For me it's a martini, damnit!Generally, splitting. But if it's a situation like we're drinking and they're not, I say 'hey why don't we just get separate checks.'
I don't want to dickishly make them pay for my booze, and if I want a manhattan I want a manhattan, dammit
Restaurants these days can easily separate bills at their POS. That's what we do....when out with friends. Used to be my husband and I leaned to splitting the bill but in the last few years we have asked for separate bills. I want what I want and when splitting the bill I tended to keep my choices on the less expensive side. Now if I want the lobster, I'm ordering the lobster! Unless of course we are dining out with the kids...then Daddy picks up the tab.
It depends on the situation....when out with friends. Used to be my husband and I leaned to splitting the bill but in the last few years we have asked for separate bills. I want what I want and when splitting the bill I tended to keep my choices on the less expensive side. Now if I want the lobster, I'm ordering the lobster! Unless of course we are dining out with the kids...then Daddy picks up the tab.
...when out with friends. Used to be my husband and I leaned to splitting the bill but in the last few years we have asked for separate bills. I want what I want and when splitting the bill I tended to keep my choices on the less expensive side. Now if I want the lobster, I'm ordering the lobster! Unless of course we are dining out with the kids...then Daddy picks up the tab.
For me it's a martini, damnit!
I didn't mean that nightmare. I meant two couples dividing the bill in half vs each getting their own bill.No bill splitting. No "you had this I had that" bullshit.
Separate checks usually seems to work best....when out with friends. Used to be my husband and I leaned to splitting the bill but in the last few years we have asked for separate bills. I want what I want and when splitting the bill I tended to keep my choices on the less expensive side. Now if I want the lobster, I'm ordering the lobster! Unless of course we are dining out with the kids...then Daddy picks up the tab.
If you let them know how the checks are to be split at the beginning of the visit they can ring it up that way from the onset and it is effortless at the end. Now, if one waits until the very end of the meal and says "me and my wife on the other end of the table are together", things start to get muddy.Restaurants these days can easily separate bills at their POS. That's what we do.
No bill splitting.I didn't mean that nightmare. I meant two couples dividing the bill in half vs each getting their own bill.
No bill splitting.
Someone picks it up. Period, end of story.
depends on the 'friends'...when out with friends. Used to be my husband and I leaned to splitting the bill but in the last few years we have asked for separate bills. I want what I want and when splitting the bill I tended to keep my choices on the less expensive side. Now if I want the lobster, I'm ordering the lobster! Unless of course we are dining out with the kids...then Daddy picks up the tab.
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