Friend spends the weekend with me then ‘reviews’ her experience, wtf!?

[Biscusting]

Friend has been good friend during our uni days. We’ve loosely kept in touch over the years, but different career choices, interests, distance and children have pushed us in different directions.

She messages me out out of the blue to ask about staying a weekend with us. We live in an area popular with tourists.

I’m feeling a bit put out, as don’t fancy hosting, but we had no concrete plans and thought it would be a nice catch up.

Anyway she stays we have dinner out one night. She’s spends a day visiting a popular attraction and we have a nice evening in with a selection of nibbles, pizza, cheese and wine etc. Uneventful, pleasant weekend I feel.

Now i’ve just been browsing FB and looked on her page to see if she’d posted any pictures. To find she’d written quite a lengthy post about her stay. I don’t want to copy and paste, but basically it’s along the lines of, ‘had an okay weekend with Biscusting, staying at her place. Found the breakfast underwhelming and conversation with her DH a bit dry.
The sleigh bed in the guest room was too high and I bumped on the wooden edge so often I have a bruise. The room was too small.’.....the WiFi speed was poor at best’

She goes on to critique the decor and waffles on a lot about the tourist attraction she visited. Then ends the post with ‘all in all i’d give her two stars’

Wtaf is this!? Has she mistaken FB for trip advisor and my home for a hotel!?

We don’t have many shared friends, but people have liked her bloody post. 13 people!

Now the thing is she talked about coming back at the end of July for an exhibition and we made relatively firm plans about her return.

AIBU to tell her to jog on?

Obviously it’s more entertaining for mumsnet if you post something in response to her message, it will possibly create more drama and more outrageous posts, however, it would be better just to phone her and ask her about it.

Okay if I comment on her post, my friends won’t see it? Might need to test this with DHs FB. I don’t think he’s friends on FB with her.

Really hope you reply to this..... her comment reflects on her not you. How hurtful and rude.

Breakfast sounds positively overwhelming! Now I'm going to ask is your dh dry in the conversation department or is he very witty and engaging?

My theory is that she's tried to write the opposite of what happened at some attempt at humour but it's back fired and fallen flat on its arse. She knows you can read her FB?
She should NEVER attempt comedy ever again and maybe look up Ironic humour on Wikipedia because this isn't it.

Text her and tell her you're hurt and insulted. A lot of truth is spoken in jest. She's fucked up big time here

I agree that a similarly sarcastic response might not be the best idea.

I’d go with some plain speaking:

“I am sorry you did not enjoy your stay, and think so little of our friendship that you would post such an unpleasant review for all your friends to see. In the light of this, I am sure you will understand that we will no longer be hosting you in July”.

"I can't wait until you come back in July. I am working really hard to make everything perfect for you this time so that I get those 5 stars"

Comment on your FB but tag her in and ensure her friends so friends and friends of friends can read the comment.

That way she can’t delete the comment.

She sounds stupid if she thinks she can insult you and then return for another free break!

Copy a link to this thread on FB and tag her in it.

Post a reply with

"If you don't like the service, I suggest you don't pay the bill. Oh yeah and unfortunately "Hotel Biscusting is full whenever it was that you said you wanted to come back and stay."

Ok, if you won’t phone why not just text her directly. You’ve no need to comment on her Facebook page. ....or is that too boring 🧐

Honestly I’d still be tempted to wait for now and then leave her in the shit in July. She’ll just book a travelodge if you tell her now. If you wait she might not get anywhere

Sounds like a misjudged attempt at humour. While I'd be fuming I'd also want to find out what's behind it - she might have had a lovely time and just genuinely think she's being hilarious. Or maybe she's just nuts and thinks she's on that programme 'Four in a bed' where B&B owners go and review other B&Bs.

Dear CF,

Thank you for staying with us at our home on your recent trip to X and for posting your honest feedback for the whole of FB to see.

Readers may be forgiven for thinking, when seeing your review, that you had stayed in a 1* motel WHEN INFACT you were a guest in our newly renovated home.

I'm sorry that the furnishings were not to your liking but we did our best to make you feel comfortable and I'm sorry that certain items of furniture did not meet with your high standards.

With regards the complimentary Wi-Fi, to anybody else reading this review. DO NOT COME TO OUR HOUSE IF WI-FI IS MORE IMPORTANT TO YOU THAN HUMAN INTERACTION, YOU WILL BE DISAPPOINTED.

Having said all that, I want you to know that we take your feedback very seriously and have decided that in response to your honest review, we are going to close our doors to future guests with immediate effect.

We hope that you manage to find more suitable accommodation when you return to X in July and that your chosen hotel doesn't cost you a fortune.

Regards, OP

A combination of SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius and Okkis posts.

I wouldn't bother with the sarcastic reply. Just post that you find her behaviour both rude and hurtful and then delete her from your friendship list and life. A classy reply will publicly embarrass her far more than an attempt to match her 'humour'. There's no way imo that anyone could post that and not expect to cause offense.

I’d comment on the status, posting a link to the nearest Travelodge or Premier Inn with a comment saying “Looks like there’s availability here for the XXrd July. Enjoy the exhibition.”

I’d then consider the friendship to be over.

Tbh i’d just wow react it and comment with the eyes 👀 emoji then ghost her

Sometimes emojis speak louder than words, what a time to be alive

Phone and ask her what, exactly?

Moons that is fantastic, you have totally nailed it.

Or, you could just tell her that she's hurt your feelings and ask her to delete it

Don't think I could let that slide without saying something, given that she's expecting to return in July. I would assume it was an attempt at humour, albeit a hurtful and insensitive one.

I wouldn't bother with the sarcastic reply. Just post that you find her behaviour both rude and hurtful and then delete her from your friendship list and life. A classy reply will publicly embarrass her far more than an attempt to match her 'humour'. There's no way imo that anyone could post that and not expect to cause offense

THIS... and tell her July is OFF

Cheeeeeky madam!

I’d definitely call her out on that, how can she possibly post that and think she can return for another visit.