My friend's birthday is coming up. She wants to go out to dinner on the big day. I think it will be just the two of us. Last year we did the same thing and boy did she go overboard. She ordered 4 appetizers, an entree, a desert for the restaurant and the kicker....a desert to take home. Now I was sooo embarrassed just by the sheer volume of the food but then what made it sooo much worse when the bill came she expected me to pay it. I was sooo mad!! I didn't want to make a big scene because it was her birthday so I paid it. I never mentioned it to her but now I am scared that I will be in the same situation.

So I was wondering do you all think it would be really rude of me to say at the start of the meal that I would be happy to contribute $20 towards her birthday meal. With that she would be able to buy an entree and split a dessert. I don't want to seem cheap but I'm still in college, I simply can't afford what she did last year. I also have a birthday gift for her.

So what do you all think?

Tell her that last year's birthday present destabilized the American economy and you can't afford to do this to your country again this year. Then present her with Ang's gift card.

hee hee, I love this comeback.