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10th August 2021
04:23pm BST

"I said, 'Sorry, no. You've all drunk quite a bit and I've had no alcohol at all. Would you mind if I pay separately?'
"They said 'yeah fine'... and the atmosphere was a little odd after that. We all went our separate ways after that. It wasn't a particularly expensive place, but not cheap. Food very reasonably priced but of course the alcohol stacked up the bill significantly.
"I've been messaged my birthday girl this morning to say I was really out of order and should've just split. Everyone was a bit upset."Am I being unreasonable to not have split?! I felt like I was being fair there. She also said she was opening her gifts from me in the evening but I've had no words in a way of thank you."
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