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A woman's complaints about her friends who treated her home "like an Airbnb" have been backed online after she charged that they drank her alcohol without replacing it.
The host took to the popular forum Mumsnet to gain opinions on her situation. In the post, she explained that she offered her spare room to a couple who are friends, but not close friends, while they visited the Edinburgh Fringe, a comedy festival.
"They are out drinking and seeing shows all day and most of the night and didn't pay for me to attend any shows with them or take me out for dinner or even bring me a bottle of wine," she wrote. She added that she saved them over £500 ($592) in accommodation costs.
Research suggests that people replace half of their friends within seven years, meaning friendship-ending disagreements and incidents are not uncommon. But this woman's friendship might be coming to an end before they became close.
"Last night they polished off a bottle of really good gin when they came in pissed. I feel they are treating my place like an Airbnb and not treating me like a friend," she wrote.
After asking them to replace the alcohol, she said, they appeared "deeply insulted" by the request.
Users were left just as angered by the guests and their behavior as the anonymous host was, slamming their actions.
"You don't know them that well so you aren't a friend to them so they don't feel they owe you anything, they are just using you as a free crash pad," one user warned. "Friends don't treat people like this. In their situation i'd have bent over backwards to show my appreciation to any friendly person who had opened up their home to me."
Another user said, "Unless we were close, I would think offering accommodation meant accommodation only, and did not mean hanging out with my host/guests, but would think bringing wine and offering to pick up a take away would be pretty standard."
Another user agreed, writing: "They should have arrived with a gift for you and should replace the gin without even having to ask. Also should have brought you out for a meal/ drinks as a way of saying thank you or at least brought you to see a show or something. I would not be offering my room to those people or anyone again unless they are really good friends, seems like they took advantage and they are tight and selfish."
Newsweek was not able to verify the details of the case.
