It’s hard when you outgrow your friends. It happens to all of us at one point or another. Maybe you became friends in school when you were all on the same page, taking the same classes, and had the same priorities. Maybe you locked into something that you felt was going to be forever. You …
Seguir leyendo Young moms try to reschedule 26-year-old friend’s birthday party to accommodate for kids, leaving friend unable to attend her own birthday party: ‘The day before my celebration the group chat exploded’
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20-year-old cancels trip to LA after finding out friend expected her to pay for everything, can’t afford $150 plane ticket: ‘She shouldn’t have asked me to go if she was expecting me to pay’
When you’re young, you probably expect to be in it together with your peers when it comes to money. When you’re starting out, odds are all of your friends are struggling too. You’re cooking meals for each other instead of going out, you’re having pre-games to save on drinks at the bar, and you’re probably …
Seguir leyendo 20-year-old cancels trip to LA after finding out friend expected her to pay for everything, can’t afford $150 plane ticket: ‘She shouldn’t have asked me to go if she was expecting me to pay’
Mom of 2 gets offended when childless friend calls her out on perpetual lateness: ‘My other friends are on time despite having small children’
It is no secret that having kids is usually a shortcut to playing the game of life on hard mode, especially when they are young. Tasks that could once be completed in a matter of minutes can suddenly become mountain climbing expeditions with a couple of tiny people in tow. As a result, time management …
Seguir leyendo Mom of 2 gets offended when childless friend calls her out on perpetual lateness: ‘My other friends are on time despite having small children’
Friend refuses to split $1,000+ check at a San Francisco birthday dinner after another friend racked up the bill with family-style platters of seafood, meat, and pricey cocktails: ‘We were each expected to pay $150, I had a $23 pasta and a $10 mocktail’
There’s nothing quite like the modern group birthday dinner to remind you that sometimes, friendship is just a subscription fee with cocktails. You step into a swanky San Francisco restaurant for what you hope will be a laid-back evening, but instead walk straight into a Hunger Games of Venmo requests. Before you can even scan …
Seguir leyendo Friend refuses to split $1,000+ check at a San Francisco birthday dinner after another friend racked up the bill with family-style platters of seafood, meat, and pricey cocktails: ‘We were each expected to pay $150, I had a $23 pasta and a $10 mocktail’
29-year-old snoops and finds out about roommate’s raise, demand they start covering 80% of the rent despite agreeing to 50/50: ‘What you make is NONE OF HER BUSINESS’
Roommate situations can be hard to settle, especially if you’re around the same age. Maybe you’re making a similar amount of money maybe you’re in similar stages in life and maybe you need each other to be able to afford your rent. That’s what roommates are usually for, after all. But what happens when an …
Seguir leyendo 29-year-old snoops and finds out about roommate’s raise, demand they start covering 80% of the rent despite agreeing to 50/50: ‘What you make is NONE OF HER BUSINESS’
28-year-old backpacker in Southeast Asia refuses her travel buddies Anna and Mark’s attempts to expel her from their Thailand trip for being too relaxed, telling them she’s not leaving and they’re welcome to hit the road: ‘they’re trying to kick me out’
There are few things more unstable than a backpacking friendship forged in the sweaty crucible of Southeast Asia, where the humidity is high, the food is cheap, and travel «groups» form and dissolve faster than street ice cream. Our traveler, a go-with-the-flow queen in a world of spreadsheet-worshipping, itinerary-fixated travel companions, found herself on a …
Seguir leyendo 28-year-old backpacker in Southeast Asia refuses her travel buddies Anna and Mark’s attempts to expel her from their Thailand trip for being too relaxed, telling them she’s not leaving and they’re welcome to hit the road: ‘they’re trying to kick me out’
17-year-old high schooler is pressured by friends Amanda and Sam to cover a $500 restaurant bill during a weekend trip after Amanda orders half the menu and claims she “forgot her card,” but the responsible teen refuses to foot the bill: ‘My meal was $26’
If you want to test the true strength of a friendship, skip the trust falls and just go to dinner at a fancy restaurant with a group of broke high schoolers. Nothing quite exposes class dynamics, budget delusions, and two-faced freeloading like splitting an astronomical check after everyone has spent the meal pretending to «just …
Seguir leyendo 17-year-old high schooler is pressured by friends Amanda and Sam to cover a $500 restaurant bill during a weekend trip after Amanda orders half the menu and claims she “forgot her card,” but the responsible teen refuses to foot the bill: ‘My meal was $26’
Couple demands non-refundable $1000 back after they pull out of beach vacation because friends wouldn’t allow their contagious child to attend: ‘She accused us of being greedy and valuing money more than friendship’
When you’re under the weather, it’s your responsibility to make sure your germs don’t spread. That’s something, if we didn’t know already, we all learned a few years ago for no reason in particular. You don’t want to make other people sick if you can avoid it. It can be hard to skip out on …
Seguir leyendo Couple demands non-refundable $1000 back after they pull out of beach vacation because friends wouldn’t allow their contagious child to attend: ‘She accused us of being greedy and valuing money more than friendship’
Teenage girl refuses to host a sleepover for her two friends after finding out they lied to her, went to a party without inviting her, and just wanted her place to crash afterward: ‘I said no. I don’t want to feel used, they weren’t honest with me’
Here is a young woman, navigating the shifting tides of teenage friendship, only to discover her role has quietly been downgraded from trusted confidante to convenient couch provider. Adolescence truly brings out the finest in human connection, where (although short) lifelong loyalty can be swapped faster than you can say group chat drama. It turns …
Seguir leyendo Teenage girl refuses to host a sleepover for her two friends after finding out they lied to her, went to a party without inviting her, and just wanted her place to crash afterward: ‘I said no. I don’t want to feel used, they weren’t honest with me’
24-year-old adds bone broth to meat-allergic friend’s meal, claims he ‘didn’t think she was really vegetarian’ after she immediately gets sick: ‘The group chat is in shambles’
Cooking for other people can be stressful. When I’m cooking for myself, I don’t have a care in the world. If it’s gross, who cares? I’m the one who has to eat it, so I’m only disappointing myself. Plus, if I’m the tiniest bit lax with food safety (aka using yogurt that’s a couple of …
Seguir leyendo 24-year-old adds bone broth to meat-allergic friend’s meal, claims he ‘didn’t think she was really vegetarian’ after she immediately gets sick: ‘The group chat is in shambles’