If the neighbor reaches for the check, offer to pay your share if this was not a formal invitation. If neighbor says " No, I insist." let him. But now you have incurred a social obligation to reciprocate. If you are not particularly comfortable with this neighbor, try to make it a spur of the minute lunch, but a real luncheon, not a quick trip thru the drive thru.
The diners.
Traditionally it is the Groom's family who will pay for the rehearsal dinner.
Umm...Mostly and idiot...
The solution to your Ficus causing your neighbor's plumbing problems would be for the two of you to split the bill.
I believe that the guy pays for the engagement dinner I know my ex in-laws paid for the rehersal dinner prior to the wedding My parents paid for the wedding meal and I paid for everything else
The Cosby Show - 1984 Elvin Pays for Dinner 6-13 was released on: USA: 4 January 1990
If you broke a window while cutting the lawn for the neighbor that pays you then they can replace it themselves. They can hold you responsible and not pay you and make you pay for the window. Or if they have homeowners insurance they can see if it will cover the broken window.
If the tree belongs to your neighbor, it is their responsibility to maintain it. Try talking to your neighbor about the situation and see if you can resolve it together.
If it is your birthday then you are paying. Because you invited him/her.
The friend that your visting, because your at their house.
Usually whoever asked out whom pays. However, amongst friends of many different incomes, we pay what we ordered.
You refer to them by the words "next door neighbor" Example: My next door neighbor eats carrots for dinner