Sophie L. is reporting

If you buy something to eat in Germany, then it is your food.

Maybe somebody else will be allowed to try or will get some of the food, but it all depends on how close your friendship with that person is and will be done only if you have asked beforehand.

If you do end up sharing food, then often a lot of attention is paid to the way the bill will be split and to ensuring that the price that everyone pays fairly reflects what they have actually eaten.

Each group of friends or each family will do this slightly differently, of course, but that is the experience I have made.

It is different here in Ghana. If someone has something to eat and is in the company of others, then they will share. You are often asked to sit down and join the meal with a friendly “You are invited”.

Nobody pays any attention to how much someone has paid or to how close the friendship with that person is. People simply share and have a meal together.

As everybody knows that “Sharing is Caring”.

I find it a lot more relaxed than the way it is done in Germany and enjoy the conversations during the shared meal, where one plate is also often shared between several people.

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