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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Different people have different traditions - for some the person whose birthday it is pays, in others they should never pay. All of these are fine.

What isn't fine is being a pain in the neck and making a big fuss about the bill. Either go and go graciously, paying whatever is needed, or, if money is really an issue, make an excuse and opt out. Don't complicate people's lives.[/quote]
+1

Asking the host how the bill will be handled is fine, of course, but asking the waiter for 8 separate checks + birthday person's check split 8 ways and added to those checks is a PITA. Splitting evenly among guests makes more sense, even if it is unfair for the person who drinks a glass of wine and then looks on like a hawk when another guest has 2 glasses of wine and - gasp! - a cocktail.

[b]Be willing to suck it up and split a bill evenly or don't go[/b].[/quote]

I agree, and I say this as somebody who sometimes has to decline these big group birthday dinners due to cost.  Even if a separate check is an option, ordering water and a salad while everybody else is enjoying round after round of cocktails, apps, desserts doesn't sound like much fun to me.  [/quote]

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