Today, I had a group of friends over at my place just to hang out. We were getting pretty hungry, so we began to talk about where to go for dinner.
I suggested this Chinese place that I’ve visited, but had never gone with friends before. Almost immediately, one of my friends, let’s just call her Sally, shot me down with a "no".
I asked, why not, and she replied with "I can’t go there because I have an MSG allergy".
I argued and told Sally that MSG allergies weren’t a real thing, and it was like having an allergy to salt.
She then argued and talked about how she accidentally ate MSG when she was a kid, she had to be rushed to the hospital, and the doctors told them it was the MSG.
"So you’ve never eaten MSG since?" I asked.
"No!" She replied.
I picked up the bags of Doritos and Cheetos that we had been eating throughout the day, and then pointed straight at the ingredients list. The embarrassment on her face shone like a flashlight, and then she decided to just drop everything and leave.
My other friends think i’m TA because I just had to boost my ego by embarrassing her and proving myself right instead of conceding and just picking another restaurant. AITA?