Was I being U or was friend?

[TowerRavenSeven]

Went to dinner with a friend Thursday. She asked if I would mind this particular restaurant as she had coupon. It was one of those coupons you pay for, so say she paid $12.50 for a $25.00 gift card. I agreed it was fine.

I had paid her for petrol as she usually drives, as she usually likes to drive fairly far and I'm not familiar with the areas.

When the bill came, it was for exactly $25 for both. If this were me I would have split the tip and called it good but she hinted she wanted what I owed her. It was very cordial, I paid her exactly what I owed her (a bit more than hers) plus my part of the tip.

But what gets me is that she wouldn't even been able to get hers free without me going in with her. She paid 12.50 for the gift certificate worth $25.00. If I hadn't gone in with her she couldn't have used the $25.00 gift card because the bill was only $25.00 all together. So me paying her $14.00 plus my share of tip she Made money off me. Fwiw she makes $60 K (Pounds) annually.

Am I b U thinking she made money off next? Usually when I have a deal like that other friends would pay for half of the coupon ($6.25) and anything extra that they had if their bill was more than mine. Personally I'd treat the other person but I wasn't looking for that but I feel weird she made money on me so to speak.

When I buy vouchers like this we split the voucher cost, the bill and the tip.
I don't think what she ears is relevant.

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Yes SWBU. I would always split the cost of the voucher. Who thinks its ok to make money from a friend.

I'm not going to say anything, but in future I will ask how much the voucher was, and I'll say I'll go in half so we both get a deal. She is pretty no nonsense and if I just lay it on the line I think she'll be fine with it.

Oh, I only mentioned what she made in case any one thinks she is skint and really needs the money.

I might be misunderstanding this but; you paid 14, she paid 12.50 and you both paid half of the tip?

Let me see if I've got this right

Your bill came to 25, which effectively came to 12.50 because of her voucher, then she demanded you give her 14 for your half? Shouldn't your hakf be 6.25? Because you've paid her more back than she spent on the voucher

If the bill was essentially £12.50 then you should have paid half of that, not half of what the bill without voucher was. If she wanted what you owed her why did you give her the full cost of your meal?

Agree with everyone else. I would expect to have paid £6.25 each (plus tip if you wanted to leave one)

Yes. My cost should have been 6.25 (half the cost of the voucher), plus $2 since my bill was more than hers. I paid my half of the tip, and so did she. But other than that she paid nothing. She put her tip money on the tray and that was it. Then asked me for my half, totaled everything up that I had and told me what it was.

I paid it because life is too short. She is also excellent with relationship advice and I feel it's like going to a therapist for free tongue in cheek there!! But why did I do it?! I was put on the spot that's why!!

The way I see it she was very unreasonable. Basically, she made herself £1.50 (not very much I know but...) and ate for free!

So got a free meal and made $1.50? She is clever she was bu. But you don't seem that upset

You need to get yourself a voucher and invite her out for a meal back

Gosh she was very cheeky wasn't she? You're taking it very well and I know it wasn't an epic amount of money but that's such bad behaviour!

No, didn't she make at least $10.50?!!

She paid $12.50 on voucher. Total bill comes to $25. Voucher for $25. Bill comes. She gives voucher to waiter. Puts her half of tip on tray. I give her the cost of my meal $14 or so, mine was a bit more than hers.

Plus I left half my tip. The only paper money she put forth was for her tip.

im confused. if friend brought the voucher shes already paid £12 50 and then you think she should pay £6 25 on top of that and you pay £6 25. it dont sound fair (on your friends side) to me. maybe im missing something

I'm lousy at math too!

Sure, she paid her $12.50 but she wouldn't even get to use that $25 voucher because HER bill was only $12.50. MY bill allowed her to use that voucher.

Any good math people out here that can figure out if I got screwed or not!!

oh i get it now you paid for the dinner so there fore she got the money for the voucher off you plus a free lunch.

In her mind I think she's thinking she plunked down $25. But she didn't pay $25 for that voucher. She paid $12.50.

YES Bells UP!

YA NOT BU What a nerve!

In that situation I'm happy just to pay for my meal and tip. If other people have spent their time sorting out vouchers, they can have the saving. So it's a YABU from me.

Sorry, but I cannot see the problem. She had the voucher she used it for her half of the meal. You shared the tip equally. You are not out of pocket all. Next time get yourself a voucher.