They don’t drink anymore, but they still pay for friends’ drinks when they split the check at dinner.
For the past 10 years, my husband and I have enjoyed dining out with a couple of our friends, always splitting the check evenly.
We value our friendship and enjoy our time together, but we are unsure how to approach this topic. We don’t want to look cheap, but we also want to be fair. Is it weird, rude or impolite to request that we each pay for our own meals and drinks moving forward?Ten years of shared bills is a long time. At a certain point, splitting the check stops being about the money and starts being a gesture of mutual good will.
I am disgusted when seeing overweight actors in commercials and television shows. I disagree with the normalization of being overweight. I believe it is not healthy or something noble.I myself am moderately overweight , and I hate it. I had a professional career in the entertainment industry and fought my weight the entire time. The times I weighed less I got hired for more work. And I feel better and can function better when I weigh less.YES.
Having just read your column in the Boulder Daily Camera, I am inspired to write. Please discontinue the use of the phrase “rule of thumb.” Its origin is, I believe, from colonial days when it was legal for a man to beat his wife with a stick no larger than the circumference of his thumb. I point this out whenever I hear it and most people are unaware of its origin.Thank you so much for this education. Your letter prompted me to do some digging around.
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