I Ghosted My Friend After She Asked To Split Her Birthday Bill. Was I Unfair?

The original poster (OP) felt misled

The Redditor said that a friend of hers (“Megan”), who owns a restaurant with her partner, “Dave,” chose to hold her birthday in the couple’s “popular” venue.

“They invited about 40 people” to their restaurant, the woman added.

“They closed the restaurant for the night just for the event… it was a private party with only their intended guests.”

At the beginning of the night, OP says Dave raised a toast to Megan and beseeched the guests to order “whatever you want.” 

So she and multiple other guests were pretty surprised to receive bills the following day from the business owners, many of which ran into the hundreds. 

“Everyone kind of assumed it was being hosted, or at the very least subsidised,” she continued. 

She reckons the hosting couple profited to the tune of about £3,750, which left her feeling “icky” and suspicious of a “cash grab.” 

The poster and multiple other guests “have been keeping their distance” from Megan since then, the woman ended.