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Eating out with friends? How do you pay the bill? Tell us to win $25!
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on Sep 12, 2018 (Read 195325 times | Comments: 258)
When you eat out with friends, do you split the bill evenly, contribute just what you ate, or take turns paying? Do you use Venmo, PayPal, credit cards, cash or something else? How has this changed since mobile payments became commonplace? Tell us your favorite bill-paying strategies and you'll be entered to win $25 toward your next meal (paid how you want to spend it: Venmo, PayPal, or Amazon gift card!) Enter through September 30, 2018. Winner will be randomly selected and must be a U.S. resident at least 18 years of age.
mrsquick06
mrsquick06
on Sep 12, 2018 Quote  »     Reply  »

Unless it's a special occasion (birthday, achievement, etc.) and one is paying for the other(s), we ask for separate checks with friends. If it's family, my rotate who foots the entire bill. I am from an "older" generation, so mobile payments are not on our radar for dining out.
peter26
peter26
on Sep 12, 2018 Quote  »     Reply  »

We usually pull out the calculators and everyone pays for what they ordered plus a tip.
pixiechick
pixiechick
on Sep 12, 2018 Quote  »     Reply  »

Separate checks are the easiest. They won?t do separate checks, if we all spent roughly the same amount we just split the check. If someone spent a lot more or a lot less, then everyone pays for what they ordered. We usually end up with several credit cards and jot down which amount for which cards or we end up with a combination of cards and cash. The funniest one was many years ago when a bunch of us, like 9 people, went out to each and every one of us needed change for a 20. Would have been nice to have apps back then for transferring money!
turkoise
turkoise
on Sep 12, 2018 Quote  »     Reply  »

It depends on the situation. If we're out with some friends we tend to take turns - we'll get the check one time and they'll get it the next. For extended family, we usually split evenly between multiple credit cards.
ilovepurpleiris
ilovepurpleiris
on Sep 12, 2018 Quote  »     Reply  »

Separate checks always. It just makes sense and it is easier.
flgirl1987
flgirl1987
on Sep 12, 2018 Quote  »     Reply  »

Always get separate checks. Very few places won't do that.
Marcela
Marcela
on Sep 12, 2018 Quote  »     Reply  »

We usually get individual bills and each pays their own.
rosiebaybie89
rosiebaybie89
on Sep 12, 2018 Quote  »     Reply  »

We usually split the bill evenly with either cards or cash (unless it's a special occasion)
rosiebaybie89
rosiebaybie89
on Sep 12, 2018 Quote  »     Reply  »

We usually split the bill evenly with either cards or cash (unless it's a special occasion)
angiesangle
angiesangle
on Sep 12, 2018 Quote  »     Reply  »

Quite often when going out to eat we just rotate who pays each time, instead of bothering to split the bill in any form.
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