'My friend's husband eats too much – I've told her he can't come for dinner'
A woman’s firefighter husband has caused unnecessary flames of rage in a close friendship, after continually eating too much food whenever he is invited over for dinner. With his appetite causing problems from the get-go, the woman’s friend admitted she had finally made a stand by swapping couple’s dinner for a girls’ night dinner instead – but sparks flew when her friend found out why.
The woman said: “My friend has been married for a year now to her firefighter husband. She is the only one in the friend group that is married. I usually host dinners every couple of months and we are going to do a late one for the holidays on Friday.”
After admitting money was tight after the Christmas holidays, she said that the fact he eats too much food was causing her to rethink her hosting strategy: “I usually invite him, but it always results in me having to double recipes or I run out of food. So this time I told everyone that I wanted to just do a girls’ night. This means my friend's husband is not invited. If he isn’t there, there’s enough food for everyone without double recipes.”
But when she revealed her ‘girls only’ plan to her friend, it rapidly resulted in fireworks: “She called me up asking why I am doing a girls’ night. I told her the truth: that I can’t afford to make double for dinner and her husband eats a lot. She called me a jag off and now she is telling my friends why. Everyone is split and no one is offering to help with the food bill.”
After heading to Reddit to ask readers their thoughts, her post sparked an online frenzy, with many offering the woman some food for thought on her situation: “You did nothing wrong arranging a smaller party to manage costs. Your friend just sounds entitled and ridiculous,” said one reader, while another commented: “Maybe you were blunt in how you handled it, I'm not sure, but she was way ruder to not acknowledge what you're saying and calling you names.”
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One commented on the friend being super rude expecting everyone else to accommodate them, saying: “Firefighters should know how to cook since they spend time at firehouses. Dude should be bringing a giant dish to share,” while another said: “She knows her husband eats a lot (per his own admission) but yet does nothing to help even it out for others. Get rid of that extra weight (no pun intended).”
“You were nice enough to invite them, and host them regularly. She’s also the only one with a man, so I don’t think a girls’ night is a ridiculous idea. Stand your ground, she’s being immature.”
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