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Those two had different strategies when it came to being cheap: One would always jump when it was a bar or a club. Knowing everyone around him wasn’t even remotely capable of making any sort of calculation. And act like the responsible one. Telling us how much each of us should pay. Leaving out the fact that he would pay a fraction of what the others would.
The other one was more of the classic forgot my wallet type. Only that it would usually happen at gatherings HE INITIATED.
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I have a friend who somehow always forgets their wallet, but never forgets their phone.
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What’s strange is the confidence. No hesitation at the register, no concern about prices, no effort to keep things light. They order like someone else’s wallet is their backup plan. The assumption becomes that someone else will handle it, and for a while, that someone is always you. There’s no embarrassment, no urgency, just a casual expectation that the bill will be covered.
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Eventually, the dynamic changes when boundaries are drawn. Asking for payment up front or suggesting splitting at the register makes the wallet appear more often, or suddenly Apple Pay works. The friendship doesn’t implode, but the unspoken agreement is broken. The relief comes from realizing you’re not imagining things and that it’s okay to stop pretending.
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It’s not about the money, it’s about the pattern. The friend wasn’t necessarily trying to be entitled, they just got comfortable with the idea that someone else would handle it. And they were right, until they weren’t. It’s wild how much easier it is to draw boundaries once you stop relying on vibes and actually see what’s going on.
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