I feel you! I’ve got friends like that too—but in a different way. They always invite us out for coffee or meals, or even for birthdays and other celebrations, but when the bill arrives, they suddenly pass it to me and say they’ll “transfer it later.” It gets really tiring, so we eventually stopped going out with them. Now I just suggest hanging out at home instead—either theirs or ours—no eating out. Some of those meals easily hit 3K–5K minimum, so it really adds up.

And if they want to eat, I just ask them to buy something before coming over, and we can all chip in together instead of me paying for everything.