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Would you be happy with this? Birthday present

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Tiredandflabby1 · 08/07/2024 21:45

Say your live-in partner plans a surprise for your birthday, which is also your gift.
This turns out to be a meal at a lovely restaurant which you rarely eat at as it's quite expensive.
We enjoy the meal, we only ordered a starter to share, a main each and a diet coke each, no dessert.

When the bill came, he asked me if I could pay £10 towards it as it was a little expensive.
I did, but he was the one who planned it and also said it was my present. Not sure what to think?

OP posts:
Waitformetoarrive · 13/07/2024 03:15

Agree with PP, very mean. Hope you find someone better soon.

Codlingmoths · 13/07/2024 04:27

I bet the op has a lot of other stories. This sounds like a man who would count the crisps in a bag, halve them then ask the op to pay 20p more than half as some of hers were bigger.

JRM17 · 13/07/2024 11:29

A meal at a "nice restaurant" for £47, I want to move where u live. It would cost more than that at my local pub. I was expecting the bill to be at least £150. He needs to take stock of his life if he's a grown man who can't afford £47 for a birthday treat.

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