Woman Asked Her Friend to Pay Her Back for Dinner Ingredients After She Cooked: ‘She’s Calling Me Tacky’

A woman felt upset after being called “tacky” for asking her friend to pay her back for a dinner she cooked.

She shared her story on Reddit’s “Am I the A——?” forum. The woman explained that she cooked for her friend’s dinner party and asked her friend to cover the cost of the ingredients.

“I love cooking and often host dinners for friends,” she wrote. “Recently, my friend had me cook for a party she was hosting at her house because she loves my food and wanted to impress her guests.”

The 29-year-old woman agreed with the understanding that her 31-year-old friend would pay for all the ingredients she used.

“She seemed fine with it,” she recalled.

After the party, the woman gave her friend the receipt, which came to around $150—just for the ingredients. She didn’t charge anything for her time or labor.

“She said she didn’t expect it to cost that much and that I should cover it as a gift because we’re friends and I enjoy cooking,” the woman continued.

She decided to stand her ground and not give the ingredients away for free.

“Now she’s calling me tacky for ‘nickel-and-diming’ her over dinner,” she wrote, asking the forum, “Am I the a—— for asking my friend to pay me back for food I cooked for her dinner party?”

Most Reddit users sided with the woman.

“Your ‘friend’ essentially hired a caterer and then failed to make payment,” one commenter wrote. “WTF. Who willingly and spontaneously gifts someone $150 worth of food AND then provides the free labor to cook it AFTER having clearly said the receipt will be submitted for repayment? Nobody, that’s who.”

“Your friend is ghastly, greedy, and hella gauche,” another added.