"We have a group of friends who like to get together about once a month when the weather is nice and go to a winery. The group consists of three families and all of us have children that are similar in age that play together while we're there. We always welcome our friends to invite any additional families as well."
"Overall, our group is good about taking turns ordering bottles of wine while we're there, but there is one couple, "Shannon" and "Robert," who are sometimes invited through our friend "Alice" and never volunteer to pay for anything. They do drink as much as the other people in attendance, and I know them well enough to know that they are not struggling financially, and have a similar financial situation as the rest of the group."
A social group meets monthly at a winery with three families and occasionally additional guests while the children play. One couple sometimes attends through a mutual friend and never volunteers to pay, despite consuming as much and having similar finances. The mutual friend who invites them is uncomfortable confronting them. The practical solution is to state at the start of each outing that costs will be split, designate one person to pick up the check, and have that person request individual reimbursements through a payment app like Venmo. Procedural clarity removes the need for direct confrontation.
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