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She ordered a Curry and hasn’t paid me

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OnePeachA · 22/03/2025 20:51

Friend came to my house

I was going to cook but she asked if I fancied a curry. I said that would be really nice actually

Her JustEat app wasn’t working so I said have a look on mine for places that are open. She picked Indian.

I put everything I wanted in and she added hers. Total came to £52ish. Over 65% of that cost was hers.

I said I could just check out and sort it later. I have messaged to ask if she had the money today as a gentle reminder, and she said she thought it was my treat?

I said oh, we must have got crossed wires then. She said ‘I did cover the shop’

She went to the corner shop for wine and snacks. I got a Grape Fanta!

Where do I go from here? Leave it? Was it reasonable for her to assume it was in fact my treat?

OP posts:
Airspice · 23/03/2025 17:57

OnePeachA · 22/03/2025 20:59

Spaghetti with a tyre

No wonder she’d rather have had a curry 😂

Bitofanchange · 23/03/2025 17:56

TwistedWonder · 23/03/2025 17:30

You’re not in London then because I’ve never been asked either/or unless it’s a Balti

In face even after you order rice, they’ll always ask ‘any naan’

Edited

Or on the south coast! We have both and stuff our fat faces, particularly on banquet nights, Thursday!

starsinthedarksky · 23/03/2025 17:56

OneFineDay13 · 22/03/2025 21:01

No way would I do that to a friend (or even have the balls to do it to anyone)

The thought of doing this makes me feel sick!! I’d be sending the money before I had even left their house!

IlooklikeNigella · 23/03/2025 17:39

ScarlettOYara · 23/03/2025 17:35

Most Indian restaurants are Bangladeshi.
My husband is Indian and proper Indian restaurants are a rarity. We only go to one particular one, which serves authentic food.

Well it's probably safe to assume then that we are all talking about Bangladeshi restaurants in that case. I know the dishes we get are different to what MIL serves. My DH just said she serves regional dishes when I asked.

ScarlettOYara · 23/03/2025 17:35

IlooklikeNigella · 23/03/2025 17:28

Well...

They do here.

My DH is Indian and it's my absolute favourite type of food so we have eaten in a lot of Indian restaurants.

Most Indian restaurants are Bangladeshi.
My husband is Indian and proper Indian restaurants are a rarity. We only go to one particular one, which serves authentic food.

IlooklikeNigella · 23/03/2025 17:32

TwistedWonder · 23/03/2025 17:30

You’re not in London then because I’ve never been asked either/or unless it’s a Balti

In face even after you order rice, they’ll always ask ‘any naan’

Edited

No I'm not in London. Is the OP and everyone else?

TwistedWonder · 23/03/2025 17:30

IlooklikeNigella · 23/03/2025 17:28

Well...

They do here.

My DH is Indian and it's my absolute favourite type of food so we have eaten in a lot of Indian restaurants.

You’re not in London then because I’ve never been asked either/or unless it’s a Balti

In face even after you order rice, they’ll always ask ‘any naan’

IlooklikeNigella · 23/03/2025 17:28

TwistedWonder · 23/03/2025 17:25

For one thing in a restaurant they always ask if you want naan or rice

No they don’t

Edited

Well...

They do here.

My DH is Indian and it's my absolute favourite type of food so we have eaten in a lot of Indian restaurants.

Cara707 · 23/03/2025 17:27

CheesePlantBoxes · 22/03/2025 20:52

"Sorry hun, cant afford to treat anyone in this ecomnomy 😆 Send me £X for the food and I'll send you £2 for the fanta."

I would leave it personally but Cheeseplant's suggestion might work well otherwise.

TwistedWonder · 23/03/2025 17:25

For one thing in a restaurant they always ask if you want naan or rice

No they don’t

Thisisittheapocalypse · 23/03/2025 17:23

OnePeachA · 22/03/2025 21:45

Her reply says

‘Oh right. I didn’t realise but never mind!! I’ll have to go into branch cos I don’t do online banking. Or I can hand * the cash to give you, she lives nearby doesn’t she’

She absolutely realised. You only let her order on your account because hers 'wasn't working' supposedly. Now you have to wonder...

I would not let this go.

IlooklikeNigella · 23/03/2025 17:18

SpringIsNearlySpringing · 23/03/2025 17:00

You know stuffing yourself with the occasional takeaway isn’t going to create lifelong issues, yes??
God almighty, this thread isn’t about the amount of food or obesity, it’s about OPs DF being a CF.
Why are some posters obsessed with what other people eat? You really should see someone about your issues around food and why it’s so triggering for you.

Actually I think you've hit the nail on the head here with the words 'stuffing yourself' and shed a bit of light on why posters are butting heads.

Group A are saying: on top of everything else she ordered a massive meal on your dime.
Group B : why are you shaming someone for ordering what they want, how judgemental. You have an eating disorder and are a competitive under eater.
Group A : I'm not an under eater but you can't deny it's a big meal. Saying otherwise is just not true.
Group B : why are you policing?

I think everyone agrees it's a massive meal. For one thing in a restaurant they always ask if you want naan or rice. This guest had rice and two naans.

Acknowledging that doesn't mean you have any feelings about the person eating it (assuming they aren't manipulating a situation where you have to pay).

NatureOverNightclubs · 23/03/2025 17:16

Why do people on here go bananas over a simple typo that isn't the slightest bit funny? Just like that snapped and farted bollocks. It's repetitive, boring and fucking annoying.

ScarlettOYara · 23/03/2025 17:15

Yes, and you get cash machines outside every supermarket and convenience store etc.

PixieTales · 23/03/2025 17:14

Why would she need to go into her branch to withdraw cash? Surely she has a bank card to use at a cash machine? Sounds like she’s making excuses to get out of it for sure!

ItsaWarmWindfromtheWest · 23/03/2025 17:13

MarkWithaC · 23/03/2025 16:47

Christ, are you still going?
I can't see a single thing in my posts that suggests that I'd be 'so sure that it would go down well'.
But sure, keep on, whatever gives you a little kick.

You can see the pots and kettles here can't you @MarkWithaC ?

I go away for hours and do something more useful with my day yet when I come back, here you are AGAIN still trying desperately to put your point over even when posters like me and @MissScarletInTheBallroom have a different opinion.

I don't know if you're a bloke, or you've chosen a name that implies you are, but you need to accept that on MN if you post opinions, people may disagree with you.

You don't have to have a temper tantrum when they do - which is how you're coming across.

SunshineAndFizz · 23/03/2025 17:11

Doesn’t have online banking?!

She’s dodging paying.

SpringIsNearlySpringing · 23/03/2025 17:00

MidnightMeltdown · 23/03/2025 16:53

Gosh! Anyone who doesn’t order at least a portion of rice and two face sized peshwari naans with their curry, sides and starters, must have a serious eating disorder!! I’m so sick of all this competitive under eating on MN making me look greedy! I mean, I know that a portion size of carbs is 2-3 tablespoons of rice, but I starve myself for an hour so that I can shovel down at least 8 times that. It’s not a treat unless you’re having two days worth of calories in a single sitting is it?!

I know that obesity is associated with whole host of debilitating conditions, but that’s ok, who wants to work after 50 anyway?

You know stuffing yourself with the occasional takeaway isn’t going to create lifelong issues, yes??
God almighty, this thread isn’t about the amount of food or obesity, it’s about OPs DF being a CF.
Why are some posters obsessed with what other people eat? You really should see someone about your issues around food and why it’s so triggering for you.

Bitofanchange · 23/03/2025 17:00

IlooklikeNigella · 23/03/2025 16:26

No idea why you think this would concern me, fire away. But if you claim it's not a massive meal and anyone who thinks so has food issues then I will consider you deluded.

I consider you overbearing and thoroughly tedious!

MissScarletInTheBallroom · 23/03/2025 16:57

MarkWithaC · 23/03/2025 15:35

The difference here is that the host wasn't the one who suggested the takeaway.

I KNOW.

Yes, I'm shouting, I'm sorry, but I've said it more than once now, including in the post you've just responded to; I know that wasn't the case here. I was saying that I can kind of see the thinking, in general, that if someone invites you round, even if you get a takeaway rather than cooking, they pay because they're hosting. Some people on this thread have professed never to have heard of, and to be unable to comprehend, that as a concept.

But you're comparing apples with oranges. Of course it would be weird to invite someone round for dinner and then charge them the cost of the ingredients. That would also be a completely different situation.

If anything, when it comes to takeaways, if anyone is treating the other person it's the one who suggests it, regardless of whose house they are at.

MidnightMeltdown · 23/03/2025 16:53

Gosh! Anyone who doesn’t order at least a portion of rice and two face sized peshwari naans with their curry, sides and starters, must have a serious eating disorder!! I’m so sick of all this competitive under eating on MN making me look greedy! I mean, I know that a portion size of carbs is 2-3 tablespoons of rice, but I starve myself for an hour so that I can shovel down at least 8 times that. It’s not a treat unless you’re having two days worth of calories in a single sitting is it?!

I know that obesity is associated with whole host of debilitating conditions, but that’s ok, who wants to work after 50 anyway?

AdaStewart · 23/03/2025 16:50

”I was going to cook but she asked if I fancied a curry“.

You said that you did so she assumed that you were paying for it rather than cooking.

But when you asked for the money she should’ve paid up. Worra cunt!

MarkWithaC · 23/03/2025 16:47

ItsaWarmWindfromtheWest · 23/03/2025 16:35

You're very welcome about the 'snitty comment'. It was actually a genuine suggestion as you're so sure that it would go down well- look on it as an experiment and report back?

You can keep saying it time and time again but you know...doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome...

I'm sure you know the rest😂

Christ, are you still going?
I can't see a single thing in my posts that suggests that I'd be 'so sure that it would go down well'.
But sure, keep on, whatever gives you a little kick.

fortyfifty · 23/03/2025 16:46

Do you get together often and do this kind of thing? I guess the only thing you could do, if she's not going to pay, is to say, okay. I got this one. You can pay next time we get a takeaway. And make sure you order plenty of food.

£52 sounds like a lot of food for 2 people!

Jacopo · 23/03/2025 16:40

Spaghetti with a tyre?
Meals on Wheels, innit.