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Friend's B-day Celebration

October 8th, 2007 at 10:37 pm

Blah! My friend wants to go to Benihana's this weekend for her B-day. I am less than enthused as what I have heard about this place is less than complimentary and its expensive. I don't mind things being expensive if they are good as well but when I pay a fortune for nothing, I tend to feel cheated.

I am also a little concerned that she is having some college attending friends coming and I am wondering how they are going to like the price tag. All the people she has invited are new acquaintances because she just moved out here. She can't afford to pick up the entire check and I would prefer not to pick up the entire check for the party. I am really hoping that she made it clear that everyone is going dutch...

*Sigh* I feel really cheap saying all that but I have already spent alot of money on this friend (over 4k) and I really see this party going wrong. 10 people at $20+ for just the entree can add up very quickly. As it is, going dutch at this dinner will most likely mean dh and I don't get to eat out the rest of the month and still exceed where we want to be. I am already paying for a railroad luncheon trip for her and us that same weekend which is $70 per ticket...

Oh, by and by, this is the friend who almost had to file bankruptcy. Are you surprised?

2 Responses to “Friend's B-day Celebration”

  1. denisentexas Says:
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    Can you just bring it up to her that that's a pricey place and her new friends might not be able to afford it? I guess I'm weird but I would just tell her that although its her birthday and her right to pick where she wants to go, she's picking a place that may mean fewer people come or they show up and drink water. lol

  2. Caoineag Says:
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    That's what I am currently plotting, a nice way of bringing up that she might want to make sure that everyone knows that its dutch. She has already made the reservations so moving it isn't probably going to happen but my concern is that she is going to get a bunch of acquiantances there who don't realize they are expected to foot their own bill.

    I also would like to get her over to my place tonight to look at her finances because she hasn't even arranged that yet. She may not be able to swing this for even just herself. (And no, she doesn't understand finance enough to know when she has enough for bills and extras and when she doesn't.)

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