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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread makes my heart hurt. What is the point of having "friends" if you can't just tell them the truth?

OP, just be straightforward about it: For my birthday, what I want is to have lunch with y'all. I'm broke, so it works best if we just treat it like a friend lunch and each pay our way. No gifts, just want to see you! Can you meet me at ______?

"Friendship" where you have to play a bunch of stupid headgames and pussyfoot around what you want sounds utterly exhausting. Give me a real friend who like the real me over this mock-polite nonsense![/quote]

Hallelujah!! It is great to hear from someone else who values authenticity.

It is almost like some of these posters are saying, “if you expect your friends’ company in your birthday, you have to make it worth their while.”[/quote]

I prefer this, too. Inviting people out on your birthday and then saying it at the end of the night or not at all is confusing.

I do think it's best to avoid giving the impression you expect to be paid for or that you are paying for everyone, though. I've been burned when I was between jobs and also pregnant and invited to a birthday dinner. It has a real paper invitation in the mail at a reserved room in a restaurant, so I assumed it was hosted. I only drank water and nibbled on the celery from the wings platter since I had pregnancy nausea and still was counted when they divided up the bill equally for meals, extensive shared apps and champagne and cocktails. [/quote]

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