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Originally Posted by ShellyCrash
As this went on the gap between what I was getting at the end of the meal and what we were paying started to get larger and larger. Eventually it just got rediculous. Long story short they don't go out to eat anymore w/ us. Sucks, but if someone tries to freeload they aren't really friends.
If someone can't pay their way, if they're upfront about it I don't have a problem picking it up for them, it's when someone assumes or tries to skate by when I get offended. Everyone has ups and downs, we all take turns supporting eachother, but I try to not get in the habbit of throwing money around too much, I don't want to feel like I'm buying my friends.
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Exactly!
Seven or eight years ago there was 30 of us that would get together every Saturday, usually 15-20 of us would go to dinner together before we went out for the night. There is no way a server can split a bill that big so we would all just chip in, but there was always one that wouldn't pay up, it took us months to figure out who it actually was because the group was so big,. But as soon as we figured it out he didn't go out with us anymore.
And I agree everyone has hard times, if they are upfront about it, I don't mind, if they hide it and then try to skive on the bill they don't get asked to go out again.
Dating, I expect the guy to pay, but thats just the way I was brought up, but I still don't go nuts, usually if I like what he is having, I'll have the same thing, again just common courtesy.