Entitled Karen guest bosses around host at dinner party, host gets back at her with utensil mixup: 'I use that as a backscratcher'

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
May 30, 2024 2:00 PM EDT

It's always baffling when a house guest decides they can boss their host around. It takes a specific kind of entitled Karen-level audacity to suddenly act like you make the rules in a space that is clearly not yours. 

Well, this lady would come to regret trying to assert her authority in her friend's space. She started to criticize practically every choice her friend's partner made when it came time to serve their spaghetti dinner, a meal she did not make by the way. She insisted on using a "proper" serving utensil and proceeded to pick up a large wooden fork to use instead of the utensil the host was using. Well, little did the Karen know, the tool she picked up was not actually a serving utensil; it was the host's backscratcher and there was a reason why it was off-limits. 

Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions from folks in the comments section. For more tales of petty payback, check out this post about an overworked mother who decided to take a vacation from her husband. 

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    "You are now using my backscratcher to serve your pasta"
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  • 02
    You are now using my backscratcher to serve your pasta. I have one of those plastic spaghetti spoons (you know, with those claws and with holes in the middle) and it recently got broken and I've been using it as a backscratcher. So it's usually somewhere in the region of the couch.
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  • 03
    YES I CLEAN IT DAILY. So some annoying friends of my boyfriend came over for dinner. He thinks they're ok, but he's not subtle, so doesn't pick up on social clues. The girl is more annoying than the guy, but they're both condescending as
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    f So she walks in, sees my fC backscratcher and squeals (I really don't have another word for it): "Ooooooh, someone got distracted doing the dishes, better put this in its proper place".
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    Dear reader, I was planning to give them spaghetti and meatballs. what happened next was satisfying as f. We sit down, and bc I haven't replaced my backscratcher yet, I was serving spaghetti with a large fork.
    via u/AdIcy2800
  • 06
    the girl sighs dramatically, gets up and takes my backscratcher from the drawer and starts serving everybody spaghetti. I refuse and use a fork, also for my boyfriend. She keeps sighing and finally asks: "why are you so adamant on doing things your way, even to the point that you can't accept me serving spaghetti the NORMAL way".
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    keeping dumb, I ask to explain what the normal way to serve pasta is. She sighs, rolls her eyes and waves my backscratcher in front of my eyes and says: "like, you don't know how to use this?"
    via u/AdIcy2800
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    I said: "I use that as a backscratcher bc it's broken, that's why it was besides the couch". She started laughing it off until my husband say: " eh, yes that IS what she uses it for". Be passive-aggressive in my house at your own risk.
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    Shark_bait5 5 hr. ago Spaghetti spoon makes a great back scratcher and I keep a cheap one outside the kitchen for just this purpose, too! (I discovered this while pregnant and never looked back. Lol)
    via u/AdIcy2800
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    AdIcy2800 OP. 5 hr. ago I'm SO glad I'm not the only one doing this
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    lecove 5 hr. ago I use an old spatula lol
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    Minute-Plankton-4719. 5 hr. ago I like how the story started with boyfriend and ended with husband!
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    AdIcy2800 OP. 5 hr. ago Oops, no he's my boyfriend, the other couple's married, my bad I usually call him my husband bc in my country it's strange to not be married after 23 years together. Usually when people hear I have a boyfriend (I'm in my forties) they assume it's casual and I don't like to have to explain why we're not married.
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    • Mapilean 5 hr. ago I'd never have thought of using a spaghetti spoon as a backscratcher: this is genius! The entitled girl got what she deserved: such r behavior is unthinkable.
    via u/AdIcy2800
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    withoutmyhoodie 4 hr. ago Growing up, my siblings and I all called this utensil the "spaghetti scratcher" lol I still call it that to this day...and that's what my kids call it too!
    via u/AdIcy2800
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    PlayfulMousse 7830. 3 hr. ago Why do you let people that rinto your home? It's your safe and sacred space. Tell your partner in detail why they sand ban them. If he's ☐ The may need some help understanding why they are heads but should support your need for a safe and respectful home. Life is short, take out the trash permanently.
    via u/AdIcy2800
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    EnchantedEarthling. 3 hr. ago The weirdest part of this story is that you clean your backscratcher daily
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    AdIcy 2800 OP 3 hr. ago. 00399 well, often.
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    wthisway 3 hr. ago • I can never understand how guests can be ☐ in another person's home.
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