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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]
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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.

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

Also, if people carry cash or do venmo, there's no reason to even need to split a bill evenly.  You can pretty easily find the cost of what you ordered.  Double that to account for tax, tip, and contribution to the birthday person's meal, and you should be good.   Is everyone that bad at math that they can't reasonably figure out what they owe?[/quote]

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