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Is This User Wrong For Serving Someone Else's Leftovers At Their Party?
Dinner parties can be tricky. It can be hard to know what to make and bring, how much to make, and it's hard to know if everyone is going to like something. Cooking isn't as easy for some as it is for others, it can be overwhelming. So what if there was a simple solution to this problem? Many issues might arise when having roommates, and for this user, it is the fact that their roommate constantly leaves plenty of leftovers in their fridge. The user comments on cleaning the fridge because their roommate won't do so. So when this user was faced with the problem of not knowing what to make for their dinner party, they opted to take their roommate's leftovers as an easy way out.
Upon finding out, their roommate wasn't very happy. So now comes the question of who is wrong here. Is this user wrong for serving leftovers? Especially without asking? Is the roommate stuck up and in the wrong for not cleaning up their mess? Maybe everyone has a little bit of fault in the matter. Reddit users had a lot to say about this. Keep reading for the whole story and what people are saying.
Here's the original story (text below)
(Source: Reddit)
AITA for serving my roommate's girlfriend's leftovers at my dinner party without asking?
Here's the situation: My roommate, Dave, has been dating this girl, Lisa, for a few
months. Lisa is an amazing cook, and whenever she comes over, she whips up these
incredible meals. The thing is, she always makes way too much food, and they leave a
ton of leftovers in the fridge.
Now, Dave never eats the leftovers. I'm not exaggerating when I say that every few
days, I have to go through the fridge and clean out all the old food Lisa leaves behind
because it just sits there until it starts to go bad.
A few weeks ago, I decided to throw a small dinner party for some friends. I'm not much
of a cook, so I was getting stressed about what to serve. I thought, why not ask Lisa to
help out? She's always cooking at our place anyway, and I've always complimented her
food. So, I casually mentioned it to Dave, asking if Lisa might be cool with cooking for
my party. Dave seemed a bit taken aback but said he'd ask her. The next day, he told
me Lisa wasn't comfortable with it because she didn't want to feel like she was being
taken advantage of. I was surprised but told him no problem, I'd figure something else
out.
The night before the party, Lisa comes over and starts making dinner for her and Dave,
as usual. I'm in the kitchen, hanging out with them, and mention that I'm still trying to
figure out what to serve at my party the next day. Lisa doesn't say much but continues
cooking, and I notice she's making a LOT of food way more than just for her and Dave.
After they finish eating, they leave the leftovers in the fridge. Given the history of these
leftovers going uneaten and just taking up space until I have to clean them out, I get an
idea. The next day, I take out the leftovers, heat them up, and serve them at my dinner
party, along with a bean dip I made. My friends loved the food and kept complimenting
me on how great it was. I just smiled and thanked them without giving too many details.
That night, Dave comes home, orders pizza, and goes to bed without even checking the
fridge. Two days later (after Lisa has already come and cooked another dinner), he
notices the leftovers are gone and asks me what happened to them. I tell him I used
them for my party. He gets super mad and says I had no right to take the food Lisa
made. I argued that it was just leftovers, and since they never eat them, I figured it was
better than letting them go to waste.
Now, both Dave and Lisa are pretty p-- at me, saying it was a jerk move to "steal"
her cooking for my party. I think they're overreacting because it was just food that was
going to end up in the trash otherwise.
So, AITA for serving my roommate's girlfriend's leftovers at my dinner party without
asking?
