My Question of the Day: A night out with friends is usually a good time had by all involved. Imagine you and several friends decide to go out to a restaurant. You all are talking and laughing and having an awesome time. Everyone orders their food, and all your friends drink, but you don’t. They each order one or two alcoholic beverages, which runs up the bill considerably. Even though you’ve ordered one soda and a Caesar’s salad, you’ve enjoyed your time with your friends tremendously. When the bill comes, someone suggests that you all split the bill evenly between everyone at the table. Several other people agree. What do you do?

My 2 Cents: I love my friends, and I enjoy having a good time with them, but I’m not paying for anyone’s alcohol, and anyone who knows me, and considers themselves my good friend, knows this is the case. They can all split the big bill between them, but I’m paying for my soda (it would probably be water since I don’t drink soda ) and salad and leaving the waiter/waitress a generous tip, if s/he has given us excellent service.

In the past, I’ve actually had others just pay my portion because it was such a small part of the tab, and I leave what I was going to use to pay my tab as a tip for the waiter/waitress.

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