Group of friends paying check at a restaurant.
Discussions around how to split a restaurant check are blowing up.
  • Splitting the check is one of the most controversial subjects around group dining.
  • Sentiment in favor of paying for your own meal has been ramping up on TikTok lately.
  • It seems the even split is falling out of favor, and 2024 is becoming the year of individual bills.

Paying for the bill at the end of a meal has long been an elephant in the room around a group dinner table.

Will you split evenly or pay separately? The decision is notorious for stirring debate, and even ignited an argument on an episode of "Friends."