12-29-2016, 11:49 PM
Everyone likes to get together with friends and relax, eat, and socialize. I, by choice do not drink alcohol, instead usually getting a diet coke or a coffee. When a check is split amongst the table, I usually end up paying more than my share.
Example, the girls were having a girl's weekend, off looking at Christmas bazars, decorations, etc. Glad I wasn't there. So, us boys got together at a local wing joint/pub, and had our own fun. The four of us all split a huge nacho appetizer, and all got similarly priced entrees. I don't mind throwing in my fair share of a bill, but when we "split it four ways", and all I drank was a soda with refills, while one had 3 beers at $3.50 each and the other two had At least two $7 drinks apiece.
I may be "frugal", but it irks me that I'm throwing in extra money to essentially subsidize their drink purchases.
I don't want to be the guy who says here is my share, you doubled the price of yours with drinks.
Maybe that's the blunt way to say it? Any ideas to get my point across with being left out of the next boy's night out?
Dave
Example, the girls were having a girl's weekend, off looking at Christmas bazars, decorations, etc. Glad I wasn't there. So, us boys got together at a local wing joint/pub, and had our own fun. The four of us all split a huge nacho appetizer, and all got similarly priced entrees. I don't mind throwing in my fair share of a bill, but when we "split it four ways", and all I drank was a soda with refills, while one had 3 beers at $3.50 each and the other two had At least two $7 drinks apiece.
I may be "frugal", but it irks me that I'm throwing in extra money to essentially subsidize their drink purchases.
I don't want to be the guy who says here is my share, you doubled the price of yours with drinks.
Maybe that's the blunt way to say it? Any ideas to get my point across with being left out of the next boy's night out?
Dave
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