Didn't give me friend half of what she paid?aibu?

[cheeeryybaby]

Went out with my friend on Saturday night.
Got to the end of the night and we went to pizza shop for food.
I said i only want garlic and chips which was £3.50
She was saying "ok we will share,il get things too"
I said "I only want garlic and chips as im not massively hungry tho"
She was very drunk and kept going on and on
She got to pizza shop and she was ordering all kinds
I gave her £5 and didn't bother asking for change
She ordered Kebab a pizza and my garlic and chips
It came to over £20
The next day she texts "hi just checked my bank statement I paid £20 in pizza shop but I only have £5 in my purse ? Did we go half's?"
I said no I only wanted garlic and chips but gave you £5

Anyway she went on and on saying I should have gave her £10 as it was food for both of us (I told her I didn't want any)
Now she's saying she can't waste that much money and asking for a extra £5

What do I do? It's only £5 do I just pay it?

Imagine if you were drunk and your husband told you you couldn't have the food you wanted 🤦🏼‍♀️

"And I can't afford to subsidise you for something I repeatedly said no to and didn't share."

WOW that is a lot of food she ate!

Also never ever known anyone split a bill for an end of the night takeaway. Why not just get your own and do two transactions, there is literally no need for any bill splitting or discussion

same, the mn world and the real world are so different it appears. Never in a million years would I consider saying to somebody 'let's go halves' at a fast food outlet. I'd just get my own stuff. Also the maddest thing is that she is chasing up a fiver and I say that as somebody on benefits.

I guess I am a bit of a sensible mumsy type so yes if my friend was drunk I would step in

@LooneyToon

exactly how would you ‘step in’?

you might be ‘Mumsy’ but the OP’s friend is not a kid

I would have paid half, not worth quibbling over, what goes around comes around etc

Nothing to do with being sensible or a mum. Its about never getting between a hungry woman and her food. It never ends well 😅

I've only done this once, but we were sober and left a very boring night out early to get takeaway and go back to my place to watch a movie. We agreed beforehand what to get and that we'd share then we paid half each.

Normally I wouldn't do this though.

You obviously dont look after ur mates when ur out which is fine.. it is not that hard to sort out a drunk person

A kebab and a pizza?

In practise - what would you actually do when you say you would “step in” to stop her spending “all that money” on food?

I’m a “posh southerner” and I’ve been known to get garlic and chips from the kebab house while drunk. It’s gurt lush.

Whats your question? Both are food items last time I checked 🤔

How's she not embarrassed asking for a fiver, I imagine she spent loads getting drunk on a night out. It's not cheap. She ordered it and it's not on you to stop her, you aren't baby sitting and if she was that bad she wouldn't have got served.

Keep repeating you didn’t have any of her food, and she owes you £1.50

*I've only done this once, but we were sober and left a very boring night out early to get takeaway and go back to my place to watch a movie. We agreed beforehand what to get and that we'd share then we paid half each.

Normally I wouldn't do this though*

if it was a large pizza maybe but for most fast food stuff it's handier to just order for yourself if you are physically there.

Actually some people DO say chips & fish - & that's regional too.

As is toast under beans which some find equally baffling

Being "regional" doesn't make it any less wrong. It's regional to say borrow when you mean the exact opposite, lend, its still wrong. Its regional to say pacific when you mean specific.

Regional doesn't equal "wrong".
It equals "different from what I am used to hearing."

Who do you think you are, to tell entire regions who say 'chips & fish' they are wrong?

And using 'borrow' for 'lend' isn't regional - it's educational. Some people are better educated than others, or find grammar easier to grasp. That's got nothing to do with regions, & quite a lot to do with luck & privilege.

Tell her you paid in full. Let her off paying you the change, but if she pressures you, explain that she owes you rather than the other way around.

No, wrong equals wrong, whether it is regional or not.
Chips and fish is just wrong, I don't care how many people say it. There are rules. Some things are just wrong.

Who do I think I am? Someone who knows the rules of the English language I guess. They're not that difficult really.

There is no "rule" in the English language that sets out whether to put the word fish in front of the words chips in a sentence @Arayes you daft bugger!

Where are these rules published and by which body?

TIA

Where do people find loony friends like this? Is there a special catalogue or website where you only get batshit people on order to punish yourself for something.