Why Having Friends Who Make More Than You Gets Awkward
There’s no “You get this round, I’ll get the next”
My husband and I get very nervous when we’re at a bar with our wealthy friends and one of them sneaks off to get everyone a round of drinks. We’re already somewhere where the drinks cost an arm and a leg. We, secretly, were going to look for the cheapest thing on the menu and get that, but our wealthy buddy came back with a tray of the nicest martinis and says, “You can just get the next round it’s all good!” No, it was not all good because that round cost us like $100 and we were low-key trying to get out of there spending less than $20. The same issue comes up at restaurants when our wealthy friend grabs the check and says, “You get the next one.” We’re not in a financial place to get the next one. We’d really just like to pay for our personal tabs and leave it at that.
