Is it difficult to discuss differences of income between friends and partners? That shouldn't stop you trying, says Laura Marcus.You're in a bar with friends and the bill arrives. Does someone take the bill and yell, "Okay, who had the lobster?" Or do you just split it between you?
William, 37, earns more money than his friends, but he has seen it from both sides. He remembers that he did not have so much money and someone would just say “let us split the bill? When you do not have so much money u spitefully choose the cheapest thing on the menu. Now when it comes to splitting the bill, it is not fair. These people are being thoughtless.
Opinion:
I find it definitely not fear, especially if what I ordered is less than the order of who ever I am eating with. I mean why should I pay more than what my food really cost? I will never boast about how much money I have and my friends would not do it either and plus we help each other when we do not have sometimes, but does not mean we have to do it all the time, do we?
I find it definitely not fear, especially if what I ordered is less than the order of who ever I am eating with. I mean why should I pay more than what my food really cost? I will never boast about how much money I have and my friends would not do it either and plus we help each other when we do not have sometimes, but does not mean we have to do it all the time, do we?
1 comment:
One of the prejudices about Dutch people is that they are cheap. ‘Going Dutch’ is not a phrase that I am really proud of. I understand where William is coming from. I myself know that I (used to) earn more than most of my friends, so whenever we go out, I always end up picking up the check. Whenever we do decide to spilt the check, I insist on paying for my own costs, because I know that I order more expensive things on many occasions. It is not fair for other person to pay more, because I ate more expensive things. I do not see any problems when you only pay for your own things, because you would split the check anyway.
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