Pages for Mac - Facing Pages View Problem

This is exactly what I'd expect, at least in most languages.

Think of any book you've ever read. Page 1 is always a right-hand page, and that's what Pages is showing you.

As you add an additional page 3 I'd expect it to slot in to the right of page 2, followed by page 4 as the left-hand page below 2.

What is it you expect to see here?

> I was expecting page 2 to be to the right of page1

That's what you get if you're NOT using Facing Pages (Inspector -> Document -> Facing Pages

You can see this in your original screenshot:

With Facing Pages on (as if you were printing a book), page 1 is always a right-hand page.

With Facing Pages off (printing a binder, handouts, etc.) left-right orientation doesn't matter, so page 1 would be on the left when viewed side-by-side.