When you go out for a meal or drinks with friends, the decision about who pays - or if the bill is split - is usually made before you head out, or at the very least at the time of paying. But one woman has said she was left baffled after her friend's boyfriend agreed to pay their bill, as her friend immediately demanded she pays him back for her drinks.
The woman said she had been in the bathroom when the bill came, and while the decision for her mate's boyfriend to pay the bill was fine at first, her friend changed her mind when she saw the total had come to $50 (£43) and over half of it was made up of the woman's drinks.
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After being confronted by her friend, the woman said she would be happy to pay him back as soon as she gets her paycheque next week - but this wasn't good enough for her mate, who demanded the money immediately.
In her Reddit post, she wrote: "My best friend, her boyfriend and I went drinking last night. We had a really nice time but I had too much to drink and threw up. While I was throwing up her boyfriend paid our bill. She was fine with it at first but then thought the bill was too much ($50) which I agree with because it is too much to pay for drinking where I live.
"They had 2 beers and a cocktail each and I had a few shots. When she went back to check the bill she told me over half was my drinks. I felt really guilty about this and she said 'well you have to pay it back'.
"I am completely fine with this, I just needed my next paycheque to come through to ensure I had enough money for necessities. I might be in the wrong here because I got more than I was willing to pay - which I wasn't expecting because as I said, the drinks are cheaper here.
"However, she kept telling me to pay him back the entire evening. I mean, she sent me his bank details, texted me from like 3 different places before and after I left, called me and then told me if I didn't pay him back by the morning she would pay him back and I would owe her instead.
"I thought it wasn't a good idea because he is more financially stable than her and I would just have to wait a week max to pay him back."
The woman insisted her friend's boyfriend was keen on letting her keep her money, but her friend said she was "embarrassing" for not paying him back.
She added: "Mind you, when all of this was happening he was begging me to not pay him back or if I did he said he didn't mind it if it was a bit late, he said it wasn't anything much to him at all.
"When I said no, I will pay him back when I have the money she started yelling at me telling me I am embarrassing her and that she needs to protect his fortune, which she can’t do if I make him pay for my drinks.
"I got annoyed, took money out of my savings and sent it to him but she is still giving me the cold shoulder."
Commenters on the post were largely in agreement with the woman's friend though, as many of them said she shouldn't have ordered more drinks than she was capable of paying for.
One person wrote: "You're the a**hole because you couldn't afford to pay for the drinks you ordered that night. If it was such a hassle to pay them back, you probably shouldn't have gone out in the first place."
While another said: "You don't order something without having the money to pay for it on you. You don't drink to excess in public leaving the bill for someone else. You don't put them on the spot asking to pay back later."
And a third added: "Don't get more drinks than you're willing to pay for right then and there."
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