Is OTHER wrong in the post ? POST : So this happened a while ago. A mutual friend (who we’ll call Nate) came up to visit my friend (who we’ll call Alex)  and I in college a state away. We all went to high school together so we’re all good friends. We were all supposed to sleep at Alex’s apartment as I was still living in the dorms. A few hours into the night Alex says he has to go home for a bit but will be in touch with us later. 

Well by the time 11:30-12 rolls around we’re trying to call Alex and knock on his apartment door with no response. It turns out he went home to have sex with his girlfriend and turned his phone off and probably fell asleep, forgetting all about Nate and I. By this time it’s too late to get Nate a dorm pass to stay with me so I frantically call everyone I can and after about an hour or so of doing this a girl I previously met was nice enough to let us stay with her for the night.

The next morning Alex calls us and is really apologetic, saying he fucked up and both he and his girlfriend say they want to take us out to lunch to make up for it.

So in out hungover state we head to the Cheesecake Factory (their choice) and I order what totals to be about $25 dollars not including tip. I didn’t wanna be a jerk and go all out just cause I wasn’t paying for it but I got what I thought was fair.

When the check comes, Alex says he wants it split 3 ways. One for me, one for Nate, and one for him and his girlfriend. I’m immediately like “wtf” in my head, and his girlfriend goes along with it for a bit, until she says, “Alex, you should really pay for Nate, you said you would.” So Alex kind of grunts and covers his check, but not me, not even a thought of it. I end up paying for myself and still thinking wtf.

Am I the asshole for expecting after my friend ditched us and said “we want to take you out to lunch” that he would pay for it? Or am I in the wrong here?