*Me and a friend of mine at the coffee shop today*
Me: I'm buying.
Her: No, I'll pay.
Me: No, It's ok, I got it.
Her: No, no, don't worry about it.
Me: Oh.....alright.
I know this happens all the time when people go out to eat or go out for drinks together but for me it always seems like I'm the one giving in and letting the other person pay for me all the time.
This bothers me because I don't want them to think that I'm a cheap ass or something but I just think it's so stupid to stand there and argue for 5 minutes over who's going to pay. So if they insist more than twice then I usually just give up and let them pay.
I'm a guy, so when it happens with my guy friends I don't give it much thought, but today when it happened with one of my girl friends it kinda made me feel like a jerk after. I mean, we weren't on a date or anything because she has a boyfriend, but it felt wrong that I let her pay for the both of us. What makes it even worse is that she knows I have a lot of money from poker and I know that she works her ass off just to get by.
It was less than $5 for the coffees so maybe I'm making a big deal over nothing. But it adds up; and what if we go out for dinner or drinks and the same thing happens?
What are your opinions?