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To think it was my curry?!

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Lolabear38 · 04/01/2026 06:12

Bit of background - we’ve had guests staying with us for the last 5 days. During that time I’ve cooked and paid for 90% of the meals and cleared everything away. There’s been large meals (they’re big eaters), snacks, puddings, alcohol etc. Relevant just to show I’m not (or at least I don’t think I am) being tight I suppose.

Last night we ordered an Indian take away (I couldn’t face cooking for us all again). We all ordered a curry and rice each, and a variety of sides. For no particular reason I didn’t eat all of my main meal, everyone else finished all theirs. We all had roughly the same amount of the sides. I got my curry and put it in the fridge.

Today we went for a pub lunch so when it came to dinner in the evening I said it was leftovers from the last couple of days and put out everything/ cooked up a few bits and pieces that needed eating. Everyone helped themselves and as they were eating I heated up my curry. DH’s friend, with a plate full of food already, suddenly said ‘oh I didn’t realise there was curry on offer! I’ll have that’. Somewhat put out I said ‘this is actually the curry I ordered last night and kept what was left, I thought I’d finish it tonight’. He replied with ‘But we can all share it can’t we? Leftovers are all fair game’. I kind of laughed it off and when the curry was warmed through I quickly put it on my plate and just sat down to eat - I’m talking maybe 1/2 of a regular portion of curry was left? He looked at me, raised his eyebrows and said ‘I guess Lola doesn’t share food, hey?’

Who is BU?

YABU - leftover curry belongs to anyone who wants to eat it, whether they ordered it or not, stop being so weird.

YANBU - you ordered that curry. Everyone else ordered their own and ate it all. The leftovers of your curry belong to you.

We split the cost of the take away fairly between us all, if that matters.

OP posts:
mydogisthebest · 05/01/2026 21:00

Twinkletoes127 · 05/01/2026 20:42

If it was ALL, the curry would have been shared. So it wasn't ALL. Thats the distinction

Oh stop being so stupid. I don't think you even mean what you are saying but you just want to argue. Only and idiot would not understand that the curry was HERS and ALL THE FOOD OTHER THAN HER CURRY WAS SHARED.

Lamentingalways · 05/01/2026 20:59

This is why I have precisely 0 friends. Who could be arsed listening to a greedy, ungrateful shit begging for the leftover curry you paid for? It’s your house, if you want to eat anything that you paid for he should be minding his own business. I just wouldn’t even want to speak to him every again tbh. The fact that he tried to belittle you after you had said no would be a deal breaker for me friendship wise. Curious as to what your DH / DP thought of him attempting to humiliate you?

Factsoverfiction · 05/01/2026 20:58

You might THINK so, some of us DON’T.

TheHillIsMine · 05/01/2026 20:53

This bonkers. The OP was 100% right to eat the rest of HER curry.

Twinkletoes127 · 05/01/2026 20:42

mydogisthebest · 05/01/2026 20:37

It was ALL shared except HALF a curry. Her curry that she had paid for. They all had curry and they could all, if they had wanted to, left some for the next day but they didn't.

I really think some of you are being petty and aruing just for the sake of it.

If it was ALL, the curry would have been shared. So it wasn't ALL. Thats the distinction

Lotsnlotsoflove · 05/01/2026 20:39

TheHillIsMine · 05/01/2026 19:50

I don't need to understand. She wasn't rude. She's paid for food for these people for five days. They all ate their full curry. She didn't and decided to just have it the next day while providing another full meal.

It’s not rude so much as inhospitable and a little weird to serve yourself something different (and in this case it’s sounds like more appetising) than what you serve your guests. The guest did not necessarily know the origin story of the curry, he saw curry at a buffet dinner and asked for some. He was in my view rude when he was told ‘no’, but also I can see why he thought it was fair game. Ultimately, a minor face pas on OP’s behalf, more than outbalanced by what sounds excellent hosting to that point.

Everyone with a hair across their arse about her cooking is deranged. It’s very normal in couples for one person to take on the load in one area where they prefer the work/are better at it, and someone else to take the reins in another area.

mydogisthebest · 05/01/2026 20:37

Twinkletoes127 · 05/01/2026 20:24

Bringing it forward for you Imdunfer.
And for the record, I agree 100%
Share all, or none, not bits here and there at hosts choosing

Edited

It was ALL shared except HALF a curry. Her curry that she had paid for. They all had curry and they could all, if they had wanted to, left some for the next day but they didn't.

I really think some of you are being petty and aruing just for the sake of it.

TheHillIsMine · 05/01/2026 20:37

Imdunfer · 05/01/2026 20:18

Read my earlier post! I'm not typing it out again for you.

Edited

Say it as many times as you want but no. It's irrelevant.

Twinkletoes127 · 05/01/2026 20:24

Imdunfer · 04/01/2026 08:16

I'm going to go against the grain here and say that if a group of people are sharing all the same dishes then I think it's very odd to keep one dish back for yourself even if it was yours by purchase the day before.

I can't see that is any different from serving up a completely new buffet you bought with something nice on it and saying "that dish is mine, nobody else can have any".

If I wanted it all for myself I wouldn't eat it at a group buffet.

Bringing it forward for you Imdunfer.
And for the record, I agree 100%
Share all, or none, not bits here and there at hosts choosing

Lolabear38 · 05/01/2026 20:20

Toothfairy89 · 05/01/2026 13:17

I think it's fine to share tasks, but it is quite a hard concept to grasp that an adult of 40+ years has never learnt basic cooking skills. In all their 45 years he's never managed to make say a basic pasta and sauce combo without over or under cooking. He obviously can't follow a recipe if he's not succeeded in the above

Why does it matter though? There’s plenty of things I probably should be able to do, but I can’t or don’t. I would have a (very) vague idea of how to change a tyre on my car, but unless I had to, I wouldn’t even try. It’s the same for him and cooking. If he had to, if I wasn’t there or he had no choice, we would do it and probably be able to make something edible. When it’s the two of us (or our family), I cook because I want to and I know I will make something that tastes nice. Why are some people so perplexed by this? And what’s it got to do with whether the curry was mine or not?

OP posts:
Imdunfer · 05/01/2026 20:18

TheHillIsMine · 05/01/2026 20:13

Hang on. That's not on. The OP wasn't rude for eating her own individual meal over two nights. This was not a case of she made a load of plates of food and kept the lovely chunky chips or beautiful prawn dish for herself. It was literally HER meal leftover.

Read my earlier post! I'm not typing it out again for you.

Bjorkdidit · 05/01/2026 20:13

I think somewhere between the collective takeaway order and the OP settling down to her leftovers, these guests have more than outstayed their welcome.

So they should either of fucked off home, or no longer require guest level hospitality, either way it's perfectly fine for the OP to enjoy the last of her curry without having to cater for a crowd at the same time.

TheHillIsMine · 05/01/2026 20:13

Imdunfer · 05/01/2026 19:56

You do need to understand why this was bad manners and why it was rude unless you're happy to be equally as rude to guests in your home in future. But I guess you are.

Hang on. That's not on. The OP wasn't rude for eating her own individual meal over two nights. This was not a case of she made a load of plates of food and kept the lovely chunky chips or beautiful prawn dish for herself. It was literally HER meal leftover.

Imdunfer · 05/01/2026 19:56

TheHillIsMine · 05/01/2026 19:50

I don't need to understand. She wasn't rude. She's paid for food for these people for five days. They all ate their full curry. She didn't and decided to just have it the next day while providing another full meal.

You do need to understand why this was bad manners and why it was rude unless you're happy to be equally as rude to guests in your home in future. But I guess you are.

nomas · 05/01/2026 19:55

Imdunfer · 05/01/2026 19:47

Thank you for the apology. If you won't read my post very close to the top of page 3 then I guess you'll never understand why I and many other people believe that the behaviour of the host was bad manners.

Page 3 has no meaning here, everyone has different page numbers.

I and many others believe you are wrong. This wasn't a dish cooked by the host or a takeaway bought by the guests. As each person paid for their own takeaway, the rules of hosting do not apply. The guests ate their takeaway, they can't expect to eat OP's too, which she paid for herself. She is entitled to enjoy her paid for takeaway at a time of her choosing.

TheHillIsMine · 05/01/2026 19:50

I don't need to understand. She wasn't rude. She's paid for food for these people for five days. They all ate their full curry. She didn't and decided to just have it the next day while providing another full meal.

Imdunfer · 05/01/2026 19:47

TheHillIsMine · 05/01/2026 19:44

I read that particular post that I quoted and responded to that. I'm not interested in looking for another post. I do however apologise for saying people were thick.

Thank you for the apology. If you won't read my post very close to the top of page 3 then I guess you'll never understand why I and many other people believe that the behaviour of the host was bad manners.

TheHillIsMine · 05/01/2026 19:44

Imdunfer · 05/01/2026 19:40

The second post of mine you haven't read correctly, while calling me thick.

I repeat, read the post I directed you to.

Edited

I read that particular post that I quoted and responded to that. I'm not interested in looking for another post. I do however apologise for saying people were thick.

Factsoverfiction · 05/01/2026 19:41

You’ll have to ask the op that.

Imdunfer · 05/01/2026 19:40

TheHillIsMine · 05/01/2026 19:38

Exactly why did the host behave badly?

The second post of mine you haven't read correctly, while calling me thick.

I repeat, read the post I directed you to.

TheHillIsMine · 05/01/2026 19:38

Imdunfer · 05/01/2026 19:20

You misread or misunderstood my very simple my post and accuse me of being thick and not understanding a simple post 🤣😂🤣

If you are still struggling to understand, see my post close to the top of page 3.

Edited

Exactly why did the host behave badly?

lemonraspberry · 05/01/2026 19:27

zanahoria · 04/01/2026 19:07

He made a stupid joke but then brought it up again at the dinner table insulting someone who had been feeding him for five days.

And that is exactly it!!

It was not even a polite ask. It was an entitled I will help myself to that and then had the cheek to say ‘I guess Lola doesn’t share food, hey?’ when the entitled pig has been eating OP’s food (including the curry the night before he did not pay for) over the past week and had a full plate in front of him.

had it been me I would have been politely enquiring when they were planning on leaving.

Factsoverfiction · 05/01/2026 19:22

Imdunfer · 05/01/2026 19:13

Why are so many people on this thread unable to separate the behaviour of the guest (rude, greedy) from the behaviour of the host (ill mannered).

The fact the guest behaved badly doesn't take away from the bad manners of reserving one dish on a group buffet to yourself.

Apparently some leftovers are sharing leftovers and some are personal leftovers 🤷‍♀️

Imdunfer · 05/01/2026 19:20

TheHillIsMine · 05/01/2026 19:16

Except she didn't!! It was HER personal curry from the night before, the same as everyone else had their own. She didn't eat all hers in one go.

I fear for the future of this country when people are so thick they can not understand a simple post.

You misread or misunderstood my very simple my post and accuse me of being thick and not understanding a simple post 🤣😂🤣

If you are still struggling to understand, see my post close to the top of page 3.

TheHillIsMine · 05/01/2026 19:16

Imdunfer · 05/01/2026 19:13

Why are so many people on this thread unable to separate the behaviour of the guest (rude, greedy) from the behaviour of the host (ill mannered).

The fact the guest behaved badly doesn't take away from the bad manners of reserving one dish on a group buffet to yourself.

Except she didn't!! It was HER personal curry from the night before, the same as everyone else had their own. She didn't eat all hers in one go.

I fear for the future of this country when people are so thick they can not understand a simple post.

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