Trivial things that annoy you part 8191.1

OldNotWIse wrote: »

I'd one of those "friends" who used to only come along to maybe 1 in every 4 events/meet ups she was invited to. Not only that, she was too cheap to pay for a taxi and too stuck up to get a bus and too cheap to buy a soft drink so she would order a lime cordial for 50c or something and nurse that for the time she was there. First thing she'd say when she arrived was, "I cant stay long, I've only paid parking until 10". Great way to set the mood like. She'd spend half the night checking her phone to make sure her kid hadn't topped himself with a bottle of calpol while under the supervision of her presumably well capable partner. She'd feck off them at five to ten and we'd get a text later saying, "thank you for the amaaaazing night!"

What I only realised after we ended our friendship, was this. Any time I texted and asked if she wanted to meet up, she would suggest a night that she was in college. (Think she did two nights a week). I'd get a text back saying, "well I have class on Monday and Wednesday so either of those nights are good for me" - she was basically slotting me in at the end of a night that was already gone anyway. She wouldn't "waste" a free night on her supposed best friend. She always seemed to have an out because she has a kid but she was living in a build on next door to her parents, had her partner living there, had her parents minding the kid any time she wanted and they couldn't get enough of him, plus she wasn't working. I've done the study and work full time thing and never treated my friends like that. If I was in college Monday and Wednesday, I'd say, "does Tuesday or Thursday suit?" :rolleyes:. Bítch. Well shot of her now.

Oh and her car is apparently laden down with presents for me too. On two birthdays and one Christmas event she turned up and said, "sorry I left your present in the car" - and that was the last I heard of them!

OldNotWIse wrote: »

hah the exact opposite! (though I can appreciate how it reads that way). This girl was the tightest person I ever knew. Even when we were kids, say if her dad gave her a tenner going to the shop and asked her to get milk, she'd be delighted if he forgot to ask for his change and would pocket it herself. When we were 16 and both worked full time for the summer, she never even opened her pay cheques (ah the days when you'd get a physical cheque!). I remember at the end of the summer she had a neat pile of them unopened because she'd been bumming off her parents even while she worked. She basically took her parents car by a sort of adverse possession. Started driving it then "loaning" it back to them when they needed it. They paid her tax and insurance and she even used their fuel card for putting petrol into it. They spent their life savings building an apartment for her when she got pregnant and she didn't give them anything off it or pay any rent. She had thousands in the bank even before she finished college and got a decent job, God only knows what she has now.