Birthday dinner with friends, Do I pay?
Whoever hosts the dinner pays for it. If you are hosting your own and you or your parents aren't paying for everyone you are "inviting", then you need to make that crystal clear to everyone who is attending. It is expected that you pay for it unless you make it clear otherwise.
How to invite friends to dinner for my birthday.?
I think it really depends on what kind of friends you are. If you're very close you can be honest and express how you'd like for them to join you but you're unable to afford everyones meal. They may still opt to come and pay for themselves. Other than that you could just invite them out for drinks or ask them to join you for dessert.
My friends made me pay for my birthday dinner?
Yesterday was my 16th birthday and two of my good friends, who I met through a common interest that we both have so they are both significantly older than me, invited me to go out for my birthday. I chose the restaurant and it wasn't an expensive one. One of my friends and I even shared something, so it just made things even more complicated when she asked the waitress to split the price of that dish. It is just really irritating to me that I am only 16, they are both in their 20s and married with their own house, yet they couldn't even offer to pay for my very inexpensive dinner that they invited me out to. They didn't even get me a card. I am not trying to sound materialistic or anything because their presence was greatly appreciated, but I was just wondering if my upset feelings are okay to feel.
If I invite my friends to dinner for my birthday, should I be expected to pay for the bill or do my guests?
Either everyone pays for themselves or you don't have to pay and your friends cover the cost of your meal. It's very rare that the birthday person is expected to pay for everyone, unless it's a great big organised occasion with caterers and the like. If you were having a bbq at your place you could either supply everything or just put on salads and ask everyone to bring their own meat and booze.
When you invite someone out for dinner, are you obligated to pay for them?
A few years ago, a friend turned 40, and her husband invited a group of us to celebrate with dinner at an expensive restaurant. The invitation was clear that the host (my friend’s husband) would pay for wine and light hors d’oeuvres before dinner and birthday cake after dinner, but the cost of dinner itself was each guest’s responsibility. I’d never gotten an invitation like this before, and I thought it was pretty shabby. The options were: 1) go out to a restaurant I’d never choose and spend money I can’t afford in order to celebrate with my friends or 2) stay at home and miss the celebration.I went to the party. Fortunately for our bank account, my husband had to work that night and wasn’t able to go with me. Just the cost of my meal alone, plus tip, was over $70. That was with appetizers and dessert already paid for by the host. If my husband had come along, we would have paid $140 for 2 plates of pasta, in order to help our friend celebrate.I still think it’s a pretty shabby dinner invitation.
On a dinner party invitation how can I write that I am paying for everyones meal, w/o sounding tacky?
I am inviting people to celebrate my birthday at a fancy restaurant, but my husband is paying for the entire bill. I know a few of my guests will be turned off by the thought of having to pay for such expensive meals, so I want to tastefully mention in the invitation that they won't have to pay. But how can I word that?