It’s apparently common practice at pricey restaurants as they assume the man will pay
A woman has voiced her fury after she went out for dinner with her boyfriend, but only he was given a menu with the prices on.
In a video shared to TikTok, Abbie Chatfield, who was a contestant on season seven of Australian series The Bacherlor, explained how the couple had gone to a “boujee” restaurant, and that she was given a menu with no prices on.
She was left confused though when her boyfriend commented on the prices.
“So we’re at the boujee restaurant and my menu didn’t have prices on them,” she explained. “And he was like: ‘Yeah it’s expensive.’ And I was like: ‘How do you know that?’”
She then realised that his menu had the prices on, labelling this an example of the patriarchy, as it assumes he will pay for the meal even though she is the “breadwinner.”
The video has since been viewed more than 730,000 times and received almost 90,000 likes at the time of writing.
@abbiechatfieldFirst time travelling with money is WILD!!!!♬ original sound – Abbie Chatfield
The menu that Chatfield was dining at was in Venice, Italy, and Atlas Obscura explains that giving women menus without prices is common practice at “high-end” restaurants across Europe.
This is because it is assumed the man in the relationship will be paying.
Many in the comments of the video agreed that restaurants should not make assumptions regarding who pays for a meal, no matter how boujee or classy they are.
One person recounted their own experience of this, commenting: “This happened to me at Prime in Sydney less than three years ago.
““It happens in a lot of boujee places and I ALWAYS mention it and make it uncomfortable.”
Another wrote: “The idea of what is ‘feminine’ and what is not at restaurants is ridiculous!
“They always give me the cocktail or smaller meal even when it’s not mine.”
But not all agreed, saying that Chatfield’s boyfriend should have paid for the meal.
“Don’t complain! I would love to be handed a menu with no prices on it,” one wrote, while another said: “The man should pay, that’s why.”
Chatfield explained in the comments that her and her boyfriend swapped menus and the staff must have clocked she was the one who would be paying as they put the bill “in front” of her.
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