I finally looked up how much my book club actually spends on snacks per meeting...

We meet at my place every other Thursday. Last week I added up the receipts from the last 6 months. Coffee, cookies, wine, cheese, crackers. $47 per meeting on average. That's over $560 a year just on food while we argue about whether the protagonist was actually a hero or not. Nobody else in the group ever offers to chip in either. Has anyone else done the math and regretted it?

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the_taylor6d ago

Isn't the whole point of a book club the snacks and the conversation though?

the_ben6d ago

Exactly. the_taylor nailed it with "the whole point of a book club the snacks and the conversation." I mean, yeah, $47 a meeting hurts when you write it down, but think of it this way - you're paying for a guaranteed night out with friends where you get to eat fancy cheese and drink wine while pretending you finished the book. That's cheaper than a dinner date by a long shot. And honestly, no one offering to chip in means you're the host with the most, which is its own kind of power move. Next book club, just show up with a bag of store brand chips and a bottle of Two Buck Chuck and see how fast they start volunteering to bring stuff.