When a group of friends go out to eat at a restaurant ... I don’t say anything, thinking he’s got it covered. Dinner’s cool, he’s flexing his lobster, whatever. Bill comes… $185.

For Tyler Tep, 26, one dinner party sparked a movement in social dining.

DEAR ABBY: My friend invites me for dinner often, and I keep coming up with vague excuses about why I cannot come. The reason for my reluctance is her poor kitchen hygiene. The fridge always has ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I go out to dinner twice a month with a group of five friends. We always ask for separate checks ... I never partake of the desserts; I have more than enough to eat with my entree ...

A particularly strange conspiracy theory that wealthy elites are holding mermaid-eating dinner party events is ... for culinary purposes or about rich friends who were privileged enough to taste ...