A man has left the internet divided after he split the bill with his friends and only paid for his and wife’s meal.
The man, 24, reached out to Reddit to seek suggestions from social media users to understand if he did the wrong thing.
He explained how he and his wife, who are a newlyed couple, decided to go for dinner at an “expensive steak house” with his wife’s four friends.
After the dinner, her wife handed over the bill of $700 saying: “The man should always pay for the wife and her friends.”
The man then wrote: “I laugh awkwardly saying why. She says because I’m the man. I tell her that the only other person I would pay for would be you and me.”
The baffled husband added: “Her friends proceeded to laugh at me calling me a broke husband. I stand up and put two $100 bills for me and my wife’s food and leave.”
He continued further: “My wife gets home and starts screaming at me. Saying I made her feel embarrassed. How she promised her friends I’d pay.
“And that her friends made fun for her on the ride home for marrying a man who can’t pay the bill. I decided to pack a bag and head to my friends house.”
“I told my parents/friends and they say I should have just paid it. Now I’m having second thoughts if I over reacted. Am I the a******?”
Social media users quickly flocked to the post with many criticising his wife’s reaction.
One user commented: “This is totally ridiculous. Unless it was discussed and agreed upon between OP and his wife beforehand. It appears that only the wife told her friends that OP would be paying for everyone. You had no idea that was coming and rightfully just paid for you and your wife.
“Then she screams at you for not paying the full bill?? She is projecting because she is embarrassed that she told her friends you’d pay, but then was shocked it didn’t go over well with you. You don’t put your SO on the spot at the restaurant with a $700 bill and just expect him to pay. That’s absurd!!!”
Another user commented: “What kind of power trip is she on? Trying to flex her control over you.
“I’m embarrassed that she thought she could treat you like that. She could have asked you politely prior to dinner like an adult partner. Instead she tried to flex to her friends. Disgusting behavior from them all and I’m glad you didn’t cave. NTA.”
The man at the end of the post also mentioned that the couple had been dating for eight years before getting married.
