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 the dinner she prepared.

She shared her story on Reddit’s “Am I the A——?” forum, explaining that she cooked for her friend’s dinner party and requested reimbursement for the ingredients.

“I love cooking and often host dinners for friends,” the woman wrote. “Recently, my friend asked me to 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 said she agreed to cook under the condition that her 31-year-old friend would pay for all the ingredients.

“She seemed fine with it,” the woman recalled.

After the party, she gave her friend the receipt — about $150 — which only covered the cost of ingredients. “I didn’t take any money for myself,” she explained. “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 refused to pay for the ingredients herself.

“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?”

The majority of Reddit users supported the woman.

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

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