His Friends Knew His Girlfriend Had A Severe Peanut Allergy Yet Still Played A Prank And Tried To Get Them To Eat Peanut Butter At A Dinner Party, So They Angrily Left Before The Meal, But Now His Friends Still Want Him To Pay For Some Of The Food
Last Sunday, this 25-year-old was supposed to have a party with his friend group and everyone’s partners. They planned to just have some drinks, play games, and order food from a local Chinese take-out joint.
While he and his friends were discussing the hangout, he also made sure to mention that he would be bringing his girlfriend– who has a severe peanut allergy.
“I brought up her peanut allergy multiple times because my friends like to prank each other by putting nuts in each others’ beers when they aren’t looking, and I really didn’t want that to happen to my girlfriend, even on accident, for obvious reasons,” he recalled.
It’s also crucial to mention that while he doesn’t have a peanut allergy, he absolutely despises peanut butter. In fact, even the smell of it makes him gag.
That’s why, despite his warnings about his girlfriend’s food allergy, his friends still tried to prank him and get him to eat peanut butter.
More specifically, when he arrived, his friends thought it would be hilarious to display Reese’s peanut butter cups on a nice plate and claim that they were just filled with chocolate cream. Then, when he bit into one, his friends hoped he would have a huge reaction, and it would be “funny.”
Understandably, though, he was just furious that his friends even considered doing that in the first place with his girlfriend around.
“If my girlfriend ate hers before I did mine, she would have gone into anaphylactic shock,” he said.
So, after the “prank,” he pulled his girlfriend aside to ask if anyone had filled her in on the prank– either telling her not to eat the Reese’s or trying to stop her from grabbing one– due to her allergy. But, he found out that not one of his friends intervened for her health and safety.
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At that point, he was so upset because he had made it crystal clear to his friends that his girlfriend had a severe peanut allergy.
“And we already had a discussion in the past about tampering with food and drinks, like putting vodka in my cola while I never drank and was the designated driver,” he added.
Not to mention, the whole stunt made his girlfriend not feel comfortable at the hangout anymore.
That’s why, following the “prank,” he told his friends why they were upset, said his goodbyes, and promptly left the get-together.
Well, his friends still continued to party the night away without them and still ordered the Chinese take-out.
Yet, even though he and his girlfriend didn’t stay to eat any of that food, he still received a message from his friends the following day telling him that he needed to pay for his share of the meal!
Now, he refused to do that since he and his girlfriend were barely at the party and didn’t eat. Plus, it’s not like they specifically ordered anything since his friends ordered the take-out after they left.
Nonetheless, his friends are still insisting that he pay for part of the bill anyway since that was the arrangement they discussed beforehand.
“So I told them they should’ve ordered less since they knew we weren’t eating Chinese because we left several hours ago, and they just have to figure it out themselves by either splitting the remaining amount evenly or having the person who pulled the prank pay it,” he reasoned.
Yet, while that may sound reasonable to most people, his friends still aren’t budging. In fact, they’re now accusing him of being a jerk and trying to “get revenge” because he is still angry about the prank.
“But I feel like it’s just fair because they had two-plus hours to figure out an alternative or discuss the new bill, and it was their own fault for having us leave,” he vented.
Regardless, with his whole friend group now annoyed with him, he’s been left wondering if refusing to pay for the take-out meal that neither he nor his girlfriend ate really made him a jerk or not.
Why do you think his friends blatantly disregarded his warnings about his girlfriend’s food allergy? How would you feel if your friends disrespected you and your partner like that? Should he be expected to pay for any of the food if he didn’t eat, especially after the prank? What would you do in this situation?
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