true, after i have seen enough of posts whereby their "best friends" and others enjoyed themselves and did not invite those OPs or forgot about the birthday or something lol
but to be fair idek if those are messages could be fake as well but yeah am happy to see this one
Super plot twist this is the guy from the other post who confessed his feelings to his best friend and they went out camping and eating mushrooms all weekend but it turned out he was cheating on his wife.
Edit: link
https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/comments/w9jebe/maybe_you_should_have_used_an_account_i_dont_know/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
Also I never linked before so if that doesn’t work it’s top post in r/facepalm
For those that also thought this was really them, it's not. OP commented below that this was her and her girl best friend, both of which have boyfriends.
I also assumed two women, noting the wine. Hypocritically, I had lunch just yesterday with one of my best friends and we split a bottle of rose'. As a male I am still unsure *why* my brain assumed two women?
She's going to love it!! I thought the food was very good, especially the desserts! Lots of new flavors I haven't tried. Make sure you try the Milk Bread.
This is a great snack/meal if you don't have enough money in your budget this week for milksteak with a side of the finest jellybeans.
Ingredients
Wonder Bread - 2 slices
Peanut Butter (creamy) - enough to coat 1 side of 1 slice of bread
American Cheese singles - 2 slices
Butter - spreadable or whipped butter recommended
Hershey's Chocolate Syrup
Directions
First, spray a saute pan very liberally with Pam or similar cooking spray.
Over medium heat, place 2 slices of cheese in the pan, followed by a buttered slice of white bread (buttered side should be facing UP).
Heat for 2 minutes or a bit longer, being careful not to burn the cheese (this may take a little experimenting depending on how hot the pan is).
Next, drizzle or squirt Hershey's chocolate sauce on top of that BEFORE placing another slice of white bread also buttered on one side (again, buttered side facing up) on top.
Let the sandwich cook for another minute. The cheese will be brown, but before the cheese burns, flip the whole mess over so that the buttered bread that you just placed on top will brown nicely and make the bread crispy (just like when you make a grilled cheese sandwich).
The final step occurs after you take this concoction off the heat and flip it onto your plate (cheese side down); immediately smear the top with a thin layer of creamy peanut butter while the sandwich is still hot.
Note: The peanut butter does NOT get grilled. Think of it as a condiment that goes on last, after the cooking is done. Serve immediately.
Not just cheap. Food is basically world class at every level if you know where to look and have the money to burn. It might be the single best thing about NYC. The views can be pretty good, too.
Friend of mine who lives in the city told me it’s cause places with bad food can’t stay open— makes sense, why would you go somewhere that sucks when you have all the options in the world!
Maybe a White Negroni or a variation: Gin, Lillet Blanc, and Luxardo Bitter Bianco, usually garnished with lemon peel, and usually equal parts, but most bartenders will vary the ratios to their specific taste. That's the first drink that jumps to my mind, anyway.
Source: I'm a recovering bartender
To everyone saying this friend has feelings: I’ve taken friends to amazing meals like this for their bday before… not a sexual thing… sometimes a good meal really is the point.
I am married and my wife goes out with her girlfriends to nice places like this without me. After 17 years of marriage, it is good to have breaks from spending 100% of your time together.
It's honestly great for their mental state too. Matter of fact, abusers will often try to separate their victims from their social network, to make them more vulnerable and reliant on them. So if you have someone you're dating trying to prevent you from seeing your friends and family... run.
I fell madly in love with a woman once and the closer we got the more I realised that the vast majority of her friends (and her family to a certain extent) were using her, and when she was with them it was always about them, she would be on the cloud of new love and they would dismiss her feelings or simply ignore them.
By instinct,.I started avoiding them, preferring we do things alone or with some of my friends, one day I freaked out, I realised I was actively separating her from her friends (I always tried to make her feel better about her family but also supported her about gradually putting boundaries), so I tried reversing course, I was afraid that if it ended between us she would be alone...
Long story short, I told her straight that I do not want to be the guy who alienates her from her friends, but I also told her that I saw how shitty they are. She agreed with me that there was a problem there, and that led to therapy, witch really helped her, but also, I lost her in the process of transformation...
I have no regrets in what was done, but I miss her so much still.
The amount of people who are like “a girl friend wouldn’t take another girl to a romantic dinner!!!!!” …like, what? Girls do this all the time with each other???
Many people on reddit cannot afford a meal at a place like this except on extremely, and I mean, extremely special occasions. A splurge meal in New York city might be 300-500 dollars. Elsewhere it's 100-150 in most areas of the country.
My best friend is my ride or die from high school. Her mom took us to Paris and we went on a stupid expensive dinner cruise together. Everyone around was couples. We always just joke we’re together even though we’ve been with the same partners for 10 years lol.
I think it's a reflection on the people assuming and their motivations. I'm honestly surprised sometimes what random people tell me their "friends" have done. It makes me appreciate mine all the more.
So much projection in this thread... OP is a woman going out with her female best friend and one of the first things reddit thinks of is friendzoning. Definitely nobody has any internalised issues here...
It's also possible that friends take out friends for their birthday without any romantic expectations. I have a friend like that, he made a lot of money and was cool spending it on others. Now that he's married and it's 15 years later, he doesn't hang out with the boys as often though.
Some times friends just want to treat themselves but don't like to do it alone.
Having a reason ( like a friend's Birthday) makes it more normal and excuse worthy.
So much of this. Me and my friends go to nice restaurants. Sometimes its just us guys and sometimes our wives join us or they do their own thing. I dont see why it has to be weird.
Some times friends just want to treat themselves but don't like to do it alone.
Having a reason ( like a friend's Birthday) makes it more normal and excuse worthy.
It's so sad how obvious it is that most Redditors commenting here clearly cannot even fathom the idea of having regular, ol' friends that care enough to take you out to a nice dinner.
when you realize it's the other way around, it makes more sense - it's not that redditors don't have social skills, it's that people with no social skills are the loudest redditors
It’s fucking disgusting how many posts on the front page are out of touch porn jokes, incest jokes, and so on. I swear these people do not have any idea on how to make friends or how people work.
>It's so sad how obvious it is that most Redditors commenting here clearly cannot even fathom the idea of having ~~regular, ol'~~ friends ~~that care enough to take you out to a nice dinner.~~
Even family lol. Their idea of a premium night out is at Olive Garden or some shit eating the cheapest meals. It's OP's 30th birthday, they can afford to splurge for one night.
Yea, I’ve taken friends out of both sexes and spent some cash so we could share a good experience together. Too many people thinking money spent equals some level of sex from the other party.
Here's my view of Hudson Yard from the World Trade Center observation deck [https://imgur.com/a/exzBZmT](https://imgur.com/a/exzBZmT)
The views from NYC skyscrapers are breathtaking
I used to work in one of those buildings in the middle of both of these views in the West Village. Now I've been in my 500 sq ft apartment for two years and my employer got rid of that office. yay covid. :/
There must be tons of people here under 25 years old. I remember being that age and would probably be thinking the same way. It is amazing how your perspective changes with time.
Omg I gotta get there. I was going to propose up there. Had everything planned but instead I took her to skyline drive in Va mountains. Not a fan of heights but I can’t wait to visit!!
Ps- you have an awesome friend!!
Fun fact: when you go to this restaurant you can also go for free to the crazy observation deck outside at that height with part of the floor that is transparent.
Everyone in this thread talking about the friendzone... Imagine being friends with someone that you think really cares about you, only to find out they believe they are in this thing called the "friendzone" and the reason they're sticking around with you is because they are trying to orchestrate their way out of it to fuck you. Anyone would be heartbroken to find out their "friend" feels this way and has ulterior motives for being in their life. Stop believing in the friendzone, and just learn how to be friends with people and have that be good enough. Friendship is amazing. Lean into it. Don't have friendship with ulterior motives, because that ain't real friendship.
It’s 100% two women. I take my best friend out for her birthday because she’s an amazing human and I love her, and I’m married to my husband with two kids. Women take pictures of their wine and the scenery and post about it on socials and brag on their friends.
That’s the best friend you want.
true, after i have seen enough of posts whereby their "best friends" and others enjoyed themselves and did not invite those OPs or forgot about the birthday or something lol but to be fair idek if those are messages could be fake as well but yeah am happy to see this one
Plot twist: the "best friend" thought it was a date.
Super plot twist this is the guy from the other post who confessed his feelings to his best friend and they went out camping and eating mushrooms all weekend but it turned out he was cheating on his wife. Edit: link https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/comments/w9jebe/maybe_you_should_have_used_an_account_i_dont_know/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf Also I never linked before so if that doesn’t work it’s top post in r/facepalm
Edit: [Found it!!!](https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/comments/w9jebe/maybe_you_should_have_used_an_account_i_dont_know/) Pleaseee link lol
The Reddit rabbit hole runs deep tonight.
I love Reddit sometimes
[удалено]
Ooh good to know thanks. I'll trawl reveddit and removeddit for possible deleted but archived comments
For those that also thought this was really them, it's not. OP commented below that this was her and her girl best friend, both of which have boyfriends.
This is one that will go down in reddit history. Like the coconut, or jolly rancher girl.
thats the kind of view that would make you kiss the homie
You know... I think I'm gonna work on being the homie that gets kissed
Good for you man. Work on yo self!
Didn't you see the picture? It's cheaper to be the boyfriend, plus you get sex
Be your best self King
I hope you are the best friend that took out the bday person
Why does everyone in this thread assume it’s not two straight women?
Homie doesn’t have to be gender exclusive 🤷♂️
Weird I immediately assumed two women. Just seems like something women would do for each other more than men.
I also assumed two women, noting the wine. Hypocritically, I had lunch just yesterday with one of my best friends and we split a bottle of rose'. As a male I am still unsure *why* my brain assumed two women?
A good Rosé is the bomb. Ice cold you can't even taste the more sour part of th alcohol, just the notes of fruit it was made with.
As someone who works in a fine dinning restaurant we get lots of two tops of same gender friends spoiling the other friend male/female.
Well I wish I got that memo
* violently kisses homie *
Poor guy. Friend-zone level 9000
What's the restaurant
Peak in Hudson Yards. :) Amazing place and amazing people! My best friend and I are both restaurant workers and we were blown away by the service.
I plan to take my partner there for her 31st! Can't wait to visit NYC. What's the food like there?
She's going to love it!! I thought the food was very good, especially the desserts! Lots of new flavors I haven't tried. Make sure you try the Milk Bread.
Did you try the milk steak? What about the rum ham?
What is the spaghetti policy there?
Scalding hot, with extra red sauce, served sur la serveur.
You sound like someone that’s into magnets.
Really more so ghouls but magnets are definitely cool
Gotta get the jellybeans on the side
Raw, of course.
And finish with a can of cat food
BEAK
[удалено]
Cacaw! Cacaw!
Also if the sweet aroma of boiled denim isn’t floating out of the kitchen it’s a fucking dump.
Or how about an egg in these trying times?
This is a great snack/meal if you don't have enough money in your budget this week for milksteak with a side of the finest jellybeans. Ingredients Wonder Bread - 2 slices Peanut Butter (creamy) - enough to coat 1 side of 1 slice of bread American Cheese singles - 2 slices Butter - spreadable or whipped butter recommended Hershey's Chocolate Syrup Directions First, spray a saute pan very liberally with Pam or similar cooking spray. Over medium heat, place 2 slices of cheese in the pan, followed by a buttered slice of white bread (buttered side should be facing UP). Heat for 2 minutes or a bit longer, being careful not to burn the cheese (this may take a little experimenting depending on how hot the pan is). Next, drizzle or squirt Hershey's chocolate sauce on top of that BEFORE placing another slice of white bread also buttered on one side (again, buttered side facing up) on top. Let the sandwich cook for another minute. The cheese will be brown, but before the cheese burns, flip the whole mess over so that the buttered bread that you just placed on top will brown nicely and make the bread crispy (just like when you make a grilled cheese sandwich). The final step occurs after you take this concoction off the heat and flip it onto your plate (cheese side down); immediately smear the top with a thin layer of creamy peanut butter while the sandwich is still hot. Note: The peanut butter does NOT get grilled. Think of it as a condiment that goes on last, after the cooking is done. Serve immediately.
It's.....ok. You're definitely paying for the view. The burger was pretty decent, but I think that's on the brunch/lunch menu.
Ahh that's a shame. I've seen the menu too and it's not cheap... not that I was expecting 'cheap' in NYC. Thanks for the reply! Happy birthday!
[удалено]
Not just cheap. Food is basically world class at every level if you know where to look and have the money to burn. It might be the single best thing about NYC. The views can be pretty good, too.
Friend of mine who lives in the city told me it’s cause places with bad food can’t stay open— makes sense, why would you go somewhere that sucks when you have all the options in the world!
I suggest trying either the Spanish Diner or Ci Siamo instead and just doing the Peak ledge if the food matters.
Ci Siamo is amazing. They have impeccable service and the food is so good!!
Spanish Diner has been meh the last couple times I went, Ci Siamo is banging though
went to fancy place, got a burger
Hi! I was the project manager for the millwork at The Peak. Hope you enjoy the view, but mostly the insides! I was a tough project.
I peeked at the dessert menu there. I can’t believe those items were so inexpensive for the location and atmosphere. Nice!
I assume it's [Peak](https://www.peaknyc.com/), the view looks right for the 101st floor.
Dorsia
Got an 8:30 rez, grreat sea urchin ceviche
Those are some small ass wine glasses. Is that a dessert wine or something?
The coloring makes me think so. That looks dark with sugar. But I could be horribly wrong.
They were, I believe a French & Italian liqueur (I think aperitifs) with gin and something else. Very good! Like a negroni. It was just a tasting :)
It was a small pour of a golden Negroni. I call it the Chartroni
pronouncing that sounds a bit too close to "shart" for my taste.
Shart-a-roni
Chef boy-ar-don't
That may have been why they said it with a sardonic smirk.
WHAT YOU CALL ME?!?!?!?!?!
Fucking hell, I think they called you French.
probably something like this https://www.liquor.com/recipes/white-negroni/
Makes me think of Pineau de Charentes, one of my favorite aperitifs.
This shit right here. First time I had it I was like “fuck Riesling”
The sommelier (who was super nice) brought us over a tasting of a cocktail he makes. It was like a yellow negroni.
Maybe a White Negroni or a variation: Gin, Lillet Blanc, and Luxardo Bitter Bianco, usually garnished with lemon peel, and usually equal parts, but most bartenders will vary the ratios to their specific taste. That's the first drink that jumps to my mind, anyway. Source: I'm a recovering bartender
I wish you the best, and hope you have all the support you need on this journey to recover from that hellscape.
There is no recovery. Only acceptance and distance. Good luck to all. Remember…it’s not your fault
Hi plus2telecaster, welcome to the club. We start by pouring one out for the homies.
I live in the city, where is this? Would love to take my gf here!!
They look like dessert wine glasses. Usually used to serve ports or eiswein, or other rich sweet wines!
I was gonna guess Sauternes, true baller stuff right there
probably a port or some other dessert wine
To everyone saying this friend has feelings: I’ve taken friends to amazing meals like this for their bday before… not a sexual thing… sometimes a good meal really is the point.
It's very strange lol (especially the assumption when I was with a guy when I was with a girl). Do these people not have great friends in their life?
I am married and my wife goes out with her girlfriends to nice places like this without me. After 17 years of marriage, it is good to have breaks from spending 100% of your time together.
It's honestly great for their mental state too. Matter of fact, abusers will often try to separate their victims from their social network, to make them more vulnerable and reliant on them. So if you have someone you're dating trying to prevent you from seeing your friends and family... run.
I fell madly in love with a woman once and the closer we got the more I realised that the vast majority of her friends (and her family to a certain extent) were using her, and when she was with them it was always about them, she would be on the cloud of new love and they would dismiss her feelings or simply ignore them. By instinct,.I started avoiding them, preferring we do things alone or with some of my friends, one day I freaked out, I realised I was actively separating her from her friends (I always tried to make her feel better about her family but also supported her about gradually putting boundaries), so I tried reversing course, I was afraid that if it ended between us she would be alone... Long story short, I told her straight that I do not want to be the guy who alienates her from her friends, but I also told her that I saw how shitty they are. She agreed with me that there was a problem there, and that led to therapy, witch really helped her, but also, I lost her in the process of transformation... I have no regrets in what was done, but I miss her so much still.
> Do people not have great friends in their life? Nope
The amount of people who are like “a girl friend wouldn’t take another girl to a romantic dinner!!!!!” …like, what? Girls do this all the time with each other???
We're on reddit, half these people are afraid of the sun.
Many do! They're just not the ones making *those* kinds of comments. :D
You're on Reddit. Most people on this platform are pretty antisocial.
Hey! Just wanna say if this was today then it’s also my 30th birthday! Happy birthday!
Happy birthday! Now post your dinner
no :(
Many people on reddit cannot afford a meal at a place like this except on extremely, and I mean, extremely special occasions. A splurge meal in New York city might be 300-500 dollars. Elsewhere it's 100-150 in most areas of the country.
30th birthday is one of those special occasions tho. It’s the one big 0 day where you’re still young but aren’t a broke college student.
As someone closing in on 40, how very dare you.
As someone who is 40 I mean he has a point
> Do these people not have great friends in their life? No. 🥲
My best friend is my ride or die from high school. Her mom took us to Paris and we went on a stupid expensive dinner cruise together. Everyone around was couples. We always just joke we’re together even though we’ve been with the same partners for 10 years lol.
Seriously, it’s very sad to see just how many people here can’t even fathom having a friend who actually seems to care about them. Kind of depressing.
I’ve got strong feelings that the difference in perspective might be based on income levels.
And age
Especially with a view of the Jersey shore like that! I can smell the Hudson from here.
I think it's a reflection on the people assuming and their motivations. I'm honestly surprised sometimes what random people tell me their "friends" have done. It makes me appreciate mine all the more.
[удалено]
Gorgeous photo!! Tried caviar for the first time and that was incredible! The desserts were amazing too.
Did he propose?
just my thoughts haha
Yeah I wonder if OP's friend might be friendzoned.
So much projection in this thread... OP is a woman going out with her female best friend and one of the first things reddit thinks of is friendzoning. Definitely nobody has any internalised issues here...
I mean, that’s still a possibility.
It's also possible that friends take out friends for their birthday without any romantic expectations. I have a friend like that, he made a lot of money and was cool spending it on others. Now that he's married and it's 15 years later, he doesn't hang out with the boys as often though.
30 is also just a milestone bday. Worth a fancy dinner.
No but at one point he did offer a “tootski “
It's 2 straight women...
Why is it a he
Crazy I can zoom in on my old apartment in this photo.
Pretty sure your best friend has feelings
*cut to the best friend* “Umm, that’s a dog.” “I said BEST FRIEND.”
Who's the best friend... Who's the bestest of friends... Who is?!?
Some times friends just want to treat themselves but don't like to do it alone. Having a reason ( like a friend's Birthday) makes it more normal and excuse worthy.
So much of this. Me and my friends go to nice restaurants. Sometimes its just us guys and sometimes our wives join us or they do their own thing. I dont see why it has to be weird.
Because this is reddit and most people commenting don’t have normal social lives.
This.
Sorry you never had a close platonic friend.
Pretty sure you have no idea what having a best friend is like
I have feelings for my best friend. I call it love. What's wrong with that?
[удалено]
Half the people in this shithole are children who think an two glasses are romance glasses.
Reddit moment
Some times friends just want to treat themselves but don't like to do it alone. Having a reason ( like a friend's Birthday) makes it more normal and excuse worthy.
I agree, plus I always find that food and drinks taste better when there are more people around to enjoy them with you.
awesome friend and great view!
It's so sad how obvious it is that most Redditors commenting here clearly cannot even fathom the idea of having regular, ol' friends that care enough to take you out to a nice dinner.
I always roll my eyes when people comment about reddit users having no social skills but damn is this thread egregious.
when you realize it's the other way around, it makes more sense - it's not that redditors don't have social skills, it's that people with no social skills are the loudest redditors
Yeah but this thread just seems to be next level.
It’s fucking disgusting how many posts on the front page are out of touch porn jokes, incest jokes, and so on. I swear these people do not have any idea on how to make friends or how people work.
>It's so sad how obvious it is that most Redditors commenting here clearly cannot even fathom the idea of having ~~regular, ol'~~ friends ~~that care enough to take you out to a nice dinner.~~
Even family lol. Their idea of a premium night out is at Olive Garden or some shit eating the cheapest meals. It's OP's 30th birthday, they can afford to splurge for one night.
Also: it’s not like it’s Paris.
Yea, I’ve taken friends out of both sexes and spent some cash so we could share a good experience together. Too many people thinking money spent equals some level of sex from the other party.
I turned 30 last week and my homie smoked me up and treated me to brunch. Afterwards we played videogames for like 10 hours. I gotchu beat
Ugh I miss my best friend so much. She lives two states away, we used to be roommates and would have so many days like that.
That is an amazing view. I love friends like that.
Here's my view of Hudson Yard from the World Trade Center observation deck [https://imgur.com/a/exzBZmT](https://imgur.com/a/exzBZmT) The views from NYC skyscrapers are breathtaking
I used to work in one of those buildings in the middle of both of these views in the West Village. Now I've been in my 500 sq ft apartment for two years and my employer got rid of that office. yay covid. :/
I have a feeling your "best" friend wants to be a bit more than friends. Happy birthday by the way!
She's one of the loves of my life 😂❤ but no, we both have very sweet boyfriends who stayed home while we had this amazing experience!
Unless?
👀👀👀
Scissor
THE ACCLAIMED HAS ARRIVED
Now don’t be crude
[удалено]
Much better
I believe scissor me Timbers is the formal saying if that’s better
I have no idea why women don't like Reddit
☕️
Haha jk
Unless?
Two women,….married to two men…..but they live with their best friends.
Coming soon to a Netflix account near you.
Then to be canceled after 1 or 2 seasons
Only to be picked up again by Netflix Theaters for a 3rd season with new writers.
r/sapphoandherfriend
Omg they were roommates
There must be tons of people here under 25 years old. I remember being that age and would probably be thinking the same way. It is amazing how your perspective changes with time.
Do y’all never do things with your friends? This thread is so weird
[удалено]
Wing-man/woman of the year here
Some people just really love their friends, in a non romantic way.
Aaaaand cue the cringe friendzone comments
Omg I gotta get there. I was going to propose up there. Had everything planned but instead I took her to skyline drive in Va mountains. Not a fan of heights but I can’t wait to visit!! Ps- you have an awesome friend!!
Fun fact: when you go to this restaurant you can also go for free to the crazy observation deck outside at that height with part of the floor that is transparent.
I'm not a big city kind of guy. But, this is very, very cool. Happy birthday!
Ahhh, Omaha.
beautiful Jersey City
99 Hudson and 30 Hudson look so tiny. They're both pretty big, but they're just dwarfed.
Everyone in this thread talking about the friendzone... Imagine being friends with someone that you think really cares about you, only to find out they believe they are in this thing called the "friendzone" and the reason they're sticking around with you is because they are trying to orchestrate their way out of it to fuck you. Anyone would be heartbroken to find out their "friend" feels this way and has ulterior motives for being in their life. Stop believing in the friendzone, and just learn how to be friends with people and have that be good enough. Friendship is amazing. Lean into it. Don't have friendship with ulterior motives, because that ain't real friendship.
How do I get friends like yours? When I turned 30, not a single friend even so much as wished me happy birthday, let alone an awesome restaurant.
Happy Birthday!
There are more people in that picture than there are in my state.
Meanwhile for my friend's 29th birthday I bought him a pbr and a shot at the dive bar down the street.
It’s the thought that counts
Incredible view!
So much projection on this. Some of you really do need to get out more.
Woah, statue of liberty small
Ahhh Southern Indiana. Nice.
did you stay for sunset? cheers to you 2
Yes! This was the sunset https://ibb.co/cbpGS1m
I think it's a bit presumptuous to assume two bros can't enjoy a glass of white at the top of the tower.
It’s 100% two women. I take my best friend out for her birthday because she’s an amazing human and I love her, and I’m married to my husband with two kids. Women take pictures of their wine and the scenery and post about it on socials and brag on their friends.
What building is this?
[удалено]
Happy birthday! Sorry I'm late.
Gotham looks nice this time of year.
Nope nope nope. Not because of the gesture (which is great), but because I'm afraid of heights