...it’s important to be upfront with your wealthier friends if you can’t afford to go to the bar
In some other/a general scenario this sounds fine 🙂
In my case - I couldn't care less about the part of not being able to buy a drink or drinking only water when someone else took something else. So, it's fine by me to sit with them in a bar.
It's her behavior that made a mood drop.
Besides...she knows that I live on the basic income support so I believe this isn't the case in my situation 🤔
They might reconsider going to somewhere else or someone’s flat instead or just invite you
Sounds nice!
In my case - I don't think anyone lives that close to the bar, and the bar has been used as a place to hang afterwards by this group for years (I believe).
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You could try a sort of compromise and order a glass of tap water, assuming that it’s free in your country of course. That way you order something, but make it clear that you won’t spend any money. You are not sneaking in and instead being upfront with the staff.