What is the cheekiest thing someone has asked of you?

[Conniebygaslight]

There have been many but reading on another thread about the CFery of a school mum reminded me of a time when my DC were at primary.
A mum asked if I’d mind picking her DC up from school and taking them to another school a few miles away where they were competing in an intersports thing. My DC were competing too so I agreed assuming she was working.
When we got there, said mum was already there in the front row with her DH & DPs. I asked what was going on, she replied that they wanted a good seat and parking so didn’t want to wait until their DC finished school so they could get their first. I was absolutely stunned…I still laugh at the audacity of this years later🤣🤣

When my eldest was about 8 months old I was in a cafe with my friend and her similar aged child. We had just sat them each in a high chair at the table when a woman came in with her daughter and couldn't find another high chair. Her solution to this was to come over and ask if she could have one of ours 😳 We were waiting for food! I couldn't get over the cheek of her, and she seemed really put out and annoyed when we politely said no, we're using them.

I have a dramatic SIL. She's lovely honestly but she's been insanely spoilt by MIL. Anyway I'm disabled. I have a progressive illness and a teen dd who's mental health isn't great right now. DH booked us a weeks cheap break away in a holiday park/caravan by the sea. Money was tight back then and this was a real treat for us and really needed.

Told MIL that we were going away for the week and she immediately said poor SIL will be upset as she really wants to go there. Even went as far as asking us to keep it secret from her. It didn't stay secret and SIL threw a strop.

We arrived at the holiday park on the Saturday. All great, we were enjoying the week...until Wednesday. MIL told us that we need to come home as sil is so upset she's not eaten all week and she's desperately worried about her. DH thought wtf things must be bad and actually said he'd come home and leave me and dd there.

Turns out mil wanted us all to come home so that SIL could then travel down and stay in our caravan and enjoy a few days break!.

Jeez…..🤣🤣🙈

There’s the time a close family member wanted to borrow my car….. to drive to Poland. Was most put out when I said no because
a) I needed my car for work
b) they in fact had their own car and could just use that!
then they announced they didn’t want to risk their car breaking down in the journey, so thought they could use mine. Their car was newer than mine, and when I asked what they thought would happen if my car broke down on the journey, they announced they’d have to just leave it there! Don’t know what upset them more - the fact I said no, or that I didn’t stop laughing about it for days!

Asked me to babysit one evening a week while friend and husband went to a hobby.
Their house was very close to my work, plan was for me to come straight from work. (I worked 7-7)
First 3 weeks I arrived, 7.15 straight from work.
Her & her dh eating a Domino’s pizza each.
Lift arrived at 7.30 to take them to hobby, empty pizza box placed on the floor in front of them, stepped over it and out the door.
Not even a cup of tea offered to me. Nothing.
Didnt arrive home until after midnight, each week.

i made excuses to no longer do this.

Been friends for a couple of years, felt very sorry for them as they were struggling with MH and needed a break.

Just to add, I worked full time and had kids of my own. The babysitting was never reciprocated.

Found out they had another friend who also used to babysit for them regularly by taking their kids straight from school, feeding them and driving them home early evening 2 days a week every week. I thought that they had zero help.

A neighbour asked if I could take a parcel delivery for her as she was going away for a few days. Of course, no problem, have a great time. It was a fair sized bookcase! I have a tiny house and was away for a week!

When DD was in primary, she was invited to a whole class pool party at local leisure centre. Mum of birthday girl asked me if I would be willing to be one of the helpers in the pool as they needed two. I agreed, assuming she was going to be the other one and her DH wasn't going to be able to make the party.

The party day came and I duly got changed ready to get in the pool. Then noticed that her DH was already changed and in the pool clearly acting as the other helper. Mum was clearly not getting changed. I asked why she wasn't going to be in the pool. She replied, "oh no I don't want to get wet."

Posted too soon!

She then wafted off with all the other Mums to the coffee shop for a natter, while I spent the next hour shivering while trying to control 20 hysterical children!

Never again.

Having not spoken for months a friend rang and asked me if I would, after me being at work all day, go to her house in the evenings and then sleep there with all of her children so she could work nights. I could then go home when she came home and get ready for work myself. Perfect!

She honestly couldn’t see why I didn’t jump at the chance to do it.

She wasn’t paying either, it was more a case of ‘well, you’ll be asleep at home so what difference does it make if you sleep at my house?’

When my kids were younger I used to walk them to school and pick up another child on the way. Quite often he wasn't ready and we would then be rushing to get through the school gate on time. One day his dad said he didn't have anything the boy wanted in a sandwich so could I take him to the shop (past the school in the other direction) to get him a sandwich. I said I couldn't do that as all the kids would be late. Oh, well could I do it once I'd dropped them off and then drop the lunch box back into the school? I was so surprised I just agreed! Fortunately shop wasn't miles from the school, though not right next door, but I had to take the kids to school, walk there and then back to the school again. For a child that wasn't mine.

We also started taking another child to school who we didn't really know but he was in my youngest's year and lived fairly close to us, though it was a slight detour to get to his house to collect him. I offered because I'd noticed his mum had just had a baby so I suggested I take him to save her getting the baby ready to bring out. All fine but about a year later I had a baby and yet the offer wasn't reciprocated.

Oooh my c f
Had a whole thread dedicated to her

Last min request to look after kids
Did not confirm
She lands them over any way

Also - sending them up when they are sick and when I am wfh !!!

Hmmmmm

Friend/neighbour came round to ask to borrow a computer monitor to try with their PC which had some problem. I expressed surprise that they couldn't use their existing one and she replied that it was an Apple one and they didn't want to risk damaging it. She also did the same asking for my hoover to clean her car, didn't want to use her own. I said it was broken ...

It’s always the same type of person isn’t it, always act like ‘it’s not big deal’ - yeh it’s not to you mate, it’s the ones who you put in uncomfortable situations by being CF’s that it’s a big deal to!

I was once out with a group of 4 friends 2 of us had kids with us, the 2 singletons were going off from the park to the pub, so the other mother friend asked if I’d mind her two as she’d like to go along with them for a couple (4 yr old and 6 week old baby)…this was about 2pm…she didn’t come back to get them until early the next day, suffice to say I was MAD having been up all night and having to go out to get milk powder & more nappies for the baby! Apparently it was fine as I was taking my DC home anyway, she knew they’d be safe with me, her battery went, and she was too drunk soooo…she is widely known for taking the PISS out of people who agree to have her DC. Lesson learnt!

Another I heard just today, someone else’s future CFuckery!! My beautician is going to America next month to stay with family (cos it saves money on accommodation she said), Aunty in New York and brother in Vancouver. I asked was she flying between the two? Nope! She said her Aunty has a car so she’ll be asking her to drive them them, takes about 7 hours - she has a car so it should be fine, she’s not paying £190 for a flight as that’s ridiculous. I’m now hoping for an upcoming AIBU; Neice who we’ve put up for 7 nights expects me to drive a 14 hour round trip to save her £190…

I'm an editor by trade, and someone once asked me to edit the 250,000-word manuscript of their shitty book for free, and even gave me a deadline.

Previous next door neighbour banged on our door at 6am. She wanted a lift somewhere (couldn’t remember where. I just know it wasn’t important and didn’t have to be done right then) because her husband was asleep and she didn’t really want to wake him.

We didn’t do it

Just googled it and actually takes 47 hours to drive so her aunties got a big shock coming if she still asks 🤣😂 would love to be a fly on the way!!

Please tell me you didn’t go home so SIL could have the rest of your holiday

We used to walk a little boy to school as we passed his house walking our son, we left the UK last year, I stayed behind and I was due to be in the UK until mid September, they said that was great as I could still walk their son to school, despite my own son being in another country. I shouldn’t have been surprised, if our son was ill they would text things like “thats okay, usual time today?”. The dad worked at home, the mum didn’t work, she just couldn’t be bothered to walk .2 of a mile.

God how lacking in self awareness or even manners. hope you didn't take their son when your child wasn't going?

No we didn’t, so he didn’t go to school either.

Did they save you a seat?!

I was about to say - we drove from New York to Milwaukee and that was 11 hours (we paid for the hire car after 24 hours in an airport with no customer service, cancelled flights and 3 dc ages 4-9).

When my children were 3.5 and 1 years old, my NDN whose two children were about 6 months younger, asked me if I would come round and help her put her children to bed because her husband was away for a night. She asked me because she knew I was used to it because my husband was often away for nights at a time and so had to cope. I said no somehow, but couldn't believe it really!

It's appalling when CFs try to take advantage of other adults, but it's much worse when they will quite cheerfully see their own children suffer as well.

Whatever did she have that was more important than taking her child to school - when she was home all day anyway?

I wonder if Social Services ever got involved with that family - because some of the signs are clearly there.

I'm going back a few years now,but a school mum friend (I was a skint single mum at the time)

She had a condition (I can't remember what) that made the skin on her feet and legs get sore and fall off in chunks

She could genuinely not walk far,so asked if I'd mind picking up her little one (aged about 5/6) feed him and run him home as dad was at work and they couldn't afford taxis to get him too/from school

I agreed-and for 4 months,I did the school run both ways

No offer of money to cover this lads dinner but fine-I manged an extra mouth to feed

Turns out dad could have changed his hours to do the school runs and on the days he was off,he was in the pub

To top it all off,I broke my ankle a few months after she got better-i asked if she'd mind having my lot as I needed to get to hospital (was in lots of pain)and she refused

We don't speak anymore