It’s clear to me I don’t know anywhere near as much about Hilchos Brachos as all the other posters here.
I got stuck scratching my head at the first post!
Yekke, you said, “After finishing my pastry, somebody asked me to be moitze him Al Hamichya.”
Why on earth would somebody ask you to be moitze him in making a bracha achrona?
I’m familiar with, let’s say, my husband making kiddush or havdala or Hamotzi on lechem mishna and being motzi me (and others).
In your case however, why doesn’t your friend just make his own al hamichya?
I’m sure the answer is not because he can’t be bothered.
Why would somebody do that?
And if you’re in middle of eating why wouldn’t you politely decline and say, “I’m not up to bracha achrona yet, I’m still eating”?
I’m sure I’m missing something here but seems to me that would solve all your problems.
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