AITJ for refusing to let my friend “order for the table” after he kept ignoring my food preferences?
Last weekend a few friends and I went out to a small tapas place, nothing fancy, just loud and busy. One of my friends, Max, likes to be the “planner” in every situation. He grabbed the menu and started saying we should just do it family style and he’d order a bunch of plates for everyone, and at first I was like sure, that’s fine. The issue is I’m vegetarian, not in a preachy way, I just dont eat meat, and everyone here knows that because we’ve eaten together a lot. Max kept picking dishes that were clearly meat heavy and when I reminded him, he did this little laugh and said “yeah yeah, there will be something for you” and kept going. When the food came, it was basically all meat plus one sad tomato salad. I was annoyed but tried to keep it chill, so when the server came back I ordered two extra veggie plates just for me and another friend who also wasnt into meat. Max noticed and got mad like I’d undermined him. He said I was making it awkward and “acting like a picky child” in front of the server. I snapped and said if he wants to play host he should actually listen to people, because ordering for the table isnt a personality trait. The rest of the night was tense and now a couple friends are saying I should’ve just eaten the salad and not called him out. AITJ?
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