In a viral Reddit post published on r/AmITheA**hole, Redditor u/Mother-Emergency9785 (otherwise referred to as the original poster, or OP) said their friends usually order much more food than they do, but detailed the heated aftermath of their decision to finally even the score.

Titled, “[Am I the a**hole] for enjoying some cocktails when we are splitting the bill?” the since deleted post has received more than 7,000 upvotes and 700 comments in the last day.

“I am not a big eater,” OP began. “My friends go nuts.”

Continuing to explain that their friends consistently order $100 entrées and a myriad of side dishes, the original poster said they insist on splitting every dinner bill evenly, leaving them to regularly pay “three times” the cost of their meal.

“No one is going broke from these meals but I don’t think it’s fair,” OP wrote. “I have mentioned a few times that we should get [separate] bills but they never agree.”

The original poster also said that, during a recent outing, they noticed the restaurant the group was at featured an extensive—and expensive—cocktail menu and decided to indulge.

“As I [ate] my burger and fries I enjoyed a few drinks,” OP wrote. “When the bill came my total was about $250…about $200 more than I usually top out at.

“We split the bill but they were all giving me the side eye. One of them texted me and said I was an a**hole for padding the bill like that and if I did it again he was going to insist that we have individual bills,” OP added.

The issue of how a dinner party should split the final bill has been debated for generations.

With the proliferation of peer-to-peer mobile payment apps the song-and-dance that is requesting separate checks has only become more complicated.

And while dinner parties have the ability to split the bill at the table, or at a later time using Venmo or Cash App, the question of how to split the bill remains.

“It’s perfectly acceptable to ask the server for separate checks when ordering,” etiquette expert and founder of The Protocol School of Palm Beach Jacqueline Whitmore told Newsweek.

“This has nothing to do with having or not having enough money to split the bill evenly,” Whitmore added. “It has more to do with keeping track of one’s own expenses.”

By paying for individual orders, the tension that comes with an even split is completely eliminated. Each group member knows what they will be responsible for at the end of the night, and there is no possibility of one diner driving up the final cost for everybody at the table.

“Splitting the check evenly can open a can of worms and cause confusion,” Whitmore added.

Throughout the comment section of the viral Reddit post, many Redditors echoed that sentiment, defending the original poster and calling out their friends in the process.

“That’s so funny,” Redditor u/yachtiewannabe wrote in the post’s top comment, which has received more than 12,000 upvotes.

“‘If you do that again we’ll do what you asked before and get separate bills,’” they continued, sarcastically. “[Not the a**hole].”

Redditor u/tatersprout, whose comment has received nearly 5,000 upvotes, offered a similar response.

“Well played!” they applauded. “It was fine until you turned the tables. They knew what they were doing and for the life of me, [I don’t know] why you would be friends with people like that.”

“They took advantage of [you], didn’t listen when [you] made a point of paying your own bills and now they’re forcing [you] to stop or they’ll separate the bills,” Redditor u/Tommitus added. “Sounds like they were using you to get cheaper meals.”

“They don’t resent you because they think you ‘padded the bill,’” Redditor u/DinaFelice chimed in, receiving nearly 2,500 upvotes. “They resent the fact that they can’t count on you supplementing their spending habits anymore.”

Newsweek reached out to u/Mother-Emergency9785 for comment. We could not verify the details of the case.