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[quote=Anonymous]I have no idea what any of you are talking about.

We are adults, we have birthdays, we go out for dinner with friends and everyone pays their own way.  Why is this different from being 25 or 30 or 35 (I am 40)?  You say, "it is my birthday. I really want to spend it with you.  Let's meet at a bar and hang out (25), have dinner and drinks (30), a night out without the kids (34 +).   In all of these examples, if I was invited, I would assume I was paying for the birthday boy/girl.  That is called good manners.

Recent example:  For DHs birthday in December I emailed three couple friends and said, "hey, it is DHs birthday.  How about a night out with dinner and drinks?"  They all came, they all tried to pay for him, never had any crazy idea we would pay, and were incredibly grateful for a reason to get a sitter and get out with other grown ups.

I honestly don't know any of you. I have never been 'invited' to a birthday part out and had it all paid for.  The only experience I have ever had like that was at something called a wedding.

OP - go forth, send an email to your friends asking them to join in a birthday celebration and a fun night out.  I would do an email rather than an evite, in order to deflect any of the ideas on this thread.

If I am just white trash and don't know people with this kind of money (and we could afford to pay for a meal like this), I will happily become your friend to be invited to a birthday in which just by being 'invited' i get a free meal.[/quote]

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