Baker Gets Called A Jerk For Pricing Their Cakes So High, But Here's The Reason For Their Overpricing

Turning your hobby into a business can be a bittersweet experience, especially when it comes to the dilemma of whether or not you are pricing your products correctly. There is also the problem of dealing with certain "friends" and relatives who always seem to ask for discounts, and often insist on it.

You may have heard the saying, "Do what you love, and you will never work another day in your life," and you may have tried to live by it at some point in your life. However, there is also the notion that people should keep their hobbies separate from their actual jobs as much as possible so that they never get old and do not spoil the fun.

That being said, when people try to pressure you into doing your hobby, sometimes it’s no longer worth it, especially when you have more important things to do. When that happens, one must take action before things spiral out of control.

A Reddit user under the handle @cakedupp3, however, was called a jerk for taking steps to prevent things from getting out of hand; the story involves her hobby as a baker and a relative who was unwilling to pay her high prices and did not want to purchase a cake from a chain store either.

To be fair, she did not even intend to monetize her hobby in the first place and tried to avoid it entirely. However, the number of people who wanted her to bake their cakes grew, and to prevent it from becoming a full-time commitment, she decided to raise her prices so they would deliberately stop "bothering" her.

Indeed, her plan worked, but at the cost of some people's frustration. And by some people, I mean some members of her family.

The author then resorted to posting her story in the r/AmITheAsshole community on Reddit to see if she is the bad guy in this situation. Read on to find out if you think she is!

It's a bittersweet thing to make money out of your hobbies that are supposed to only make you happy during your free time.

Daniel J. Schwarz (not the actual photo)

A Reddit user posted in the r/AITA community about pricing their cakes so high that people won't bother to ask them for one.

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They only like to make cakes for fun, but when peer pressure comes in, the motivation and enjoyment get all jumbled.

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More and more people began to ask the author to make them a cake, but she had to say no because of a lack of time.

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However, the "potential" customers did not like this at all.

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So she started sending them her price structure and informed them that she was only accepting special requests for commissions.

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Here's her list. Pretty pricey, right?

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But wait, there is more to this than meets the eye.

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Sure enough, her aunt reacted negatively to the prices she set.

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So there was a heated exchange about that.

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The other members of her family were also ganging up on her because of the prices.

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Now the million-dollar question: do you think the author is an asshole or not?

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Here's what people have to say:

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To be fair, it's actually a great strategy to avoid doing so much work that you don't even want to do in the first place. And if they insist, you might as well get paid extra for it!

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A hobby is supposed to be fun—your normal job is stressful enough.

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What they really wanted here.

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Ugh, the dark side of families.

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It hits differently when you made it out of love.

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Pro tip!

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Just remind them.

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No truer words have been said.

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Some people should really realize this.

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Take the bull by the horns and stand your ground.

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If you have a hobby that you truly love, you may feel torn between doing it for fun or doing it to earn money, but it's just different when you do it to enjoy your free time. We can see how the author might be right on this one, and we applaud her for standing her ground!

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