Wouldn't THEY invite YOU out for your birthday?
If it was your Birthday...
04/14/2012
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This is tricky.. If its something that was brought up from your friends to "Hey, lets go out for your birthday!" or something along those lines-then they should pay.
Originally posted by
SecretToyLover2
And you personally invited 5 or 6 people out to dinner with you, would YOU pay for the meal? I have some good friends who invited me and three others out for their birthday (two days apart from each other, couple) and would not let me pay. They said
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And you personally invited 5 or 6 people out to dinner with you, would YOU pay for the meal? I have some good friends who invited me and three others out for their birthday (two days apart from each other, couple) and would not let me pay. They said it was Romanian tradition to pay for all their dinner guests, even if it was a special occasion.
I ended up shoving $17 in my friend's purse when she wasn't looking. I hate letting people pay for me on their birthday. What do you do? less
I ended up shoving $17 in my friend's purse when she wasn't looking. I hate letting people pay for me on their birthday. What do you do? less
I would say that they should pay on their own even if YOU invited them BUT I know that since you invited them, maybe you should pay for it since you are wanting their company and maybe they cannot afford it? I don't know. I guess this would have to be a case by case basis lol
04/14/2012
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Good point.. I never thought of it that way.
Originally posted by
pootpootpoot
I always pay for my friends when we go out for my birthday. For special occasions, I like to go somewhere fancy, and as some of my friends are in tough financial situations right now the only way they could come is if I paid! I don't mind,
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I always pay for my friends when we go out for my birthday. For special occasions, I like to go somewhere fancy, and as some of my friends are in tough financial situations right now the only way they could come is if I paid! I don't mind, because I want to spend that time with them, and they're already spending money on my presents.
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04/14/2012
I wouldn't want to pay because it is my birthday, but knowing times are hard. I wouldn't mind pitching in or splitting the bill.
04/14/2012
I wouldn't pay for other peoples meals on my birthday unless they needed me to. I'd pay to take them out on their birthday.
04/14/2012
This depends on a lot of things. If it's a close friend and we all are taking them out, they don't pay a thing, the party splits the bill in one of three ways: You either pay an equal part of the total bill if no one splurged in a major way(ie you ate salad they ate lobster); everyone pays for their meal plus part of the birthday girl/boys meal and tip; one person covers the birthday girl/boys meal and the rest have individual checks.
This takes care of most major gripes. There is always a party member that is dieting and doesn't want to pay an equal part when not eating an equally priced dish, that's fine than we do the one of the other options. Sometimes if the get together was not planned to celebrate just the birthday, but you want to treat them all the same, you use the last option. For things like family events, the first option is normally the course taken and the bill can be split or taken care of by one person, but not the birthday girl/boy.
At this point in my life I get uncomfortable when people aside from my fiance or family pays for me. Even with that we have covered my families meal as well as my fiancee and I switch who pays each time. When I was younger I didn't mind as much. But as an adult it makes me feel bad. We were invited out with his friend and wife and they never told us they were picking up the bill till the end. I was mortified because he and I enjoyed a drink with our meals and split a dessert because the other couple was as well. When it came time for the bill I knew it wasn't going to be cheap, but we don't see his friend but once a year, than they grabbed it and I wanted to cry "I'm normally a cheap date, we followed your lead."
This takes care of most major gripes. There is always a party member that is dieting and doesn't want to pay an equal part when not eating an equally priced dish, that's fine than we do the one of the other options. Sometimes if the get together was not planned to celebrate just the birthday, but you want to treat them all the same, you use the last option. For things like family events, the first option is normally the course taken and the bill can be split or taken care of by one person, but not the birthday girl/boy.
At this point in my life I get uncomfortable when people aside from my fiance or family pays for me. Even with that we have covered my families meal as well as my fiancee and I switch who pays each time. When I was younger I didn't mind as much. But as an adult it makes me feel bad. We were invited out with his friend and wife and they never told us they were picking up the bill till the end. I was mortified because he and I enjoyed a drink with our meals and split a dessert because the other couple was as well. When it came time for the bill I knew it wasn't going to be cheap, but we don't see his friend but once a year, than they grabbed it and I wanted to cry "I'm normally a cheap date, we followed your lead."
04/14/2012
snail for sure. I usually think people pay for the birthday person.
04/14/2012
If the occasion we all agreed on was my birthday...It really is my special day!
04/28/2013
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