My friends and I have a very clear philosophy when it comes to sharing--it's all karma. I take you out to dinner now, you'll take me out to dinner later, we'll be square. I buy you beer now, you pay me/buy me food/whatever later. I buy you a concert ticket now because you can't afford it--well, when you get that job with Wells Fargo you better take me to see Floater. For the most part, we stick to these principles pretty well.
lindseylatch and I like to go out to eat together--so I pick up the tab one time, she the next. It works out quite well.
This summer I took a lot of people out to the bars as I was making good money at my job. When school was back in session and I didn't have as much cash to spread around, that all came back--all my friends had money from work-study and could afford to take me out to the bars.
I believe in balance.
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If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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