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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't give in to this 'split it evenly' BS. Nope. I almost got completely screwed one time when I was out with a big group of family and friends. I ordered a chicken sandwich and a water. Everyone else was drinking like crazy, some of them ordering top shelf stuff, lots of shots. Bill came and they were splitting it down the middle. I was asked to pay $90 plus a top. My objection to this was not appreciated.

Absolutely not paying $90+ tip to subsidize your night of binge drinking. Your dd also needs to stick up for herself in situations like this because people WILL take advantage of this and drink til they black out. I left $15 which covered my food and a tip and left. [/quote]

You are the worst type of person to go out with.

I don’t drink. I was always the loser going out. In some situations, someone would point out that I don’t drink and make me pay less. Many times a guy would pay for me or everyone.

Now we are middle aged and married. We split the bill whether it is $100 or $1000.[/quote]

I also prefer to the split the bill evenly, regardless of who had what. Just cleaner and easier, and I don’t bean count with my friends. But I do agree that the example above is pretty egregious, especially if you’re on a budget. My friends don’t do things like this, or if they’re in the mood for the most expensive steak or top shelf liquor (or whatever jacks up the bill significantly beyond what others are consuming), they have the self awareness to pay more.

Last night I went out with two friends. We each had the same number of happy hour drinks ($6 each) and two of us ate dinner. The two of us who ate split the bill since the third friend only had $12 worth of drinks. We go out often enough that it’ll even out, and I don’t view this as “subsidizing” the third friend.[/quote]

The one friend could have paid for theirs.  You choose to which is different. [/quote]

Yes, my point is that I’d rather split evenly, even if I come out a bit behind sometimes. And if it’s a situation like the one I described, where it clearly doesn’t make sense to split evenly because one person consumed significantly less, I’d still rather do that than itemize. But I realize this depends on your friends, how often you go out with them, and what your budget is.[/quote]

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