Friends wants me to pay towards her hotel room,aibu not too?

[lisaandpop]

Me and two friends and her 14 year old daughter are going to London on Sunday night to see a show.
My friend booked two twin rooms at £80 per room.
I thought great that's £40 each for me and my friend.
My other friend has turned around and said that's around £53.50 each.
I said it's only £40 each for me and my friend as the room is £80
She has said two rooms is £160 so that's £160 shared 3 ways.
Aibu to think this is a bit cheeky?

[MarthasGinYard]

So if she goes to say a....theme park or attraction is that split 3 ways too....

What about when you eat out??

[lisaandpop]

@thetwits it was my friend with the daughter who booked and she said the family room only had a double plus 2 child beds so would mean one of us on child bed.

[MarthasGinYard]

'Crotch goblin? '

WTF

[lisaandpop]

It was my friend with the daughter who booked rooms and is her who is saying split 3 ways.
Me and my other friend have decided we are only paying for our room
That extra £13 will pay for our breakfast.

[Fairenuff]

Get £40 off the friend you are sharing a room with and then give £80 to other friend and say 'Here's the £80 for our room'. Done.

[theworldistoosmall]

Nope only budgeted for £40.
Also suggest all food/drink related costs you pay for your own, after all cf is also overcharging

[MulticolourMophead]

She wants her daughter to come, so she pays her daughter's costs. They're her responsibility, no-one else's.

[TheMobileSiteMadeMeSignup]

Bookings are split between the number of people.

We had a holiday with 5 adults plus our DD, as she was 4 at the time we split it as 5 and a half and we paid for 2 and a half. If she had been a teen it would have been 6 ways split.

Your friend is being a CF.

[ilikemethewayiam]

I can’t believe you are actually considering paying for HER child! Why on earth would anyone think someone else should pay for their child! I’m aghast! I would just say MY share of the room is £40 and that’s all I’m paying. End of!

[Giraffesinscarves]

WTF PotterHead1985

So it's okay to call children names now is it?

[OhLookHeKickedTheBall]

No no no YANBU at all.
I always take responsibility for paying for my own crotch goblins . If other people insist on splitting that's their choice, but I'd never assume they would want to or should do.

[M4J4]

I’d tell her to cancel your and other friend’s room and you’ll book it yourself. Cheeky fucker. Is she always so grasping?

[ApolloandDaphne]

She is being a CF. If she wants her child to go then she has to pay her share.

[PotterHead1985]

Jaysus things are taken so differently in different places.
To explain round these parts 'crotch goblin' is a term used when people are expecting others to capitulate to them and their ways because of their children, such as demanding their children be invited to a wedding or as in the OPs case expecting you to pay for their kids room. It is in no way meant as calling the children names and is more to do with having a go at the parent.

I would like to apologise if I offended anybody as that was not my intention. We are from different places and different things are used/said so it didn't occur to me that it would be found offensive. Apologies again.

[MarthasGinYard]

I quite like it

[TheGrey1houndSpeaks]

Ah, I see.

[GiveMeAllTheGin8]

Yanbu!! Cf

[caughtinanet]

That's a vile term to decribe a child potterhead, I've never heard it and hope I never hear it again

[Comefromaway]

Unless the hotel is one that doesn't charge for children then you should each pay for the room you are sleeping in so you and 1 friend pay £40 each and other friend and her daughter pay £80.

[BestestBrownies]

I think 'crotch goblin' is in fact a pretty darn accurate way to describe most spoiled, entitled brats kids these days.

[PeanutButterBrownie]

I'd clear up the plan for all expenses for the trip eg dinner etc now!

[PotterHead1985]

@caughtinanet ** I can confirm you won't hear it from me again anyway.

Navigating MN can be a minefield at times as we are from all different places and have different terminologies. We also use the same words to mean different things (good and bad) so it can be dead awks. Apologies again.


OT mad example of this - if I go 10 miles up or down the road and say I want a honkey I get weird looks!!

[PregnantSea]

Haha. That's funny. What a CF.

Glad you aren't giving her the money for this OP. What a ridiculous request!

[Foslady]

Suggest you make sure she knows you’re not splitting food bills also....

[GaraMedouar]

Glad you’ve decided to just pay the £40 each OP. ‘Crotch goblin’ - never heard that term but must remember it 😀