She ordered a Curry and hasn’t paid me

[OnePeachA]

Friend came to my house

I was going to cook but she asked if I fancied a curry. I said that would be really nice actually

Her JustEat app wasn’t working so I said have a look on mine for places that are open. She picked Indian.

I put everything I wanted in and she added hers. Total came to £52ish. Over 65% of that cost was hers.

I said I could just check out and sort it later. I have messaged to ask if she had the money today as a gentle reminder, and she said she thought it was my treat?

I said oh, we must have got crossed wires then. She said ‘I did cover the shop’

She went to the corner shop for wine and snacks. I got a Grape Fanta!

Where do I go from here? Leave it? Was it reasonable for her to assume it was in fact my treat?

The host offered to cook. It was the cheeky friend who instead asked to order takeaway, then couldn't because her app didn't work.
Sounds like she had it planned all along to get you to pay. Doesn't sound like a great friend to me.

It looks like a few CFs have joined the thread. If I was going to cook for a guest then they decided that they would prefer a takeaway I would not be paying for their meal.

That said, I would have checked with them beforehand that the meal I was cooking was what they wanted to eat.

This. Perfect!

I read that as “18 hours on the loo” doesn’t faze you. You reminded me of my BIL..,

😂yes, try this. Crossed wires, or she did this on purpose

And who doesn't use cash point machines... she actually has to go into a branch. Her "never mind' would wind me up too. I'd not persist with this friendship.

Ha ha you won’t see that money again, OP. No online banking my arse.

I would just let her get the next one.

So weird that CFs are willing to swap a friendship for one free takeaway, as that’s what she’s done. Especially if there was a home cooked meal on offer … if she didn’t have the cash, why not go for that

Was out with a lovely longstanding friend last week and the waiter was laughing at us because we were both fighting to be the first to handover our card and pay the bill.

It's cheeky. She should go half. Since she suggested it.

That's what my friends and I are like with each other.

That’s me and my mum. She’s 81 years old and she’d wrestle Tyson Fury to the floor to be the one who pays the bill.

Who said?

She wasn't expecting the freebie train to stop so soon.

Some people have trouble asking for money back. And that's the golden ticket for a freeloader.

That might be why @MidnightMeltdown has meltdowns at midnight. Hunger.

Exactly. It's so tiresome and completely irrelevant.

That’s what I read too. 😂 Thought for a second someone else must have been eating the spaghetti tyre!

Well, it’s no wonder she suggested getting a takeaway…

I really cannot get my head around people being this cheeky. Imagine potentially losing a friendship/making a friend feel uncomfortable and awkward over a curry. The mind boggles.

Well done for standing your ground, OP.

Banging order by the way.
I am laughing at the “why rice AND naan?! you’re supposed to have one or the other!” comments. Try telling that to my Indian grandmother, you’d get a swift slap around the cheeks with the naan.

😂😂

Teenytinyness notwithstanding, that is a bit much. Not least because they tend to be the size of a hearth rug from Indian takeaways... (Like the one in this pic.) Sometimes they're bigger than this one! Me and DH share one, and we are not 'teeny tiny!'

Oh, we do have rice too. But just one between us! (well, maybe we're a teeny bit teeny tiny!) 😆 We do have a curry between us too, but also a bag of chips between us, and 3 or 4 poppadoms each! And sometimes a couple of onion bhajis each. All together that is quite filling - for us!

She ordered via JustEat - there's always a premium for using a 3rd party app to order. We phone our favourite Indian restaurant and collect the food ourselves - saves about 1/3 of the cost.

This! Sorted!

This has been one of those threads that I missed out on because we were out last night. I've been giggling all the way through the thread. Thanks for the entertainment!! The tyre gives a very visual image that is hard to shake off!! 😂

The ONLY way this level of cheekyfuckery could be justified, is if she paid for a takeaway last time you were at hers.
I’m guessing not though

She was willing to order,therefore pay until she noticed her just eat app wasn t working??
Reverse roles...say you actually thought it was HER treat ,but you ll accept half, not all of the money
It was her suggestion after all.
If you were cooking dinner you d have paid for and prepared the food, but she requested the takeaway.
Her bag