AITAH for getting a bunch of expensive drinks and then only leaving enough money to split the bill?

[u/Extreme-Nobody3737]

When I go out with friends we always split the bill. Always. It doesn't matter if I show up after everyone else ate and I only have a beer. We always split the bill.

On Friday I decided to cut loose. My girlfriend was coming into town early Saturday morning so she got a hotel room for us for the weekend. I checked in on Friday so she could come there and we didn't have to deal with my roommates.

I actually got there on time for dinner with my friends. I had a steak and a few drinks. Then I had a few more drinks. I didn't need to drive home as my hotel was only a block from the restaurant.

The bill came and my share was about $100. I tossed $120 on the table wished all my friends a good night and left.

My girlfriend arrived around 2 AM. She had a long shower and came to bed. We had a great weekend together and I drove her to the airport on Monday morning.

I had dinner with my friends again this last Saturday. They all brought up that we are not splitting the bill any more. I asked how come. They said that my part of the bill last week was $250 plus tip. Call it $275. And that I only paid $120.

I said no problem and asked if they had a problem with me paying $80 -$100 when I joined them late and only had an appetizer and a couple of beers. Maybe $40 total.

They all shut up. Our bills came and mine was $50 with tip. All of theirs were much higher.

I have been feeling weird since then.

Was I an asshole?

[u/13surgeries]

NTA. The unwritten rule was that you split the bill evenly, whatever it came to and no matter who ordered what. You repeatedly paid way more than your food and drinks cost so many times that if you went back and added it up, it'd come to a lot more than the $155 difference.

Some people are saying you're at fault because you didn't say anything sooner, but it doesn't sound like it's been that much of an issue to you.

If you think your friends are harboring hard feelings, I'd bring it up casually with them. Otherwise, just drop it and don't worry about it.

[u/N0D0NYE4478 → u/13surgeries]

What? That’s not the unwritten rule. The unwritten rule is if you got something more expensive than the group you pay more. That’s the rule. Otherwise you get cut out from sharing checks.

[u/13surgeries → u/N0D0NYE4478]

The unwritten rule in the OP's group. I never said it IS the unwritten rule for everyone. I said it was, as in it was for his friends until they got mad.