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Bar Tabs: This Round Is On Me

Does paying it forward ever feel like paying what's due?

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There are several signs of a good friend. Most people agree dollar should not be one of them. But, if you’re anything like me, one of the first things you want to do when you are gainfully employed is spread the love around. And who better to sprinkle a dollar or two on than a friend? As kids, many of us have covered a friend’s soda or meal. As teenagers and young adults, much of the same, but with the implicit understanding that the debt would be repaid or that they would cover the next round. As adults with jobs and Netflix addictions, sometimes the “Who pays?” question gets decided by “who asked us out” or “who makes the most.”

Has your schedule been so busy that you only meet up with your friends when you organize it? Is the pay gap between you and your boys more of a pay chasm? Who looks at the bill when it lands on the table? Who touches it? Has getting paid more changed the way you think about gift giving among friends? I’d love to know.

Send your stories to cwilliams@abovethelaw.com with the subject line “I Got It.” All information that is read and shared will be anonymous unless requested otherwise. Let’s figure it out together.

Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s. Before that, he wrote columns for an online magazine named The Muse Collaborative under the pen name Knehmo. He endured the great state of Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who cannot swim, a published author on critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at cwilliams@abovethelaw.com.

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