Traveling with friends can test even the strongest relationships, especially when money gets involved.

So when one girl on her birthday trip decided she shouldn’t have to pay for her share of their accommodations after ditching the Airbnb, things got awkward fast.

You’ll want to read on for this one.

AITA for not paying my friend back on her birthday?

I (19F) and a group of friends (18–19F) recently went on a girls’ trip to another city for our friend’s birthday.

We booked a pretty budget Airbnb; however, we are all university students, so between flights, accommodation, and going out, this was an expensive weekend for us.

At first, everyone agreed about how the costs should be split.

The birthday girl had no issue with paying her share for accommodation and flights, and we covered her food and drinks. We all got ready together and had dinner and pre-drinks at the Airbnb.

When we went into town, the birthday girl found a nice young man and ended up going back to his house for the night.

Then all of the sudden, the birthday girl started changing her tune.

After we got home, the birthday girl started demanding I pay her back for the price of the accommodation since she didn’t end up sleeping there.

She also is now claiming she “never should have paid,” as it was her birthday. This I agree with somewhat, but she had no issue with it when we were planning.

I booked the Airbnb under my name and paid for it, and now she’s asking me to pay her back the whole amount.

The rest of the friend group don’t think this is fair at all.

I explained that I don’t have the money — I would have to ask the six other girls to send me their share.

Even split six ways, after spending a lot of money this weekend, a lot of the girls (including me) don’t really have this money anymore. I also think that she doesn’t really have a great reason to be refunded.

We all used the space in the evening, and she kept all of her things there overnight. She didn’t bring up anything at the time or the next morning — only now, over text, when we are all home.

AITA for not paying her back?

It wasn’t what her friend wanted to hear, but it was what she needed to hear.

What did Reddit think?

This commenter doesn’t think highly of how this friend is behaving herself.

She also doesn’t really seem to understand how the real world works.

This commenter urges her to not give into her friend’s unreasonable demands.

This redditor agrees that she’s being completely unreasonable.

Maybe next time, her friend will think before demanding money back for a choice she made.

Ultimately, it’s worth standing your ground sometimes, even if it causes drama in the group chat.

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