you.

This early, he doesn’t think it prudent to pay for the full bill, given that he doesn’t know you all that well, and has no idea whether you are interested in seeing him again.

He is mitigating his financial exposure and risk when he chooses to split the bill.

Sometimes, this is a man that has been burned a few times in the past by women who happily allowed him to pay the full bill on a date and were never heard from again.

These are women who go on foodie calls, which is essentially a date with a man that they have no romantic interest in, with the sole purpose of getting a free meal out of it.

After enduring this on a number of occasions with several woman, he finally decided to stop taking that risk.

He resorted to splitting the bill in the first few dates with a girl.

In his mind, he gets to protect his money and his time by doing this.

By splitting the bill, he has prevented himself from being finessed by a girl who was solely in it for a free meal or free drinks.

He mitigates his financial risk and avoids wasting his time with her.

He knows that she won’t want to go out on future dates with him, fearing that he splits the bill with her on those future dates yet again.

A guy that splits the bill on a date typically falls into these two camps.

Either way, these two examples are of modern day men.

One was raised in a modern day family with either gender having equitable financial responsibility, and the other is too concerned about mitigating his potential losses in finances and time.

In the event you are seeking a traditional man to date, neither one of these men are compatible with that.