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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We typically split everything down the middle with friends.  Someone always has an extra drink or a more expensive meal - if it's friends, are you really keeping track?  If there are kids, if we're 4 ppl and you are 5 ppl, divide by 9 and do the math.  If it's younger people (nieces/nephews) we pick up the check.  Do the same for our kids friends - if they are with us, we're paying.  If it's people who are really scraping by, we entertain at home and serve the food we want to and no one expects to pay for that except us.  [/quote]

Voice of reason.

I think it comes down to this: if you can't afford to eat out, DON'T. (And I say this as a person who passed up plenty of invitations during leaner times.)[/quote]

Being able to afford YOUR MEAL is not the same as being able to afford [b]to pay for the meal of a millionaire buying bottles of wine.[/b] Is this really hard to grasp? You are either clueless or deliberately obtuse. [/quote]

C'mon, if you don't have two dimes to rub together, should you be hanging out with "millionaires" and then bitch that they spend a lot of money?[/quote]

C'mon, if you're a millionaire, should you be splitting hairs about someone not wanting to pay for your food, or should you just pick up the bill like a decent person??[/quote]

OP here. I don't talk about our HHI so I doubt others know our HHI. I don't pick my friends based on their incomes. My two favorite friends are a teacher and a SAHM military spouse. They are down to earth and super fun to hang out with. I always pick free or cheap places when hanging out with them because I know they don't have as much money. They are both super generous. Generosity has nothing to do with income.[/quote]

But you know it, despite your next post that shows how out of touch with reality you really are. So YOU know you could afford to pick up everyone's tab. So why didn't you? If you and friends don't discuss HHI, how do you know your "new friends" could afford it?[/quote]

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