My ultimate fantasy: to be so grotesquely rich that I could avoid the excruciating routine of splitting the bill by simply taking care of it myself. 🖋️LouisStaples
“The image and lifestyle we want to project to our friends could be different from the financial reality,” she says. “Saying ‘I can’t afford that’ or suggesting a more budget-friendly option puts us in an emotionally vulnerable position – we don’t know how our friends might react or judge us.”
Personally, I had a mixed experience with Splitwise. On one hand, it was great to not have to deal with splitting the bill in precious holiday time. But one of the main drawbacks was that, because different people paid for things and only added their final tallies at the end, it was difficult to keep up with how much I was actually spending. I ended up spending a lot more than I thought.
Splitwise also doesn’t completely erase any possibility for awkward haggling. It simply delays it. Human nature will mean that someone will always question whether they were actually there when that round of Aperols were bought. Personally, I think that undignified back-and-forths over an app, in full view of the rest of the group, are probably worse than a brief moment of in-person tension.
Barrett thinks that apps like Splitwise can be helpful for groups of friends travelling together, but for them to work, everyone in the group needs to adopt the same money mindset. “What costs are going to be borne by the group, and what ‘extras’ are down to individuals? In restaurants, are you going to split bills equally, or divvy them up so you each pay for what you’ve had? If one person has a much smaller room in the, is it fair for them to pay a bit less?” she says.
Being in the same “money mindset” is obviously easier if everyone in the group has a similar budget. Psychologist Ian MacRae, author of, tells me that conversations about money can also be uncomfortable because we all have different ideas about what is important to us. On a holiday, someone might prefer to spend money on excursions, whereas other people might prefer to splash out on accommodation or food and drink. “Conversations about money are not always based on shared beliefs,” he says.
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