What's the most cheeky/ridiculous favour someone has asked of you ?

[TomandJerrysmousehunt]

Mine was for me to book a day off work to sit with my friend in the car for an 8 hour round trip to collect something. She didn't need help with the collecting, but wanted company in the car, other than the radio. I told her I couldn't get the day off work. I was certainly not wasting a day off work to sit in a car for 8 hours.

I had spent all day preparing dinner for myself and a friend. She sent me a text saying:

"I've just sent you £30 can you pick up some wine. Tesco are doing this particular wine that I want."

Tesco was a 40 minute round trip.

Friend said she'd pop her little one round to me on Saturday so that I could mind her while she worked. On an ongoing basis. (As a favour as it turned out) WTAF.

Two days a week free childcare "now that you're not working" when I'd given up my term time job because of my youngest daughter's care needs.

They've not spoken to DH or I for four years because of our "selfishness in not reciprocating help" - their help, which was thanked with a meal and wine, was minding my middle two for 45 minutes after school until MiL could collect them when youngest was having an operation (it was very touch and go how it would go).

Although come to think of it my exes ex expecting me to host her children and his other exes children for a play date once a month probably actually tops that.

My daughters with him are uni age and got all their younger half siblings together during the holidays at our house - I was not there. Their ex step mother felt that to be nice to the kids I should host while they are away at uni 😂

Also said friend used to bring a homemade cake to my house when visiting and then take it home with her.

I don't socialise with her anymore 😁

I received a beautiful set of hand knitted dolls from my godmother when my DD was born, they were a real labour of love and took her months to knit. My FIL saw them and wanted me to ask her to knit another set for him as a raffle prize. He didn't want to offer her any money or supplies for doing so, he just wanted a complete stranger to spend months knitting him a set of dolls to give away!

Name changed because this is quite outing.

A few years ago, a friend of mine hatched a plan to 'liberate' a dog from a violent drug addict, and asked me if I'd lend a hand.

Lending a hand involve me....

..... taking a morning off work because this was all set to happen on a Tuesday; dressing up in disguise to avoid being recognised by neighboours or on CCTV; meeting her at a particular spot for the dog handover; taking the dog back to my house where I'd need to keep it out of the way of my territorial dog; keeping all the curtains closed in case anyone saw this liberated dog in my house; wait for my friend's brother whom I'd never met before to come to my back gate whereupon I would sneak the dog out of my house and into his car.

So, yes, quite a ridiculous favour.

To pretend to my exes, who I have a son with new child, that I was their dad, as she didn't want them to feel left out. I refused to lie to the child.

Although less a favour and more of a demand and the shit hit the fan when she didn't get her own way.

Offered a paper shredder on Freecycle recently, a man from a town 10 miles away asked if he could have it. I replied asking him to let me know when he was going to collect it. He replied with his address saying he would be at home on Monday for me to deliver. I replied with lots of 😂 😂😂

I was a doctoral research student at Oxford home at Christmas to visit my parents in the late 1990s. My mother said one of the neighbours had asked if I could tutor her son who was studying my subject. I thought I’d knock on the door and refuse politey in person (as my mother has form for telling people I would do things when I’d specifically said no).

To my unending astonishment, it turned out she didn’t want me to tutor him, she wanted me to write his essays for him. I saw red and gave her a very po-faced lecture about cheating, academic integrity and pointed out that he’d be kicked off the course if caught. And it was a teacher-training degree…

20+ years ago I found out my ex had been sleeping with my close friend.
I kicked him out and made it clear to ex friend that I wanted nothing more to do with her.
My DD was 2 at the time and she had a DS3.

She messaged me a week after I’d kicked ex out and asked if her DS could come for a sleepover with my DD as her and my ex had planned a ‘date night’.

Needless to say, I told her to fuck off.

Friend of mine recently asked if they could borrow my dd's DLA forms so they could get disabled fast passes for herself and her dd (same age as my dd) for Alton towers.

She was quite miffed at me for saying no.

She wrote a very passive aggressive social media post after they went to the theme park and only managed to get on 3 rides all day.

This takes the cake! 😮

I somehow got hoodwinked into having my DDs friend for a play date as her dad (SAHP) and siblings were doing something.
I think got a text from the dad asking to drop the friend home (30 min round trip) as the mum as picking up and didn't know where we lived. As I was starting to craft my reply (Google maps??) he explained he could pick up in the end. The mum had a highly regarded job so not sure why she couldn't figure it out.

At my previous house, I'd had a neighbour who'd constantly asked for favours. She'd acted like we were best mates but after I'd moved away I hardly ever heard from her, even when I lost my darling mum, who had also done her a lot of favours over the years. Then, I suddenly got a phone call from her telling me she was feeling overwhelmed as she had a form to fill in for her disabled son and she'd immediately thought of me as being the ideal person to help her. She said she'd call round immediately and would wait whilst I filled it in, as it shouldn't take me long and it had to be sent back urgently. It turned out it was his PIP review form, which, as anyone who has ever had to complete one knows, is an absolute nightmare and takes ages to fill in. I told her I'd phone her back when I was free, I still haven't phoned her yet and that was about 8 years ago, so I'm hoping she's got the message!

Years ago my nan had lovely little isolated holiday home about 300 miles away. Her neighbour hounded her to go for a few days and after months she relented and said yes she could go for 4 days. Then the neighbour said it was up to my nan when as she had to arrange the transportation and ensure it was fully stocked as well seeing as how she doesn't drive herself and not to forget that her old incontinent dog would need to be accomodated too. Needless to say, she never got there.

A very casual acquaintance from the school gates asked me if I could look after her reception aged daughter "for a while " as she had an urgent hospital appointment related to her very obvious pregnancy. She was desperate. I arrived at her house and she ran out the door so quickly I didn't notice a bag in her hand. Her little girl said mummy was going to have a baby and then a 3 yo and 18 month old started crying upstairs. She'd left me with 3 tiny kids I didn't know and in a house that was filthy to go and give birth. I spent all evening cleaning her crusty house and had to send my DH to the shops to buy food to feed the kids. I ended up taking the kids to my house and leaving a note as it was so grim. The following morning I had no choice but to call social services and she was very well known to them and ask the kids under a care plan. The kids were with me for 48 hours and then she cage home and complained that I'd called the social services 🤷🏼‍♀️. I actually ended up being involved with that family for another 4-5 years and at that point they had 7 kids and the house was condemned. She lost/got back those kids so many times it was heart breaking.

The brass neck of some people never ceases to amaze me!

SIL inviting herself to stay at our house for a week during the summer. So that she could WFH at ours and we’d look after 6 year old nephew. We both work full time.

Ndn borrowed some pj's.. Odd but fair enough.. Got them back washed and folded.. Asked again a few weeks later specifying those particular pj's.
Apparently her bf liked he wearing them during sex... Black satin ones..
I kindly let her keep them.

This is truly hilarious - literally laughing out loud - you've made my day

None as bad as these but most cheeky requests I've experienced have involved childcare. I mentioned to a mum at nursery that I might be having a little birthday tea party for my son. She said "oh great I wanted to do some decorating so it would be great to drop him (her 2 year old) at yours for the day". I withdrew the invitation told her I'd changed my mind! Our sons are now 19 and i still see her to say hello to and I always think "CF"!

Another time I was with my youngest in the park. She was 8 or 9 and another mum came over with her 3 year old, introduced her and had a very brief chat. The next thing I knew she (the mum) had wandered off into her house which overlooked the park, leaving us in loco parentis of her small child. The child was totally unphased so I got the impression it happened a lot. The mum did peer out of her window from time to time but honestly I could have been anyone.

My mum came with me when I was wedding dress shopping (I was paying myself) though I only bought the veil and tiara that day. Later I heard her on the phone offering to lend them to a friend's daughter. I hadn't even worn them for my own wedding yet! I said a firm no to that and was told i was selfish and possessive.

I used to regularly get people asking for free legal work (I'm a solicitor) or worse still promising their friend/ mum/neighbour I would do it. I started giving a stock response that I wasn't allowed to give legal advice outside my workplace as my professional indemnity insurance won't cover it. I still help a chosen few people who aren't pisstakers.

Finally, a neighbour who started coming round begging to borrow money. In fact I never lend money on principle but if I think someone is really in need and I can afford to lose it I would rather give them the money and draw a line. I cautiously asked how much she was short by, expecting her to say £50 for food shopping and was gobsmacked when she said "at least five grand or i dont know what I'll do". So that was a no! It didn't stop her trying again and again. Eventually I did give her a smaller amount and told her not to ask again. She's recently packed up and left and her house is for sale so I guess she genuinely fell on hard times but no idea why she thought it was my problem to solve. I didn't even know her very well!

Years ago before my 2 DC started school BIL set up his own business. SIL phoned asking if I could do the accounts (I'm an accountant). They didn't just want accounts pulled together for the bank and tax they wanted me to do all the book keeping, invoicing, pay bills, chase debtors. I was working full time in a managerial role and had 2 small children. Apparently SIL "just didn't have time , what with 2 children". SIL was a SAHM with 2 school age DC and had previously worked in a bank and had the admin skills for the day to day stuff. I just said I hadn't done any small business tax for years so it wasn't worth paying me and a tax expert by way of saying no politely. "Oh, we weren't expecting to pay you"!

Someone I know owns a field and she said how much potential it has and 'offered' me the exciting experience of driving her tractor to work the whole field!!! It would be a once in a lifetime experience, fun and its good to be in the fresh air.

Sadly, I am busy.

I used to run a small soft play (belonged to a charity, but it was run to be self supporting)

Another charity was having a massive funday next door and announced the Soft play will be open for free to attendees.

Without even asking us, or if it was even available (it wasn't, we had a private booking)

I've written about this before and had my arse handed to me-i think I was meant to bend over and take it from both sides and mumsnet

Dp's dd needed somewhere to stay as her mother (who is a psychopath-I don't say that lightly about anyone,let alone another woman) had slung her out

The dd (then aged 17) moved in,stuck her nose in the air about the room she was given (id redecorated it and it had lovely new bedding and other bits,on my dime) and told me her rules for 'allowing' me to stay in her dad's house (we both own it but shed been told it was under her dad's name)

I had to up my hours at work to double what I was working (if there was no more hours,I had to get a second job)
I had to give her my wages as it was made clear she was only staying with us until she met and married her rich man,then she didn't want to know dp
She didn't want to work-and wasn't paying any rent
Her dad had to buy her anything and everything she wanted,while she spent my money on crap
If she needed a lift anywhere,we had to drop everything and take her,she would 'put up' with a pre-paid for taxi on the odd occasion (her boyfriend lived a £25+ trip away)
She wasn't prepared to clean up after herself and I had to do her laundry,as and when she wanted it doing

Loads more but you get the idea

I laughed her out of the house-it caused a lot of tension in our house as dp just wanted a quiet life and for everyone to get along,we ended up in counselling which made him see the light

Its a long story but she moved out (back to mummies and then uni-that gave her a shock) and went scorched earth on me because I refused her demands (including sending my nc narc family 'personal pictures' I'd sent to dp for his eyes only,stealing money I'd hidden away,smearing my reputation,lying about me,trying to cause trouble at my work so I'd get the sack and lying to dp to break us up)

Never again