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A man on Reddit who uninvited a friend from an annual Academy Awards party after the friend broke an expensive bottle of whiskey and refused to pay for a replacement was not wrong to do so — though he may want to adjust his priorities, other Reddit users decided.

An individual with the user name “InternationalList333” asked others about the situation in a March 8 post on the subreddit AITA (“Am I the A–hole”) — drawing some 4,500 reactions with approximately 2,000 comments in a short time.

In the post, the writer asked if he was wrong “for uninviting my friend from my Oscar party over a bottle of [whiskey].” The man, 29, said that every year, he and his wife, “Kate,” age 27, host a party to watch the Academy Awards, something they’ve done for five years.

“We dress up well, place bets on the winners and eat popcorn,” he said. “It’s a fun tradition that many of our friends look forward to every year. One of those people is ‘Rick’ (28M), a friend of mine from college.”

The Reddit poster said his wife “loves” whiskey — and ahead of last year’s party, she received a gift of an expensive bottle from her father. The bottle cost $175, the Redditor said.

However, as “Kate” had recently given birth and was still breastfeeding, she did not yet open the bottle. 

“During last year’s watch party, [the friend] Rick got wasted,” wrote the man in his post. 

“While searching for a different item in our alcoholic storage, he unintentionally shattered the bottle. He extended numerous apologies once his intoxication subsided. I was ticked off, nonetheless, the liquor belonged to Kate, she pardoned him, so I chose to disregard the incident.” 

According to InternationalList333, at that gathering, only his friend Rick was inebriated. 

“To add, we chose the beverages and placed them on the kitchen slab. Rick invaded the cabinet hunting for a bottle of alcohol (without prior permission from me), and was the standalone individual who performed this act,” the gentleman claimed. 

Post a few weeks of the event, InternationalList333 along with his spouse questioned Rick about his plans to compensate for the shattered whiskey bottle.

“He was shocked at our question, and told us he didn’t intend to. Rick’s been having problems with finances for quite some time and often struggles with his rent,” the man shared on Reddit.

“He made a point that since we were aware about his situation, we should not expect him to pay for a bottle of whiskey that cost $175.”

Rick was provided an ultimatum by InternationalList333: He would have to replace the whiskey by the time the next year’s party rolled around, or else he wouldn’t be invited anymore.

“He agreed at that time,” he noted. “Randomly throughout the year, I would ask him about the progress, he always reassured me saying that he was nearing his target.”

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This turned out to be untrue, apparently. 

Last week, I asked Rick about it again. He confessed he hadn’t actually saved any money for the bottle, wrote the Reddit poster. So I kept my promise and uninvited him from the party.

This apparently made Rick and his girlfriend very upset — who said

breaking the bottle was a “drunken mistake.”

They also insist that I’m being unsympathetic and entitled by expecting Rick to pay for a new bottle, he said. 

Kate’s on my side, but is worried we’re being too harsh. I really don’t think we are, but as Sunday approaches, I’m starting to feel guilty,” wrote InternationalList333.

Fox News Digital reached out to InternationalList333 for additional comments or updates.

On the AITA subreddit, people can respond to posts and indicate the poster is “NTA” (“Not the A-hole”), “YTA” (“You’re the A-hole”), “NAH” (“No A-holes Here”) or “ESH” (“Everyone Sucks Here”).

Users can “upvote” responses they think are helpful and “downvote” ones that are not.

Despite the vigorous debate in the approximately 2,000 responses to the post, the consensus was that InternationalList333 wasn’t in the wrong for expecting his friend to purchase a replacement bottle for the one he’d broken. However, many felt that it might not be worth jeopardizing the friendship over this matter.

“NTA. Regardless of whether he was drunk or not, he destroyed a

gift from a father to his daughter and then lied about it. That being said, if you’ve known him for a long time, and he’s always been a good friend, I would overlook it,” commented Reddit user “rafaelvandercan”, which was the most upvoted comment.

“The value of friendship exceeds the unintentional loss of a few hundred dollars,” added the same user.

Another highly-rated commentator agreed, stating that since Rick already had a history of breaking things, he “shouldn’t be allowed back in your house until he rights his wrong, either by replacing the broken item or compensating you for its value,” said a user named “7hr0wn.”

“It doesn’t matter that the item was a bottle of liquor. It doesn’t matter that Rick was drunk when he broke it. This is very basic guest etiquette,” said the user.

The same commenter added, “If you break something in someone’s house — accidentally, on purpose, or drunkenly — you make it right.”

Another user had a different take on the situation.

“Obviously unpopular opinion, but ESH [everyone sucks here]. Seems like Rick did a really poor job apologizing and shows little remorse,” said user “here4judgment.”

Hosting a party, said this same user, comes with the risk that something could be broken, especially if alcohol is being served.

“As I understand you, it was an honest drunken mistake, not the result of completely reckless behavior,” said here4judgment.

“Rick is struggling financially and It’s just a bottle of booze, man,” he added.

The friend should “apologize for not apologizing properly in the first place and for promising to replace the bottle when he didn’t intend to, and you should apologize for hounding him over a bottle of booze when you knew he was having a hard time making ends meet,” the commenter concluded.