Friend Forgot Party Time Change, Now Wants Payment for Gift
The Original Post
I’m feeling pretty heated right now and need some perspective.
My friend’s daughter is turning one today. A few weeks ago, my friend asked if I could make truffles for the party. I agreed, and she mentioned she would reimburse me for the ingredients. However, because truffles are expensive to make and incredibly labor-intensive, I decided I would just gift them as the birthday present instead of asking for money.
I spent all day yesterday in the kitchen making these. I had to wake up super early this morning to finish the final touches and get ready for the 9 AM start time listed on the invitation.
I showed up at 9 AM sharp, truffles in hand, and the place was empty. I double-checked the invite and it definitely said 9 AM. I called my friend, and she casually told me that the time had been changed to the afternoon. She admitted she “forgot” to tell me, and apparently, I was the only guest who wasn’t notified.
After working so hard yesterday and sacrificing my Saturday morning sleep, I was (and am) pissed. I havent told her if ai can make it in the afternoon yet
WIBTA if I charge her the full amount for the ingredients and my time since I might no longer be attending and these were meant to be the “gift” or refuse to go to the afternoon session because I’ve already wasted my morning and now I “have other plans” (which is mostly just being too annoyed to celebrate)?
EDIT: I did not tell her I would gift her the truffles, I had just decided that myself
EDIT: A lot of people are asking for more context so here it goes. We moved to a new city last year so I’ve been trying hard to make new friends and I’ve been hanging out with this friend and some of her friends, but I’m not “in” their little group yet. I’m a very helpful person in general and have a lot of party planning experience, so I actually helped her decide many aspects of the party, like how much food, what types of food, how many drinks, etc.
We were exchanging info back and forth about this party constantly and I even lent her a bunch of my own decor stuff to use for the cake table. Also, she specifically chose 9 am because that’s when her daughter is most alert and happiest, so this was supposed to be a brunch type birthday party. Given how much we talked about the details and the fact that she has my decor, I really don’t feel like this was an easy thing to “forget.”
What Reddit Said
Reddit was deeply divided on this friendship drama. Many users felt the poster should take the high road and attend anyway. However, an equally vocal group argued that being the only person excluded from the time change was unacceptable.
The top comment urged OP to “be the bigger person” and not send a bill on a baby’s first birthday. Meanwhile, other highly-upvoted responses supported charging for the truffles since the gift arrangement had fundamentally changed. Moreover, several commenters noted the suspicious nature of forgetting to tell just one person.
The Verdict
The consensus leaned toward NTA (Not the Asshole), though opinions remained split. Most agreed that when a friend forgot party time change notifications, charging for expensive homemade items becomes reasonable. This represents a classic case of friendship drama where poor communication damaged relationships. Therefore, Reddit ultimately supported OP’s right to either skip the party or request payment for the truffles.
Original post from r/AmItheAsshole (3,166 upvotes, 1,068 comments)