‘I didn’t invite my friend to my dinner party after she insulted my cat, am I wrong?’

A woman has taken to Reddit after a friend made some rude comments about her cooking methods, leading her to decide she didn’t want her friend eating at her home. She shared her story on the social media platform, seeking advice and insight into whether she was in the wrong.
She explained: “A while back I posted a picture to my [Instagram] Stories of my cat sitting NEXT TO my counter as I was cooking.”
She emphasized that her cat was not near the food or on the counter, but simply observing from a stool.
However, her friend’s reaction left her feeling insulted. She said: “My ‘friend’ Rose reposted it with her own caption, a puke face emoji and wrote ‘You can’t eat [at] everybody’s house.'”
Despite being upset by her friend’s actions, the woman decided to let it slide and not take it too seriously. She described her friend as someone who often repeats popular phrases she sees on social media, such as. “Pineapple on pizza = monsters, raisins in cookies are why I have trust issues, I don’t trust people who don’t like dogs, ‘hot girl’ walks, ‘hot girl’ books, delulu, I’m going to hold your hand while I tell you this, is the X in the room with us right now, etc etc.”
The woman admitted that while her friend often just parrots popular phrases, she does have some redeeming qualities. She penned: “She has other traits that makeup for it, but truthfully I do tend to avoid one-on-one time with her.”
At one point, the woman decided to throw a small gathering, but chose not to invite her friend.
“About a month ago I hosted a small get-together… to show off some Le Creuset cookware I obtained (getting older is weird). I had a whole little shindig with home-prepared food, and lots of fun times between pals. I didn’t invite Rose.
“She found out after folks posted on their [Instagram] stories and confronted me over it, saying that I was ‘giving high school mean girl vibes.’
“I told her that she has made it clear she doesn’t eat at the homes of people who have cats, so why would I have invited her to a dinner party?
“She got defensive and said that she could have just come and not eaten anything. I said that in the future, maybe she should be more careful about what she says because to me it was very clear.”
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“Rose has continued to tell people I’m giving ‘high school mean girl to nurse pipeline’ (…I’m an accountant) and all that. Am I really the a—- for not inviting her? Why would she have wanted to come?”
Social media users weighed in on the situation, not holding back their thoughts.
One person commented: “Rose, I suspect, is more bothered about the idea of being excluded, even if she ordinarily wouldn’t have wanted to attend the event, than she is reflective about how critiquing the cleanliness of OP’s home and her hygiene made OP – someone who is supposed to be, at least, a friendly acquaintance- feel to score points with Internet strangers. And that says a lot about Rose.”
Another individual added: “Yeah, reposting a personal photo of my home and cat just to snark on it would be the end of this ‘friendship.’ I would have been explaining I didn’t invite her because we aren’t friends. She would have gotten her feelings hurt a lot more than just what op said.”
And another person chimed in: “The ‘high school mean girl vibes’ thing threw me, just because I can’t think of anything more ‘high school mean girl’ than posting your friend’s IG story (that had nothing to do with you! ! ! ) on your own page with a caption about how disgusting they’re being. She publicly called OP gross, yet she still wants an invite to dinner? Please.”