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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ordering something less than the host is extremely polite. But if I am paying, I am fine with you ordering whatever you want. And if you do order say a $200 bottle of wine, then I will do the same when you offer to host me. And if you do not offer to host, then that is the last time I invite you to dine with me. [/quote]

I don't drink alcohol, so I'm not talking about something like that, or ordering something with a really stand out price on the menu.  I was out with someone this weekend.  They took me out to thank me for something, and in my experience when the invitation is phrased that way, I knew I won't end up paying.  There was something on the menu that cost $35 that sounded really good, but the wife ordered before me, and she got something that cost about $30, so I picked something that cost $27.  Then her husband picked something that cost $37 and I thought maybe I was being ridiculous.

I never pay at restaurants with the people I am thinking of.  I've invited them over, and cooked for them.  I've also watched their kids for free pretty regularly.  But if we go out they always say "Oh, this is a thank you for taking the kids to X last week . . . " or something like that.

Similarly, my teenager goes out with a family pretty regularly.  I would say that the kid eats at my house maybe 4 times a month, and my kid goes to a restaurant with them maybe once or twice a month, and they never let him pay.  [b]Their kid likes to pick things like chicken tenders that tend to be cheap, and my kid wonders, is it still OK for him to order a real entree?[/b]  [/quote]

IMO, it is fine for him to order a real entree, and I would tell him to stick with mid-priced entrees or less.[/quote]

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