Traditional man but split bills

I (40F) recently started dating someone (39M). We are both looking for a serious relationship and so far he has been amazing. We went on 2 dates so far, first time he asked me out for coffee and he asked me out for a dinner date last night. I have never paid for my meals when I go on dates and this is not why I’m dating to get free meals or anything but I’m so used to dating traditional men so I don’t know how to feel about this. It’s not that I don’t wanna pay for anything but I’m a single mom and he lives with his parents so I feel like he should offer to pay for first few dates. I also found out we politically don’t align and I probably wouldn’t have cared 10 years ago but with everything going on I feel like this could be an issue in the future. I really like him but should I continue seeing him?