u/Strict_File_3839

Maybe this is a UK thing, but does anyone else remember smelling their jumpers / hoodies when changing and being like “yep, that’s mine”

Went out to dinner with 6 friends last night and before we ordered everyone agreed we’d just “pay for what we got” because some people were drinking and others weren’t.
I ordered a pasta and coke. Total for my food was like £30.
Everyone else started ordering cocktails, extra sides, desserts, shots etc and by the end the bill was huge. Then one of them suddenly goes “should we just split it evenly?” and everyone immediately agreed except me.
I said I’d rather just pay for my own because I genuinely barely ordered anything compared to everyone else. The atmosphere instantly got weird and one friend said I was being “stingy” they ordered £100’s worth of food and drinks when my meal came to £30.
I still refused and paid for my own meal only.
Now apparently people are annoyed because “it’s just what friends do” and I embarrassed everyone in front of the waiter.
AITAH?

especially when your parents were cooking downstairs and you had absolutely zero responsibilities except existing

Notifications, short-form content, doomscrolling, constant noise, overstimulation everywhere. Sometimes I wonder how different human consciousness felt before the internet swallowed everyone whole.