Call me crazy, but I think that folks who get fed at other peoples’ houses need to bite their tongue and be thankful.

But you know how ungrateful some folks can be!

Which brings us to today’s story!

Read on and see if you think this woman did anything wrong when she put her friend in her place.

AITA for telling my friend that she doesn’t get to have an opinion about my cooking because she is poor?

“My best friend Layla (29f) and her partner Ryan (40m) were over for dinner this evening.

I enjoy cooking and tonight’s dish was a seafood pasta with garlic bread and a veggie side dish.

Sounds like she’s a pretty good friend…

Having Layla and Ryan over for dinner is a semi frequent occurrence, but they typically don’t contribute anything to our meals.

The reasoning is 1.) they struggle financially and 2.) neither of them are very good at cooking.

IF they do bring something it’s usually drinks or a store bought side dish (potato salad, mac salad, chips, etc) but that is rare.

This has not ever really bothered me because hanging out is always a good time and I’m understanding of their financial situation and preference for not cooking.

My partner and I live very comfortably and can afford to feed guests for dinner every so often so it really has never been an issue until tonight.

I usually like to cut shrimp in half when I’m incorporating it into pasta because I feel like it mixes in better that way.

It’s just a personal preference.

I don’t claim to be a master chef. I just like cooking, and that’s the way I’ve always done it.

Well, this isn’t cool…

Layla started getting on my case about not serving whole shrimp with the pasta.

It started out as lighthearted banter but quickly became extremely annoying.

Some of her comments included:

Feeling stingy tonight, huh?

Hope I don’t get hungry again later!

I’ve never seen pasta served with cut up shrimp before.

She had enough.

I eventually got fed up and said something along the lines of, “Interesting take considering that I know you’ve never cooked shrimp ever in your life, and probably can’t afford to either. You don’t work, Ryan doesn’t have a real job….you guys come over here for free food and complain about it? Nah. I’m done.”

It was word vomit…followed by a very awkward silence.

They left shortly after that.

I texted Layla an hour later and apologized for what I said.

She apologized as well but honestly I’m still mad.

I’m starting to feel like they’re free loaders and it just feels icky knowing that they come over here and eat well pretty often and my partner and I never get anything in return.

I know that we’re in different financial situations but there are ways to make an effort without spending a lot of money.

Nope!

Layla suggested we do dinner again next week, assuming we were all good after we both apologized.

I responded and basically said “I’ll pass on that.”

She hit me back with “So are we too poor for you now?”

And I just said “Yep.”

It’s obviously not entirely that.

But the whole thing left a bad taste in my mouth and now I don’t even want to talk to her.

My partner thinks I’m being harsh but I don’t know…I feel used and I don’t like that.”

Reddit users spoke up about this.

This person said they all SUCK.

Another individual chimed in.

This person spoke up.

Another Reddit user said she’s NTA.

And another person also said they all SUCK.

Don’t bite the hand that feeds you…ever!

This woman’s response was super cringe.

If you thought that was an interesting story, check out what happened when a family gave their in-laws a free place to stay in exchange for babysitting, but things changed when they don’t hold up their end of the bargain.