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Dear Mary

Dear Mary: What can I do to make couples split the bill fairly?

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21 March 2015

9:00 AM

21 March 2015

9:00 AM

Q. I’m a single bloke now and for various reasons don’t foresee any change to that status. I have moved to Australia and found several convivial people of similar backgrounds who are couples. From time to time we meet up in restaurants but I find there is an expectation that the bill be settled either by dividing it in two or that I should pay in full every other meal.

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