Guy pressures his broke friend into splitting the $200 bill at a steakhouse to impress a girl and her friends, but he refuses: ‘I got the least expensive meal out of the 6 of us’

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Sep 5, 2025 9:00 PM EDT

Steakhouses are for successful business deals, celebrations, and surprise engagements, not pseudo multi-dates and a gaggle of girls waiting to be impressed by some boys. However, this young man found himself in a battle of the split bill with his friend after his buddy volunteered to have the guys of the group—just them two—cover the entire bill for 6 people. 

And his friend wasn't too keen on his attempt to impress the girls because it weighed heavily on his cobweb-filled pockets. 

Without two coins to rub together, this group dinner was already a stretch, so one guy decided to order the cheapest things on the menu and then stick to water. But after multiple rounds of appetizers and drinks came rushing to the table, he started to sweat under the collar at the incoming bill. His friend wanted to look fancy in front of the girls, so he offered to cover the check when it finally came, offering up the services of his good friend in the process. 

I get it, he wanted to look like Mr. Bigshot in front of the ladies, but don't drag your broke friend into your grifting scheme if you can't afford to flex on your own. You might just drive a wedge in your friendship in the process of female flattery. 

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  • "AITA for refusing to pay my friends back for dinner"

    For context, myself, 2 other guys and 3 girls went out to eat at a steakhouse today.
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  • Not a date type of thing at all. Simply grabbing food after hanging out.
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  • The 2 guys both got 16 ounce steaks while I opted for a more modest 8 ounce.
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  • The girls all got food as well as alc ol, which we all know runs pretty expensive at restaurants.
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  • When we were finished eating, the waiter came over and asked if we wanted split checks.
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  • Before anyone could think about it or consult, my one friend immediately said, "nah, just one check."
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  • The girls looked pretty shocked and I just looked over with a II kinda face. dude"
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  • The other friend is kinda shy and just went along with what the first guy said.
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  • The tab came out to be $164 dollars, and the guy who opted for one check didn't even have enough funds on his card to pay for it.
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  • So the other guy paid and we would venmo him back. Even after this, the girls insisted on paying us back for the food,
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  • and were pretty firm about it. But guy #1 continued to shut them down and kept saying "nah, **WE** got it."
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  • Its nighttime now and he's demanding me to venmo $55 to cover "my share" of the tab.
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  • I explained how it wasn't fair that he essentially volunteered me to pay for their food.
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  • I got the least expensive meal out of the 6 of us, and yet I'm paying as if I ordered half the menu.
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  • I'm getting sh for it and being told to just s k it up and pay.
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  • Oh, and by the way, we're all college students. Personally, i'm paying back loans as we speak and working part-time.
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  • I intentionally order smaller meals at restaurants and rarely go out. Now I'm expected to just throw $55 out the window for no reason.
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  • Individual_Ad_9213 NTA. Visit the steakhouse's online menu; look at the cost of your items; add in taxes and a generous tip; and venmo your ex-friend that amount.
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  • BC_Auron You don't volunteer other people to pay for food they didn't eat. Venmo him exactly as much as you would have paid originally and say it was so nice of him to cover the ladies on his own.
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