I (32M) recently went on a camping trip with my 10-year-old daughter, my girlfriend (32F), and her dad (late 60s). This is a tradition for my girlfriend and her dad — same spot, same weekend, every year since she was a kid.

This year, my girlfriend invited her long-time friend, “Jenny,” and Jenny’s boyfriend of three years, “John.” Apparently, Jenny and John had gone camping with them once before (before I met my girlfriend) and showed up completely unprepared — no gear besides a tent, no food, no firewood — just alcohol and weed.

Fast forward to this trip: not only did Jenny and John show up again, but they also brought two extra grown men — all of them on motorcycles — with zero gear, zero food, and zero firewood. These extra guys were strangers to us, active duty military, and honestly, we had no idea how they’d behave.

Our group had planned and packed for four people and two dogs. That’s it. Not eight people. Not random tagalongs. I wasn’t comfortable with them hanging around, especially with my daughter there, so I asked my girlfriend to tell them they needed to find another camping spot. She agreed and talked to them, and they left to set up somewhere else nearby.

The next morning, they stumbled back into our camp, freezing and starving, asking if they could take some food and firewood back to their camp. Not even asking to hang out — just take our supplies. We said absolutely not. We packed enough for our group — not for a bunch of adults who showed up totally unprepared.

They ended up leaving a few hours into the second day of what was supposed to be a four-night trip.

Now I’m wondering — AITA for asking my girlfriend to tell them to leave instead of just trying to accommodate them?