She Went Out To Lunch With Her Friend But Quickly Left After She Realized Her Friend Was Ordering A Ton While Trying To Get Out Of Paying Her Share Of The Bill

eshana_blue - stock.adobe.com - illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
eshana_blue - stock.adobe.com - illustrative purposes only, not the actual person

This 32-year-old woman has a friend the same age as her named Liah, and they have been friends for 2 decades.

Not that long ago, she and Liah kind of went their separate ways, as she’s super focused on her career, whereas Liah is more into the party life.

In an effort to buckle down and achieve her dreams, she knew Liah kind of had to go. After spending 7 years not really being friends, Liah surprisingly asked her to come out to lunch recently along with another friend.

“I finished my post-graduate, created a startup, and have accomplishments that I’m proud of, and she isn’t interested,” she explained.

“We can never talk about anything but her. She insisted, and I gave in because her husband just dumped her, and I thought maybe I could make a difference, at least for a few hours.”

“Her other friend, Elizabeth (f32), arrived, and we started ordering food. Elizabeth is extremely wealthy. I’ve known her since we were teenagers. Her own friendship with Liah kind of died years ago, but I’ve always suspected it’s because Liah doesn’t reciprocate.”

Anyway, she is on a super tight budget right now, as she’s intending to take 2 months off this summer to celebrate passing an exam she needs to complete prior to accepting a job.

But, back to lunch with Liah and Elizabeth. Around an hour into grabbing lunch with them, Liah began ordering a ton of food.

She realized Elizabeth made a face, and she knew this had to be one big old red flag. So, she made sure to order crab just for herself and asked for it to be on a separate bill.

eshana_blue – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person

She wanted to make it clear to Elizabeth that she was not trying to be a freeloader and had every intention of not taking advantage of her like Liah appeared to be doing.

“I paid for my food via cash app, and whatever else I ordered was from drinks and dessert,” she said.

“Liah starts dragging; she ate a lot and called her family that she was carrying a doggy bag. Ok cool. But then she did an “I forgot my wallet” skit, which was especially infuriating. Elizabeth looked unimpressed and said, “use your cash app then.”

“Liah then came up with a sob story, ran her ATM, and it was declined. Elizabeth called the waitress and asked for a detailed separation of the bill items, then paid for her own food while I was perplexed and…speechless. Elizabeth called Liah a leech. I was so embarrassed I went out of the restaurant and called Uber.”

She did feel awful for getting up and leaving, and she made sure to hide from Liah while she was outside and until she could climb into the car to get out of there.

Since then, Liah has been calling her up every single day to sob about her leaving her there with the bill. She knows her only option was to get out of that restaurant as soon as she realized Liah couldn’t pay her bill, but she still feels sad about it.

She’s wondering how she can get over this while wondering if she truly did the right thing here.

What do you think?

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