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August 24, 2008, 4:54 am PDT
You might need to stop inviting him for lunch.
Quote From: starrosePlease, I would like some advise on this. What is the rule for treating someone to lunch? A very good friend I have known for a long time, is married and I am not friends with his wife. Sometimes he helps me with some personal things and to thank him I treat him to lunch. But, the wife comes along and I end up paying for all the lunch. I think that I should only be paying for his portion and he should tell her that he will take care of hers. The last time we had lunch it was a thank you to him and I ended up paying for all of it. We are getting together again soon in which she will come along again, he did something for me so I will treat him, but I don't think it's fair for me to have to pay for all of it again. Anyone have thoughts on this as I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings.
Or wait for him to ask you to lunch one day. If you are friends, then it should work both ways.See what happens when he makes the suggestion. Also, I think your friend is a little on the cheap side :) if he brings a guest without there being any invitation or discussion. Now there should not be a discussion for a man or woman to bring their s/o with them to lunch, dinner, movies....they are probably hooked at the hip and can't do anything without each other or they just love each other so much...:) either way, its not the extra person that is the issue here, right???? So next time he brings his wife, suddelnly realize you didn't have money to pay for the WHOLE BILL. He will have to pay and then he may start to wonder if this will happen more often. Its a sneaky trick but then again, I don't think you are playing with a fair player anyway. Goodluck.
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