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Aibu to expect my friend to reciprocate ?

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bellarations · 13/08/2014 08:26

A very good friend ALWAYS comes to our house has a lovely meal cooked and stays quite late, usually past midnight.
This has been going on for years, her children are now grown up and I still have young children so she justifies "there are a lot of you and only us so shall we come to you (long pause) or meet somewhere?" Wtf... Absolutely no intention of welcoming us to her. I said I don't mind coming to you, but she implied that she would save me hassle by coming to me instead. However I feel like she is taking the piss to never offer, leaving me to do all the work and pay for all the food. Yes, I know we could get a takeaway, I'm annoyed at the assumption that we "should" host because our children are young and hers have grown up so won't be included anyway.
Aibu to think my friend should reciprocate even if it means more work for her?

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Booboostoo · 13/08/2014 12:06

She sounds rude. Shutting the dogs in another room for one evening is not a big deal, hosting toddlers is no big deal (I'd expect the parents to come prepared with toys) and if she really cannot/will not cook she can always ask you out to dinner. That is what we do when we cannot host (serial renovators so we often have builders demolishing our homes).

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