Yeah I've been the one earning a fraction of the others for years so I would often just have to skip things because I couldn't afford it.
Cordially, Ameya Nagarajan (she/her) <http://www.linkedin.com/in/ameyann> On Wed, 29 May 2024 at 14:21, Alaric Snell-Pym via Silklist < [email protected]> wrote: > On 28/05/2024 18:55, Suresh Ramasubramanian via Silklist wrote: > > I and four of my old school friends just had a longish dinner with > drinks (beer or juices) and just split the bill five ways. It gets to be > fun when people agonise over the split so much. If you end up a bit short > in one dinner it’ll even out in the next .. > This works if everyone has plenty of spare money, but in my poorer days > I've had situations where I feel I need to go along to a group dinner or > miss out on some important networking. So I've eaten frugally, staying > carefully within my budget... but then if at the end everyone wants to > just split the bill equally I'd be in trouble. > > So, especially if you're not sure everyone present is flush with money, > make sure it's not socially awkward for anybody who wants to just pay > for what they ate to do so :-) > > -- > Alaric Snell-Pym (M0KTN neé M7KIT) > http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/ > > -- > Silklist mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.panix.com/listinfo.cgi/silklist >
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