La Femme Fatale
The Queen
Okay, so I'm going to badmouth my friend - only because this is something I don't even know how to confront her with personally and I need to rant.
I invited my best friend and her boyfriend to my dad's New Years party last night. I asked her to pick up some vodka for me and I'd pay her back later. This is the first time spending New Years with her in several years - around four or five years ago, I had let her sleep in my bed, she'd gotten sick in it, instead of cleaning it asap she slept in it and didn't offer to reimburse me a penny for ruining the mattress - which was about $600-700. She couldn't have afforded to so we didn't ask, but the fact that she never even brought up the subject to even apologize forced a significant wedge between us, and for the next few years she wasn't welcome.
This year, we invite her and her boyfriend. They ask to sleep over which is fine because we don't want anyone drinking and driving. The next morning my Dad makes breakfast for everybody since we had our aunt and uncle over as well, but we have three more people coming to eat so Dad just reminds everyone that... three more people are coming so be mindful of portions. My friend and her boyfriend take a heaping amount of food - I mean, they piled their plates as if it was an all-you-can-eat buffet. Me and my Dad kind of looked at each other and ate less than we would normally. But a few minutes later, her boyfriend treats himself to a second helping of food. And not like, y'know, a handful of hash browns and 2-3 strips of bacon, but like 7-8 strips of bacon and almost a bowl-full more of potatoes. My mom apparently notices because she takes the potatoes away, saying she's going to reheat them for the guests who just got there.
So they go up and get their stuff packed up and leave like, an hour later. Then, about 20 minutes later I get a text from her asking when she's going to get her $25 for the vodka back. I was sort of astounded. We invite you over for New Years, feed you dinner and breakfast, and you're still going to ask for the $25 back? Should I write you an invoice for the gigantic breakfast you guys ate, or perhaps even the $700 mattress you ruined several years ago? Because it's going to be a lot more than $25.
I understand if you're struggling financially and need to be frugal - hence why I never asked her to reimburse me for the mattress. But she's not frugal - she's cheap and there's a damn difference. It doesn't hurt to be appreciative of what you've been given. Asking for the money back is just plain cheap and extraordinarily thoughtless.
I invited my best friend and her boyfriend to my dad's New Years party last night. I asked her to pick up some vodka for me and I'd pay her back later. This is the first time spending New Years with her in several years - around four or five years ago, I had let her sleep in my bed, she'd gotten sick in it, instead of cleaning it asap she slept in it and didn't offer to reimburse me a penny for ruining the mattress - which was about $600-700. She couldn't have afforded to so we didn't ask, but the fact that she never even brought up the subject to even apologize forced a significant wedge between us, and for the next few years she wasn't welcome.
This year, we invite her and her boyfriend. They ask to sleep over which is fine because we don't want anyone drinking and driving. The next morning my Dad makes breakfast for everybody since we had our aunt and uncle over as well, but we have three more people coming to eat so Dad just reminds everyone that... three more people are coming so be mindful of portions. My friend and her boyfriend take a heaping amount of food - I mean, they piled their plates as if it was an all-you-can-eat buffet. Me and my Dad kind of looked at each other and ate less than we would normally. But a few minutes later, her boyfriend treats himself to a second helping of food. And not like, y'know, a handful of hash browns and 2-3 strips of bacon, but like 7-8 strips of bacon and almost a bowl-full more of potatoes. My mom apparently notices because she takes the potatoes away, saying she's going to reheat them for the guests who just got there.
So they go up and get their stuff packed up and leave like, an hour later. Then, about 20 minutes later I get a text from her asking when she's going to get her $25 for the vodka back. I was sort of astounded. We invite you over for New Years, feed you dinner and breakfast, and you're still going to ask for the $25 back? Should I write you an invoice for the gigantic breakfast you guys ate, or perhaps even the $700 mattress you ruined several years ago? Because it's going to be a lot more than $25.
I understand if you're struggling financially and need to be frugal - hence why I never asked her to reimburse me for the mattress. But she's not frugal - she's cheap and there's a damn difference. It doesn't hurt to be appreciative of what you've been given. Asking for the money back is just plain cheap and extraordinarily thoughtless.
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