A man has decided to exclude some friends from future plans after they charged guests for drinks at their house party - and labelled him "cheap" for not buying much.
He and his wife had attended their friend's house party and saw the invite told them to expect to buy their own drinks.
They didn't think much of it and arrived empty handed, only to discover upon arrival that their pals were charging up to £8 for tipples that were being served to guests.
On his way out he told them it was "taking advantage" of friends by making them pay for their own booze, but he was labelled "cheap" by the annoyed hosts.
In a Reddit post, the man added that if the profits went to charity or another good cause he would absolutely have bought more drinks, but felt strongly against his mates simply pocketing the cash.
The man, who remained anonymous, wrote: "I arrive with my wife and it's my friend and his girlfriend standing behind their kitchen counter that they were using as their "bar", making/charging the guests for drinks. Now I was confused for a few reasons.
"One, the fact that this party was held at my friends house, it's not like this was at an event space or something where this would be normal. Two, there was no bar tender that they hired or anything like that. It was literally two of the four of them standing in the kitchen at a time making drinks for people and then charging them accordingly."
He added that he has never seen this done before and has even had the friends to his parties in the past where he has never charged for booze and has told them to have what they wanted.
"I honestly felt like my friend, his girlfriend and their friends were all trying to make a quick buck off of their guests who attended," he wrote.
"I understand that booze isn't cheap these days but we're talking splitting the cost of whatever they bought between four people. Like in my opinion if you can't afford to supply drinks at your party, why are you having a party in the first place?
"I told him I think it's ridiculous that they are charging their close friends for drinks. He called me cheap and an unsupportive friend. I told him I find the fact that they are charging for drinks, and keeping the money for themselves ridiculous and taking advantage of their friends."
The hosts are livid with what he said but the man and his wife have decided to exclude them from their social plans moving forward.
In response, many sided with the man and said this was unreasonable of the friends.
One person wrote: "Charging for drinks is just a cheap, tacky money grab."
Another stated: "That's just so weird. I could understand if it was in an event space, and they hired a bar and bar tender, but charging people for a drink in your home is just weird."
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