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Tell me your CF stories where decency prevailed!

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MyCatDribbles · 10/06/2021 20:22

Inspired by a CF thread (who doesn’t love a CF thread). I always love to read CF stories where the poster ends up putting their foot down and wins, or the CF gets a lesson / their comeuppance as it’s like a score for decent humans!
I can’t think of a personal story but I’ve stopped some Cfuckery happening to others, stopped someone wearing a white lacey dress to a friends wedding, refused to ask my friend whether my sister could use her second home in a seaside town because she didn’t want to pay for a holiday let (she’d never met my friend).
Obvs the best one ever is Mexican house thief but do you have a worthwhile contender of a story?

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MyCatDribbles · 11/06/2021 07:24

Bump

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JustJoinedRightNow · 11/06/2021 07:25

I don’t have any stories of my own but I’ll bump in the hope we get some. Love a good CF thread!

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MyCatDribbles · 11/06/2021 14:05

Maybe I should have put this on Aibu

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CatrinVennastin · 11/06/2021 14:15

Oh I had a friend who was constantly a CF. I think with hindsight she liked me because I had a car.

Anyway we went on an ill fated camping trip.

Her DC were vile to my DD’s and to my nephew including throwing my Dnephew’s sleeping bag in a river.

She had been seeing a married man and he turned up at the campsite and they fucked off together leaving me with all the DC.

I packed up all out stuff while the DC played and when the CF’s got back they went straight to the pub. I went in with her DC and dropped them off. She asked if I could look after them for a few hours longer but I said no and walked out, got in the car and drove home.

Cue furious texts saying how will I get home??? I replied saying get your man to drive you but it turned out that he had got a lift there from a mate so had no car either.

They had to get the train home at great expense.

I never spoke to her again as this was the last straw in a long line of Cheeky fuckery.

VodkaSlimline · 11/06/2021 14:32

@CatrinVennastin excellent!

Newestname001 · 11/06/2021 14:41

Bravo! 👏🏻 👏🏻

CatrinVennastin · 11/06/2021 15:11

@VodkaSlimline. @Newestname001

I was very proud of myself.

She’s tried a few attempts at getting in touch since then but I have stood firm. Once a CF always a CF.

HermioneKipper · 11/06/2021 15:14

Oh how wonderful @CatrinVennastin Go you 💪

osbertthesyrianhamster · 11/06/2021 15:15

Well done, Catrin. Mine are all boring but involve people 'forgetting' purses and wallets (they never forget their phones and keys, funny that) and saying no because I had no money to spot them.

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MyCatDribbles · 11/06/2021 16:46

@CatrinVennastin exactly the kind of story I love to hear!

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Soubriquet · 11/06/2021 16:55

Not sure if this counts as CF or not

I have a little brother who is 6 months older than my dd. I am now NC with my mum but was very LC at the time.

My dc never received anything for Christmas or their birthdays from their Nan. (My mum).

When it came to my brothers birthday, I didn’t buy him anything either. It wasn’t a new thing. Like I said, we were LC and my brother doesn’t really know me.

Anyway, my ran rang and asked me what I bought my brother for his birthday. When I said nothing, she was shocked and asked why not?!

When I replied with why should I, my children don’t receive anything either, apparently, I should just buy him something anyway because it’s the nice thing to do.

I told her politely but firmly to get stuffed.

she wasn’t happy with that

CatrinVennastin · 11/06/2021 19:47

Bet that felt good! @Soubriquet

DelphineMarineaux · 12/08/2021 19:38

I have a couple of stories to share...

My work place hosts an annual staff day where the entire organisation meet, do group and team building activities so people have a chance to mix and mingle with colleagues they don't necessarily work closely with day-to-day, have a communal lunch together an so on. Well, last summer I was put in a group with a colleague I hadn't really met before and he seemed nice enough. But then we learned we live really close to one another (as in, he lives a couple of minutes away from me. Just for later context, we don't live that close to our work) and he then asked me, "out of curiosity, how do you get to work?". I said I drive which lead him to say, "oh great, then I can just get a lift from you to and from work!". I thought that was really cheeky and awkward considering we didn't even know each other...and the fact that he just assumed that I'd be willing to drive him back and forth.

I was at my friend's wedding some years ago. As the bride and groom cut the cake, said their goodbyes and left the party the bride's uncle randomly handed me a broom and asked me to help clean the venue the family had hired for the wedding. I was really taken aback because I assumed he mistook me for the cleaner...which I also found odd seeing as I was dressed up and clearly a guest. But when I clarified to the uncle that I'm a wedding guest he just replied, "so?"...
spiderlight · 12/08/2021 19:48

Pulled into a small, awkward little car park at the start of a walk. There was only one space. The car behind me stopped and the passenger got out, shot past me and stood in the space to stop me using it, so her husband could have it. Literally stood there with her arms folded and stared me down - she was a scary-looking old bat and I'm a bit meek and pathetic. Everyone else in the car park was just 😲 but several people shuffled their cars closer together to make a space for me.

DelphineMarineaux · 12/08/2021 19:55

@DelphineMarineaux

I have a couple of stories to share...

My work place hosts an annual staff day where the entire organisation meet, do group and team building activities so people have a chance to mix and mingle with colleagues they don't necessarily work closely with day-to-day, have a communal lunch together an so on. Well, last summer I was put in a group with a colleague I hadn't really met before and he seemed nice enough. But then we learned we live really close to one another (as in, he lives a couple of minutes away from me. Just for later context, we don't live that close to our work) and he then asked me, "out of curiosity, how do you get to work?". I said I drive which lead him to say, "oh great, then I can just get a lift from you to and from work!". I thought that was really cheeky and awkward considering we didn't even know each other...and the fact that he just assumed that I'd be willing to drive him back and forth.

I was at my friend's wedding some years ago. As the bride and groom cut the cake, said their goodbyes and left the party the bride's uncle randomly handed me a broom and asked me to help clean the venue the family had hired for the wedding. I was really taken aback because I assumed he mistook me for the cleaner...which I also found odd seeing as I was dressed up and clearly a guest. But when I clarified to the uncle that I'm a wedding guest he just replied, "so?"...
Oh, I forgot to mention how decency prevailed!

I didn't tell my colleague directly that there's no way on Earth I was going to do that. I just used the very genuine excuse that I meet up very early and leave very early - opposite of his working hours. I got to not drive him and to him I didn't come off as a jerk. So he's been nothing but nice to me the few times we have met since last summer...

My now husband was right behind me and heard everything so turned around, gave the uncle some money bills and said to him, "here, you can do the cleaning on her behalf". Maybe not such a decent gesture, but hey...

Danikm151 · 12/08/2021 20:42

A family member had the cheek to message me a few months ago to TELL me that if I was sorting my son’s clothes out then her friend was having a boy and she wants to give them to her.
She didn’t ask and I don’t even know this friend!
Karma prevailed because I was able to tell her than my bff already had the clothes as her son is 6 months younger than mine. Grin

GoodbyeToCare · 12/08/2021 20:59

I run a youth group. A few years ago one of the members chose to leave to take up another activity so we said our farewells.

A few months later the mum heard we were taking the kids kayaking and demanded that we take her child too. She was not happy to be told this wouldn't be possible due to insurance, etc and again demanded we take her child. I said that wouldn't be happening and she eventually gave up.

Cheeseandlobster · 12/08/2021 21:25

I have told this story before. I went to a hen do in a popular seaside town. I used to live there so had the local accent but lived miles away as I had relocated.

I got talking to a woman there from the Midlands who had also come to that town just for the hen. She added me on Facebook and then nothing.

Then a year later she randomly sent me a message " Hey Hun. Not seen you in ages. Let's get together. I should come n stay with the kids"

I realised she assumed I still lived in popular seaside town and was after a free holiday.

I replied with " Hey hun. Oh that would be lovely. Let's do that! I live in grim Northern mining town now so much closer for you. Love cheese xxx"

She read the message, didn't reply and then deleted me. Cf !

subsy1 · 25/08/2021 13:44

DelphineMarineaux

  1. "I was at my friend's wedding some years ago. As the bride and groom cut the cake, said their goodbyes and left the party the bride's uncle randomly handed me a broom and asked me to help clean the venue the family had hired for the wedding. I was really taken aback because I assumed he mistook me for the cleaner...which I also found odd seeing as I was dressed up and clearly a guest. But when I clarified to the uncle that I'm a wedding guest he just replied, "so?"..."

The Scots have a delightful saying to use in this situation: "Get tae fuck!".

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MyCatDribbles · 25/08/2021 13:49

@Cheeseandlobster

I have told this story before. I went to a hen do in a popular seaside town. I used to live there so had the local accent but lived miles away as I had relocated.

I got talking to a woman there from the Midlands who had also come to that town just for the hen. She added me on Facebook and then nothing.

Then a year later she randomly sent me a message " Hey Hun. Not seen you in ages. Let's get together. I should come n stay with the kids"

I realised she assumed I still lived in popular seaside town and was after a free holiday.

I replied with " Hey hun. Oh that would be lovely. Let's do that! I live in grim Northern mining town now so much closer for you. Love cheese xxx"

She read the message, didn't reply and then deleted me. Cf !

I remember reading this one before!! Loved it then and love it now
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