Best CF stories please

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My CF SIL has pissed me right off. Please tell me your CF stories to make me feel better.

i would take great pleasure in ruining their Xmas 😏

But why don't you stand up to her? Why don't you say, last year you only gave my children £5 and a secondhand book and I spent £70 on yours. I just don't understand why you put up with it.

What a pig!

I clean for hours ahead of my pet sitter, leave the guest bed made with my best linens, fancy spa products and good food/wine. And she's a paid sitter!!

Wtaf??

Yes @lisavanderpumpscloset !!

A "Comeuppance" thread would be bloody great actually. I'd find that really satisfying.

I’ve told this once before, so my apologies to those who have to read it again.

Quite a few years ago, I flew to see my friend in San Diego for a week. We’d known each other forever, and hadn’t seen one another in quite some time - I was looking forward to the vacation and to seeing her, plus, she lived right on the beach. It was gorgeous and all was well.

So at one point during the week (Easter), she and her BF decided it would be fun to go down into Mexico. Her BF had friends visiting too, so we all piled in the car and went. It’s only about 30 minutes to the Mexican border from San Diego, and then about another 45 minutes to an hour to Rosarito Beach where we went, to the famous hotel.

The boys had cervezas and we had margaritas. We were tipsy — but everything was fun and happy and all was well, when they suddenly decided to leave. As we were walking out, somebody grabbed me by the arm — a total stranger, because I knew no one but my own party. I disentangled myself and was out the door.

When I got outside, there was no sign of my friends: friends gone, car gone. I was not more than 3 or 4 minutes behind them. They simply couldn’t be bothered to wait for me.

I was panicky and frightened — I was in a not-great part of Mexico and I didn’t know a soul and I had absolutely no idea where my “friends” had gone, or why they would do something so foolish and cruel. There were 2 Federales standing there, so I asked them, “Have you seen a very beautiful American girl? Tall? Dark hair? Muy bonita?” I must’ve sounded INSANE to them, but they said yes! Yes! Come with us! We’ll take you to her!

And stupid, drunk Dream got in their Ford Bronco (just like OJ’s) with them. But instead of taking me anywhere around Rosarita, they kept driving deeper & deeper into Mexico. Finally I sobered up enough to demand that they stop and let me out and I kept telling them that THIS ISN’T FUNNY I’M AN AMERICAN CITIZEN GOD DAMNIT!!! over & over again. I think they finally got tired of listening to me lol.

So I ended up hitchhiking about 80-90 miles back to San Diego with complete & total strangers. It was a terrifying trip.
And I got back before they did, and nobody said they were sorry, nobody apologized and nobody told me why they thought that was acceptable. I was sooo pissed off I could barely speak.

The next day, she had the absolute cheek to ask me for money for a food shop. I caught a very expensive taxi to the airport and left instead.
She died alone except for her parents several years later. I did forgive her, though. Eventually. But she died thinking I never did.
I feel a bit shit about that. But then…

And all these years later, I can hear her voice, sitting in that car, waiting those oh-so-long TWO MINUTES: OH JUST GO. I can hear it as if she’s sitting next to me and saying it right now.
She was a CF all her life and everyone just let her get away with it — including me. I think she might have been an honest to god, real-life case of narcissism — the only one I’ve seen in the wild.

Sold an unopened Blu-Ray on FB. CF showed up to buy, and asked to see it playing. Then offered less money as it was "used".

Me and a friend had a little table at a craft fair. Both of us could have carried our stock in a bag, but I picked her up in my car.
At the end of the day, went to pay for parking and it was £22! She did not offer a single penny towards it. That was over half my own takings for the day.

We had similar except the builders were climbing the fence (perfectly usable fence but made a bloody awful ladder. It's bowed badly now) and walking past my kitchen window and filling up buckets. While I stood there doing the washing up looking straight at them. Now had they asked permission, I would have said, "Go right ahead." If they had even pointed at their bucket in a "do you mind...?" Sort of gesture, I would have been a bit put out but still would have said yes because I knew that the repair work they were doing was vital for my neighbours as it was damaging their home further. But after I saw the builders do it multiple times and knowing the neighbours had not instructed them to come here, I simply disconnected the supply. The cheeky beggars knew full well I was standing there watching them steal my water and just expected me to put up with it as I presume they thought they had a right as we're all one council block. Nope. That's my supply, in my private garden and a tap that I installed.

I didn’t read it like that at all; more that the poster recognised the tale of cfery and was checking it the same poster telling it rather than there being 2 mnetters with a neighbour whose cf bf liked to weigh someone else’s pjs to have sex!!

I used to have a friend whose CFuckery on a camping trip ended our friendship.

she was a single parent with an awful Exp who didn’t really bother with their son and I just felt really sorry for her DS.

Anyway the camping trip was with lots of her uni friends and I agreed to look after her DS one of the nights so she could go out with her mates.

we agreed that the Sunday night would be chilling by the communal camp fire and taking the kids on this lovely forest trail.

Sunday morning she was so hungover she didn’t get up until 11 where she cooked herself a bacon sandwich and made a cup of tea.

I had been up since 6 with all the kids and had taken them for a paddle. Her DS could be quite nasty to my DD2 who in fairness did wind him up at times which made it pretty stressful. He threw her crocs in the sea and hid her beach towel, stuff like that.

anyway I get back to the campsite and she is sat there eating the bacon roll and just said oops you caught me. No food cooked for me or the kids.

we had agreed to bring food to cover three days. She brought enough for one and told her DS to help himself to our food.

final straw was she sneaked out on Sunday night to meet a random bloke leaving her DS (aged 9) alone in their tent. He panicked in the night and crashed into our tent and woke half the campsite.

she sulked the next day as I wouldn’t stay an extra night. She doesn’t drive so I had a 6 hour trip back home to do .

she also then told me she was too skint to pay for petrol!

this trip just brought home to me that she used me for childcare so I cut all ties with her.

We still see her around occasionally and once she asked my DH for a lift home from the park (10 min walk for her 30 mins for us) and DH laughed and said not unless you give the me £50 you own Catrin for the camping trip petrol!!!

I do think CFs get their comeuppance eventually in the same way as a lot of women suddenly find their voice in middle age after years of servitude to other people.

One CF I know who delighted in being a 'free spirit' ie used to wipe her feet over everyone around her, has turned into a very sad looking isolated recluse. This was the person who accompanied myself and our daughters by train to a university open day. When we got there they suddenly disappeared at the train station and were uncontactable for the rest of the day even though we agreed to go together. One of many incidents where her friends were too boring and 'bourgeois' as she liked to say, for her taste. Her children despise her as they now realise how negligent and selfish she was as a mother.

Just remembered this this morning, while deadheading petunias!

We were living in the ME, on a large compound. Shops weren’t great at the time compared to U.K. The English Speaking school held an annual fair for fundraising, so I grew from seeds (posted by my DM, couldn’t buy such things there) literally dozens of petunias for the fair - you couldn’t buy anything like that then. Tended them lovingly for weeks.

A few hours before the fair, 2 women from the compound - one was a really up-herself Queen Bee, the other was her hanger-on - came and demanded to buy several each of the petunias (just coming into flower). I said no, you need to go to the fair like everybody else if you want any, No, they didn’t want to go to the fair, couldn’t be arsed (both had kids at the school!) and were so forceful that to my shame I eventually gave in.
All the others sold in a flash at the fair.

should have charged them triple hehehhe

@GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER i read your post out to my friend who used to live in the Middle East and she rolled her eyes and said that’s par for the course with ME British schools! Full of CF’s…

DH was travelling to a conference as a passenger in the colleague's car where they would be staying in a hotel. The colleague had paid an extra £ 20 to have an early check in. DH wasn't bothered and planned to sit in the bar and work from there.

When they checked in colleague was given his keys as he expected. The receptionist took DH's details and said that his room was ready anyway and he could check in now as well. Colleague immediately said "That's not fair - you can pay half of the early check in fee to me!" Colleague was NOT joking.

I've actually remembered a sad one. When my dd1 was little (now an adult with children of her own) she was friendly with a little girl who was clearly neglected by her mum (always had nits, often wanted feeding etc) We all lived near each other in a sort of housing co-operative and I became known as the one who would look after the kids - this was usually fine and they'd go back off to their parents happily.
One night the mum asked me if I could have her dd for a night as she was going out - no problem. It got to the next day and she popped her head around the door to check all was well then went off again 'for a bit'. Three days later, after everyone trying to find her, she repappeared looking awful and vaguely apologising. I was a bit soft then - I was also pretty young and a single parent -but other parents had a word.
The sad part is that she was actually addicted to heroin and really shouldnt have been in charge of the poor little girl. On another occasion, she left her (aged 4) alone in her flat to go out clubbing or something and the child vomited in the night and was wondering around looking for help. It was a close knit community so she was quickly looked after.
We left soon after but I know the mum was wanted by the police for various things so they disappeared to a town a long way away.

@Clearthinking Why not do the same back for hers then? Second hand book and a fiver.

Thats horrible, but its amazing how rude some people are.

We had someone at our wedding help themselves to bottles of prosecco and whisky. We'd stocked the bar ourselves and it was self service but their cheek astounded me. We'd arranged and paid for a bus there and back, provided canapés, meal, ice cream, dessert table, bbq and basically a free bar. The whisky was definitely taken as we did the clearing up and there were no empty bottles.

I also saw a a handbag with a bottle of our prosecco in it too, but I didn't want to make a scene. I wish I had now!

It's not too late to have it out with him. He owes you £250 ffs. Do you or your DH still speak to him?

I always worry if on a night out and I’ve got a bit tipsy if I’ve forgotten a round and look like a CF but these stories clearly show the CFs know exactly what they’re up to

I'm a Beaver Scout leader and we get a few CF parents. For example, little Johnny leaves their jumper at a campsite an hour's drive away from our village. (We had done a sweep of lost property and checked everyone had everything before we left.) CF parent asks if we can go and retrieve it for them? Or they go on holiday/to the pub to get legless while their kid is at camp, and then get a cob on when we ask them to come and take their poorly/miserable child home.

Most parents are fab and very supportive though.

A very needy and chaotic ex colleague and sort of friend...??....always causing problems....expected others to mop up the mess....parking fines, speeding tickets...clamps...all other persons fault....she said she might have to go to food bank as short of money....i just inherited 27k from an aunt so gave her £100...a few days later told me how pleased her son was with the real Gucci belt she got him for his 23rd birthday....we both left the work place soon after...i blocked her and no contact at all now for over 3 years...such a relief...she drained me totally with her all her issues etc.....

CF ex colleague/Friend on a girl's restaurant night out offered to pay for the entire meal bill on her credit card and we each give her our share. Bill was divided equally between 9 of us. Except there were ten of us. She had not included herself in the bill. She had form for this kind of thing so was definitely not an 'Oops Silly me!' kinda thing.

This reminds me of a ‘friend’ who had no money at all,no food in for either her or the dog and didn’t know what she was going to do until payday

i lent-not gave-her my last £15 so she could buy some cheap dog food and bread and milk for herself

she snatched the notes out of my hand,walked off and just within view she walked into the nearest offie and bought herself some booze

i never got my money back-and she spends her time moaning about how people beg money from her to spend on non essentials and never pay her back

she seemed to think that as I live with my dp and she lives alone that I’m minted and I owe her

(same woman would go for a coffee,order,then wander off to find a table leaving the tab for someone else to pay-to my shame,it took my son to say ‘I think it’s your turn today,both mum and then myself have paid for the coffee you’ve necked today’-she paid but sat with a face like a slapped arse and I’ve now let the friendship die)

CF thief, yes.

But also, wtf were the venue doing letting guests order things on your tab? That’s not normal unless you’ve agreed to foot the bill for an open bar.