My girlfriend wants to break up because I make us split pay for dates

My girlfriend and I are both in college. I work part-time and have a big savings; however my girlfriend has been unemployed for years and relies solely on her parents for financial support. Shehas her reasons for not working, but I guess she's surviving. I've never been a huge spender, and I'm a pretty good saver.

My girlfriend likes to go out to eat almost every week, and we always pay for our own food. She has organised and paid for a few dates, but I made sure to pay for both of our meals afterwards to even things out. She has complained that I never took her out on dates, so I surprised her with a date at a bar. After we finished, we decided to go see a movie, and I asked her to pay for both of our tickets because I had already paid for the meal. I like to keep our dates 50/50 because it's impossible to survive in this economy otherwise.

I guess her breaking point came last week, when I gave her the gift I bought for her. It was a $20 candle, and I told her I was going to get her something else, but then I remembered I had gotten her an expensive book a few weeks before.

I thought she was happy until she began complaining a few days later that I make her feel like she's the man of the relationship and that I rarely take her out on dates. She told me she needs space and is really considering ending the relationship. To me that sounds a bit of an extreme reason to end the relationship.