Internet divided after tweet on paying for dinner party goes viral

A woman has taken to twitter to share her shock after going to a friend's house house for dinner party and being asked to pay her share after she left.

Got invited to someone’s place for dinner and they charged me for it….this is weird, right?
— Amber Nelson (@AmberSmelson) March 10, 2022

They enjoyed a couple servings of homemade pasta and shared the bottle of wine that she brought as a gift.

After she left, she received a Venmo payment request of $20 for the dinner.

"This makes me not want to accept offerings in the future." she tweeted back to herself.

"I just paid and haven't spoken since," Amber said.

Her post went viral and has been liked more than 395,000 times with thousands weighing in.

Some, agreed that it was weird and shared their own experiences -

Two very good friends planned a baby shower for me. A week afterwards, they emailed me the bill. For my own baby shower. Which they planned.
— Gaelyn Cokayne (@gaecokayne) March 11, 2022

I went to a dinner party with Lobster once and after dinner, they asked everyone for $75 each. It did not go over well, lol
— Darwin Bell (he/him) (@darwinbell) March 10, 2022

My friend's sister got married. She is a jazz singer. She sold tickets to her wedding (including expecting family to buy tickets) because she was going to sing at the reception.
— Ms. AK (@akincali) March 10, 2022

Others were on the side of the friend who charged -

As someone who host often I usually ask for people to chip in what they can to help me cover costs if they enjoyed the food. I would never stop someone from eating no matter though. I invite my friends I like to hang out with and they pay what they want to make it happen more.
— Emelie Van Rodin (@EmTheVan) March 11, 2022

I am... stunned, kinda.
In the Netherlands this is very normal. Especially when you're a young adult.
People in the comments are appalled by the idea. That's so funny to me.
Not everyone has enough money to just feed a bunch of their friends 😅 I always expect to pay.
— Marije 🇳🇱 (@marrrijeee) March 12, 2022

We suggest making the situation clear for the guest if you're inviting them over so there's no awkwardness!