Friends invited us last-minute to a concert -- do we pay for our tickets?

[Anonymous]

OK! Going with this advice -- call and ask. (And send thank you note.) Thnx.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks for all of the feedback, this is helpful. I will go with my husband's plan and put a check for the tickets in with our thank you note.

But OP, if they intended to treat you, this would be awkward. Why not call and ask, "what do we owe you for the tickets?" Then they can say either it's on them, or tell you the price.

Yes! Listen to the above PP and pls follow several posters' advice to ask "How much do we owe you for the tickets?"
Sending a check is not the way to go, it has the potential to put your friends in an awkward position.

EXACTLY THIS.

OP, it's also very possible your friends didn't pay face value for the tickets. I have often been invited to events where the ticket-buyer was a season ticket holder, or got a special 4-pack of tickets, or used a groupon, etc. If you send face value of the tickets, you risk embarrassing them by having to pay you back the amount you paid over the actual cost.

Please just reach out to them and ask how much you owe for the tickets. If they refuse your money, include a gift card to a nice restaurant in with the thank-you card. A check is very impersonal (I'd be insulted if I were your friend and I had honestly invited you, not expecting to be repaid, and then got a check).