One woman’s complaints about her friends treating her home “like a Airbnbwere supported online after she accused them of drinking her alcohol without replacing it.
The host took to the popular Mumsnet forum for opinions on her situation. In the message, she explained that she had offered her spare room to a couple of friends, but not close friends, as they visited the Edinburgh Fringe, a the comedy festival.
“They’re drinking and seeing shows all day and most night and they haven’t paid for me to go to shows with them or take me out to dinner or even take me to dinner. 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 his friends within seven years, which means disagreements and friendship-ending incidents are not uncommon. But this woman friendship could come to an end before they get close.
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“Last night they finished a bottle of really good gin when they arrived pissed off. I feel like they are treating my place like an Airbnb and not a friend,” she wrote.
After asking them to replace the alcohol, she said, they appeared “deeply insulted” by the request.
Users were just as irritated by the guests and their behavior as the anonymous host, slamming their actions.
“You don’t know them very well so you’re not a friend to them so they don’t feel like they owe you anything, they just use you as a free crash pad,” warned an user. “Friends don’t treat people like that. In their situation, I would have bent over backwards to show my gratitude to any friendly person who opened their house to me.”
Another user said: “Unless we were close, I would think offering accommodation only meant accommodation, and didn’t mean hanging out with my host/guests, but I would think bringing wine and offering getting takeout would be pretty standard.”
Another user agreed, writing, “They should have arrived with a gift for you and should have replaced the gin without even having to ask. They should also have brought you to a meal/drinks to thank you or at least bring you to see a show or something. I wouldn’t offer my room to these people or anyone again unless they’re really good friends, look like they’ve taken advantage of it and let them be narrow and selfish.
Newsweek was unable to verify the details of the case.
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