Think fast: you're invited to a birthday dinner — do you expect to pay for your own meal? The question of who should foot the bill when a birthday's on the table has never had a clear answer — though social media has lots of opinions .

TikToker Tinx, for one, believes that if the guest of honor chooses the restaurant where they'll be celebrating, they should expect to cover the tab for their invitees. "If I invite a group of people somewhere to celebrate me, that's my treat because I organized it and I'm asking them to come," the podcast host and content creator said in a video last year . Others vehemently disagreed, arguing that the person celebrating their big day should never have to break out their wallet, even for their own meal.

Expert etiquette Thomas P. Farley believes the

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