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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If a group of girlfriends gets together to celebrate one of their birthdays, then splitting the check and paying for the birthday girl is expected.

If the birthday girl or spouse sends out invitations to a bunch of couples to celebrate her birthday, then it is expected that they -- the person on the invite-- is paying. That's what it means to be a host.[/quote]

I think that's the breakdown that's happening in this thread.  In a lot of social circles, the invites are sent by a member of the friend group but NOT the person being celebrated.  It's understood that this person is just the one that stepped up to organize the celebration therefore is not expected to pay for everyone.  Basically, they are acting as a volunteer event planner, not the host, which is fine as long as that is understood by everyone in the friend group.

It does get weird/inappropriate when the person being celebrated is the one to send the invites and expects everyone to pay for their celebration.  Thankfully, that's never happened in my group of friends.    [/quote]

+1 This is the crux of the disagreement in this thread.

Group organizes celebration for one person, group chips in. One person invites everyone over to celebrate? One person pays for everything. Pretty simple.[/quote]

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