A woman has sparked debate after revealing she was invited to her friend’s house for dinner but was expected to bring her own meal.
Go to the British Parenting Forum MothernetThe shocked woman, who appeared to be from Mauritius, claimed her friend said she had only invited her to her house for dinner but she had not prepared it for her.
She explained a few days earlier that she had invited her friend over and cooked some traditional dishes for her, so she assumed her friend would return the favor.
Many were shocked by her “stingy friends,” while others shared their own horror stories as dinner party guests.
The message read: ‘I invited friends to dinner with me. I made traditional dishes from where I come from, sausage rougail, chicken cari and dessert.
A woman revealed on Mumsnet that she was invited to her friend’s house for dinner but was expected to bring her own meal (stock image)
“A few days later they texted me to come join them for dinner.
“I’ll come over and bring a jar of chili peppers.” One of the people who invited me asks: ‘Is that all you’re going to eat?’. I was confused and asked what they meant. They replied, “Everyone brings his own food.”
‘I told them I thought they had invited me to dinner and they said, ‘Yes, we invited you to your house for dinner!’.
“They saw my face and said, ‘Don’t worry, we can share some food with you!’ before cutting a few raw carrots, eggplants, cherry tomatoes with some white sauce and placing them in the center of the table.
“They then served each other the meal they had made for themselves and got to work.”
Many people used the responses to share their own experiences as guests at awkward dinner parties.
One person wrote: ‘People are honestly so weird. We went to a friend’s house with a bottle of wine, we all drank the wine and when they said what else I wanted to drink I said more wine please and they replied that they didn’t have any and that I could have pumpkin or milk to have. Like I’m an eight-year-old.’
Speaking to the British parenting forum, the shocked woman, who appeared to be from Mauritius, claimed her partner said she only invited her to her house for dinner but she didn’t make it.
Many were shocked by her “stingy friends,” while others shared their own horror stories as dinner party guests
Another said, “I think in most cultures it’s embarrassing to be stingy. OP, your post is angry!! I hope you never go back. Or if you do, bring a big five-course meal with a cheese board and let them watch you eat it.”
Someone else wrote: ‘It’s a bit of a reverse here, but a friend came to stay with me for ‘a few days’ and ended up staying for two weeks. After about a week he went to buy bread (the first thing he had bought) and bought me and my child a cheap supermarket loaf and then said we couldn’t use any of his expensive bakery bread!
“Also, I divided a brownie down to the gram on a digital scale to make sure he and my child had exactly the same amount. I was pretty offended, TBH.”
A fourth said: ‘Every time we visit my uncles he insists we stay for dinner. He likes to serve a frozen pizza from the supermarket that we share between all of us: three adults and two children. He puts extra cheese on it, so apparently it’s very filling.”
Meanwhile, another wrote: ‘I was invited by friends for Sunday lunch and it was then delivered by the local pub and it cost £10 each.
“We’ve had the same family over for many, many meals and never had takeaways or expected to pay for anything.
“I’ve learned it now and ask them to bring a pudding when they come over.”