hi,do you go dutch between couples, friends or family members?
By qwe123
@qwe123 (253)
China
October 24, 2008 3:27am CST
do you go dutch between couples, friends or family members?
to split bills with your spouse sounds strange to amny,
but it si actually gaining popularity among young couples in china
are you a go dutch person when it comes to relationships?
do you split bills between friends?
and how do you spend the money within your family?
it really sounds reasonable to split bills with spiuse.
however it is difficult to operate in reality.
for example if wife and husband go out fora meal and then they pay the half respectively, which for the other, how will they count it
accordingly, how will they seperate from this ir that which can not be measured by money.
who should take more responsibility for caring about their child or parents if everything is measured by money?
so i do not think it practically to split bills with spouse who have closely relatiionship with each other.
on the contrary, to split bills with friends is feasible/
of course it si ot absolutely.
it is really very strange to split bills with spouse.
and if i want to ahve meals with my classmates.
i will have to go dutch
but id i go out to have meals with my close friends
i think i will pay it for him usually.
maybe next time he will invite me to have meals and pay it for me.if go dutch it seems not well
we chinese have such a tradition to invite guest or good friend, which enbody the character og china relation
it is a big difference between china na dother countries.
it is unnecessary to change it delibertely when i go out with my parents.
of course they will pay for the express.
because i ahve not made money, if i really get salary someday. i think i will pay for the bills.
for amny people, it is acceptable to pay the bills by turns with friends.
in most condition it is not necessary to make the borderline too clear.
just as the saying says
no fish can survive if the water is too clean
the youth is like rising sun st eight or nine in the morning and the hhope of the world is future.
2 responses
@bubblyapple (2653)
• Philippines
24 Oct 08
if i'm with friends, before we even eat out, we have already talked about the bill. most of the time we go dutch. we even share the tip that we are going to give. however, on special occasions, like it's my birthday or someone else's, usually i shoulder the bill or whoever is the birthday celebrant. sometimes, we do it differently, the birthday celebrant wouldn't be paying anything and us, his/her friends who are with him/her will shoulder the bill.
the same goes with my family. beforehand, we have already agreed on who's going to pay. it is embarassing to let other people see that you are having disagrements over who's paying what.
@Rainegurl (2156)
• Philippines
25 Oct 08
yup yup, bubblyapple. same here.
there are times when my friends and i talk about how to split the bill before going out. also, when we do our "pasta party" at a friend's house, we agree to split the expenses for the ingredients/take-outs. but most of the time, it is understood that when we go out, the bill is split, according to what you ordered. sometimes, one of us feel generous and we give more that what we have to and the others just split the remainder.
i'm glad i have i have these kind of friends. makes life easier. LOL!
