We went to dinner a couple of weeks ago, both members of the other couple forgot their reading glasses!
Figuring out the tip was interesting! 
I remember the first time I felt old. Went to dinner with another couple our age, all four of us turned the flashlight on our phones to read the menu!
If one of my kids is with me, I solve the glasses issue by having them calculate and write in the tip. I can sign without my glasses.
Last week I was in the UK and enjoyed a great Peruvian Cuisine meal that included several great cocktails. The bill came and I wrote in a (relative to the local norms) large tip. The server who was wonderful, pointed out to me where on the bill a 15% service fee had already been charged. I said of course but your service was wonderful which is why added to the gratuity and thanked her.
We hardly made it out the door when my wife called me out and said āyou totally missed it on the bill but werenāt going to give in to the reality that you are blind without glasses and screwed upā.
My only response was ānight cap?ā She nailed it.
You can always take a picture on your phone and enlarge. I have to do that to read the numbers on my health insurance card 
Or just use the magnifier and light on your cell phone
Exactly. Iām shocked people donāt know this
I truly donāt care if someone thanks me vs my husband in this situation. Never even occurred to me that someone would care.
Our friends are in their mid-70ās, they share a low tech cellphone.
Not everyone has an iPhone. Or is up on technology
But yes Iāve been know to magnify my BCBS card where the numbers are teeny tiny.
I can relate to this. I was probably the last person in America to use a Blackberry. I really liked the tactile buttons and refused to give it up until I went to grocery store and the two teeange cashiers said:
"OMG, I think thatās a Blackberry. "
I have heard Blackberries are making a comeback!
Iāve been thinking on this. Iām one who would not be at all offended if the guests didnāt thank meā¦ especially if I had been in the bathroom. Butā¦ perhaps thatās itās easily affordable for us, often much more so for us than the kids or other friends. There is nothing in other areas of our budget where we need to scrimp if we splurge to pick up a tab
We often pick up the restaruant tab, and my stress comes from hoping that hubby is able to catch waiterās attention before there is any debate over who pays. LOL - this thought probably overlaps the other/new thread.
@conmama Iām curious if they thanked you at the end of the weekend, if Iām staying with friends Iād be the one picking up the dinner bill.
In our family, if Mr. and I are paying for the meal, I am usually the one who gets the credit card out. Why? I have a cute Kate Spade phone folio cover with card slots, my husband has a plain Otterbox. 
He is too lazy to dig in his pocket for his wallet when my card is within an easy reach.
Yes, they did. Thatās why I say I donāt take it personal. I just think itās thoughtless.
I have noticed that most of the time when we eat out with other couples, the men pull out the cards. No real reason for that in our case as the payments come from the same bank account, but just the way it has been.
Funny thing with the couple we eat out most with. Yes, itās always the men who pull the credit card out. In both cases itās the wifeās income that paid for the houses they live in! I know a third couple like this that we socialize with less often. Someone observing from the outside might have a very distorted idea of who āpays mostā!
I donāt think Iād have given it a moment 's thought, but it clearly hit something for you. The idea of coordinating a future response with your DH is a good one and makes him a good ally.
Iād also give some thought to exactly why this provoked you as it did - as it did for some others here too. If you are always the person doing (unnegotiated, more than fair share) things for the 2 of you, for example, or if you compromised on your career for the family, something like this can really prick that resentment. Not saying itās that or a huge deal, but I often find that when something bugs me, it often has a source worth digging at.
I get more annoyed when DH and I are out in public and people invariably look at HIM and say, āAnd what do you do?ā He used to say, āIām an engineer, blah, blah, blah,ā until I pointed out to him that Iām standing there, not exactly chopped liver. He apologized and now he tells people weāre both engineers. 
I know, itās a matter of pride, but women should be recognized, too.
This! I call them āhot buttons.ā We all have them, something triggers a much greater response in you than in the average person. Thatās why even though this wouldnāt have bothered me in the slightest, I can understand that this is a trigger for @conmama
Mine is getting left behind. I donāt have a car at work, so someone (usually my boss) will drive us to a meeting off-site. My old boss forgot once. OK, no problem. By the third time? I was extremely livid - much more than I should have been. Truthfully, he was just flighty and clueless. But for me, it was a big deal. Chalk it up to the invisible middle child syndrome.
@MaineLonghorn -yes! I had that happen so many times. People would ask H about his job and then ask me if we had kids( never the other way around).