Picking up the tab. Is there a more awkward moment between friends, family, dates, or business associates? Okay, maybe asking for a raise, a 2nd date, mom’s approval of the guy or gal you’re dating, and asking a woman if she’s pregnant and she’s not, are more awkward things in life. But, picking up the tab has become a dance, an art, and an art of avoidance for some, plus it creates bizarre and interesting behavior in otherwise relatively normal people!