AIBU?
Greedy friend
Mitemar · 28/06/2017 12:57
This is very petty but has been annoying me a bit...
Recently went on hol with several others, it was good. One girl I'm particularly close friends with (at the risk of sounding horrible), can be really greedy with food.... and it's starting to annoy me. Just silly things e.g. We'd buy an expensive cake for everyone in the group, one person wouldn't have theirs but it would still be gone - she's eaten it on the sly. Or we'd order a few portions of crisps/chips/sharing dessert to share and unless you're completely on it, it's all gone (she's eaten it). I just found it a bit exhausting to keep monitoring it to ensure that I had some!
I would never mention this to her but how hard is it to share?!
Fluffypinkpyjamas · 28/06/2017 13:04
I would never mention this to her but how hard is it to share?!
That is why she does it, because she gets a away with it and nopbody says anything to her.
She needs to be called out on it. Re the cake, in front of people, hey greedy friend why is there no cake left, why did you eat blahs slice when you have already had yours? If you know it was her that ate it, ask her why she thinks it is acceptable to eat other peoples food.
I cannot abide greedy people. My BIL once decided to help to himself to 'seconds' it was in fact an entire meal clearly put aside for one of our DC. Fucking greedy twat ate the lot.
Coddiwomple · 28/06/2017 13:23
There's always one unfortunately One who will snap all the biscuits or cakes in the office, the flatmate who empty the fridges. If it's a friend, I would not order any portion to share and stick to individual ones. I would tell her she is out of order to eat one more than one slice of cake before everybody had a chance to have one!
It's not an eating disorder, she is just being rude and selfish.
HotNatured · 28/06/2017 13:30
I love my best friend to bits but she is so greedy, if it's not glued down, she will eat it. When she comes to my house she LITERALLY eats me out of house and home, I have started to hide the stuff I know she looks for in my cupboards and fridge. It's one of those close friendships which is a bit like what's mine is hers and vice versa but it does get a bit ridiculous sometimes. She knows she's greedy and people often comment on her huge portions if we go out for dinner. Some people are extremely food driven and I think go into like a trance when there are certain food about. I have to admit I hate sharing food with others as I just want mine to myself, so I'm just as greedy as my friend, but I have a bit more self awareness 
EvansOvalPies · 28/06/2017 13:37
We have a friend who does this. If we get together for a takeaway, for instance, or go for a meal in a restaurant where everyone orders a dish and the dishes are all shared, he will take, for example, all the prawns from the dish that I have ordered, leaving just the vegetables. I call him out on it every single time, but he thinks I'm the one being rude.
If he wants loads of prawns only, why doesn't he order them himself? I don't understand it. He just helps himself to all the best bits of each plate and it really annoys me.
user1476869312 · 28/06/2017 13:40
Just wondering - are the rest of the friendship group the sort of women who competitively under-eat and make a lot of noise about how 'naughty' food is? If everyone's making a big deal out of not eating cake, then her choice to eat it is a) sensible and b) possibly borne out of exasperation at the twattiness.
PoorYorick · 28/06/2017 13:44
Fat-bashing? My friend is not at all fat, and I don't think other posters mentioned anyone being overweight either. Just greedy. The two don't necessarily go hand-in-hand.
Was that a NC fail?
Anyway, ok. A lot of threads about fat people, weight loss, jealous bitter fat women, overeaters, and things in that general category. I'm wondering if we got mentioned on reddit somewhere.
TheFatOfTheLand · 28/06/2017 13:48
It's like MN bingo - eating disorder and fat bashing already mentioned and it's only page 1
I was accused of fat shaming on another thread for saying it's not normal to eat 3 burgers and chips for lunch.
Nobody has said their greedy friends are fat, some posters have just made that assumption so they can jump on and whinge.
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