TikToker Sean Lans made a video that got people talking about the fairness of bougie birthday dinners. seanlans/TikTokLast month, Sean Lans, a 24-year-old from New York City, was invited to his friend’s birthday dinner at a fancy restaurant he couldn’t afford, he said. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementNot going to the dinner caused a bit of a stink with his friend, he said. “Expensive birthday dinners are unfair,” he titled his video, which has garnered over 1.9 million views since he posted it. It wasn’t unfair for the friend to have an expensive birthday dinner, others said, but it was unfair for the friend to be upset at Lans because he couldn’t partake.

Source: Huffington Post December 27, 2025 12:04 UTC