“Splitting the bill depends on who you are dining with. We have different ways of doing this with different friends. For some of our friends, we take turns paying. One couple we’re friends with, we ALWAYS split the bill down the middle. Even if it’s a little uneven — it evens out in the end. This time their bill is more than ours, next time ours might be more than theirs. It’s always close, though, and none of the four of us really care if we pay a few dollars more than our share. They’ve been wonderful friends to us for 35 years. When I lunch with my group of girlfriends, we have one tab, but we put in what we each owe, including tax and tip. For some groups, however, we’ll ask for separate checks. We try not to do that very often because I think it makes serving our table more difficult for the server.”
—Ronny Stewart, Quora user
