In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to someone who doesn't want to pay more than their share of the bill when dining with friends.

A letter writer is annoyed that one dinner guest has unilaterally decided who’s footing the bill. Dear Miss Manners: My friends, all gainfully employed adults, will often invite a group out to dinner or drinks to celebrate an occasion,

Your friends may be gainfully employed, but they are not what Miss Manners would call adults. Anyone who thinks they can get away with such behavior and still have friends has much maturing to do. The immediate solution,