Should I subsidise others' meals?

C_Mababejive

Season of goodwill? pahh...who could be a rsed with all this? Stay at home and cook your own dinner.

thorsoak

Personally, I wouldn't want to split the costs of a Christmas dinner with anyone else - I prefer to pay for it all myself - and to hell with the additional costs - I can "stew the canary" as my mother would say - for the rest of the year.

If, for once, I cannot push the boat out and spend all that I can afford (and maybe a bit more) and invite as many people as will come (even if they have to sit on garden chairs and eat off paper plates) then life is hardly worth calling life - and Christmas is a once a year day when, in my world, we welcome as many people as possible - including friends of friends if they would be on their own. No-one will get roaring drunk (a bit tipsy, maybe), everyone who comes will be given a bowl of spuds to peel/brussels to prepare etc etc etc but no-one would be asked for a financial contribution.

May not be very MSE - but it is, in my life, life-enhancing!

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Lily-Rose wrote: »

But the OP said that they had agreed in advance to split the cost.

If it was me, I would pay what we originally agreed. They must have agreed how many were coming, and who... If she wanted to invite dozens of other people, she can fork out the extra money for them. I will only pay for what we originally agreed.

Have to agree with pastures new though, that the OP doesn't really contain quite enough information to give a detailed response.

And I don't expect they will be back to add anything either; they never do when the MSE people do this.

We've been here before - this is a fictitious event and circumstance created by bored MSE-team members. They never reply to clarify their woolly fictional situations.

consumers_revenge

It's Christmas...

Normal financial planning and money saving does not apply.

Normal service will resume in January.

pickledonionspaceraider

Should I invite people for christmas dinner and expect them to pay for it?

No - you should not

Jagraf

I make everyone pay when they come for dinner. £10 and entry into a free raffle. What a bizarre question.

Homeownertobe

What an appalling question. Of course you shouldn't.

These planted questions are getting more ridiculous by the week. It's quite 'brand damaging' for MSE, really.

SailorSam

I'd expect them to turn up carrying a bottle or two. They're getting a free meal.

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ringo_24601 wrote: »

We've been here before - this is a fictitious event and circumstance created by bored MSE-team members. They never reply to clarify their woolly fictional situations.

I love wallys like these. Every week they decide to post merely to whinge about the fake dilemma.

Last week it turned out to actually be real, and the original person came back and added more info. Still got the same numptys whinging about it being fake first tho! :rotfl: Always very funny.

tallgirld

You have confirmed that you cannot afford it. So the obvious answer is NO do not pay.

Ask your sister to pay for the extra guests.