A young woman became embroiled in a heated argument after telling her friend that she would not subsidize her extravagant dinner.
Abbey recently went out with a group of friends to celebrate a birthday, and the women decided to split the bill equally for convenience.
But Abbey noticed something was wrong when calculating everyone’s share.
“We realized that our friend Sarah had ordered significantly more food and drinks than the rest of us,” she revealed on Reddit.
‘When the bill arrived, Sarah seemed surprised by the total amount and sheepishly admitted that she had underestimated how much she had ordered.’
A woman got into an argument after refusing to pay for her friend’s dinner
Abbey saw red when Sarah suggested that the group split the bill evenly anyway, reasoning that it would be fine since they had all contributed to the celebration.
“I couldn’t shake the feeling of unfairness,” she wrote.
‘I only ordered a starter and a non-alcoholic drink, while Sarah had several snacks, cocktails and desserts.
‘Splitting the bill fairly meant I would end up paying for part of Sarah’s extravagant meal, which didn’t sit well with me.’
Abbey added that Sarah refused to share her food with anyone else and ate it all herself.
She revealed that the atmosphere at the dinner had dampened after she refused to split the bill, and several of her friends were divided over who was in the wrong.
Many people sided with Abbey and shared their anger about the even distribution of bills.
“This is why I’m so picky and paranoid about who I go out with to group dinners,” one person said. ‘When ordering, tell the waiter how to split the bill. It avoids this BS. To be clear, Sarah ruined the mood by demanding people fund her indulgences.”
‘Everyone looked at the menu, saw the prices and decided what they wanted. She knew exactly what she was doing,” another commented.
A third said: ‘I’ve been in situations where I’ve ordered more or more expensive, I just add more to my part of the check. I don’t expect everyone to beat it.’
But some did not see the problem of sharing the burden.
‘How many more? As a general rule, if you agree to split the bill evenly, you assume this risk,” one man wrote.
Another asked: ‘Does this happen often or was this a one-off? When I go out with friends, we always split the bill equally, even if some of them don’t drink.’
‘You agreed in advance to the even distribution. It was always possible to order a lot from someone. “I hope the difference in tabs is worth losing friends because I wouldn’t invite your cheap a** to my birthday dinner after that,” one woman said.