• I find it to be the opposite, I make enough that I haven’t checked my bank account while making a purchase in a long time.

    My friends are almost offended when I offer to cover dinners and nights out. I’m not trying to show off with my buddies, I just know $400-500 isn’t a lot to me and for them it’s a week’s pay but I really like hanging out with them.

    So I try to compromise in that I’ll cover dinner if they cover bowling or something like that.

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        7 months ago

        That’s a good point. It’s the eternal struggle over who pays for dinner. If you’re good friends, everyone wants to pay, the only difference is capacity.

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      7 months ago

      I wonder, did you come up from a poor family?

      I did, and my outlook now (from a secure financial position) is very similar to yours. Although I view my generosity as a kind of twisted love language haha