How do I [28/F] tactfully explain to my younger [21/F] friend that she's being a mooch and it's annoying?

I guess I did leave out a lot, partially for brevity's sake because I felt like my post was already long. So I could clarify some things.

The thing at my birthday party wouldn't normally bug me, but it's that she started asking me for my leftover food before I'd even started eating the dinner that my boyfriend had just bought me. Like, the waiter set it down and she started giving me the hungry dog eyes and said it looked super tasty and she would eat any of my leftovers before I'd even put any mustard on my sandwich. She does it every time I eat around her, too, always asking whether I'm going to finish what I'm eating before I've even sat down. I don't mind offering if I don't eat everything, but she asks before I even get a bite in my mouth.

And that's what started to happen with my morning coffee too. Once in a while, I would actually finish my cup of coffee because I needed the extra caffeine, and she would do this passive-aggressive "Oh well I guess I should go get myself a cup of coffee" after class if I didn't have any leftover to give her. And then the one time she offered to grab me a cup before class, she told me it was $2 when she brought it to me and expected me to pay for it.

Does that make more sense? It's not so much the asking that I mind. It's the fact that she seems to expect that people will just give her things all the time and she doesn't give back.

I didn't mean to come off condescending; I was frustrated and annoyed. But, thinking about it, I really don't have a whole lot of respect for her anyway so you've got a point there. It's not just food and whatever, it's also that she won't come to class and then asks me for my notes, and then complains about getting bad grades.

So. I guess I just talked myself into breaking off this so-called friendship anyway. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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