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.

Was asked by my husband's aunt to pick up his cousin and plus one friend on the way to a family wedding. Fine.

Pick them up from the pub and they spend 30m coming out, finishing their pints and saying goodbye. Grr.

Get to the venue, they thank my non-driving husband for the lift. He says that it's me they should be thanking. Crickets.

Meet later at the bar. They're both chatting up a girl in a backless dress. They say they're going to get a round in.

Come to our table, a drink for everyone (including the girl they're chatting up) but me, and say they forgot! My husband pushed his G&T over to me, and goes back to the bar!

I have told this before. A 'friend ' asked (begged) me to sleep with her boyfriend. Because THEY had an arrangement that she could fuck his brother if he got to fuck me!!
Errrrr, nope.

I could write a book about the demands of one of a relative who is a CFer extraordinaire, but one of the most memorable was when they asked us for a significant financial contribution to their child's school fees, on the grounds that we both have good jobs so could surely afford it! We have children of our own who attend the local state school so why on earth anyone would think we would want to pay for someone else's child's private education is quite beyond me. Not to mention that this person criticised, in really quite unpleasant terms, my decision to go back to work after I had children but somehow felt entitled to a share of my salary when it suited them. I don't think so.

SIL wanted me to babysit her newborn several days every week because I 'only work from home'

Many, many, many years ago I was a nanny. Did a bit of wedding work as a side hustle, mainly because the word 'wedding' was pretty much an excuse to name my own fee. I was in my early 20's and a decent wedding could keep me in beer money for a month.

Anyway this friend of a former family (foff) wanted to invite me to their wedding because I loved working with children so much I would be more than happy to look after a crowd of children for the day. Attending the wedding and having a great time would be my fee. The foff really didn't like being told that my landlord wouldn't let me pay my rent with love and I couldn't run my car on love either. They disappeared pretty quickly when I told them what my hourly rate was - enough to keep me in beer for a good 6 months!

We live in London and at one time had a holiday home in Cornwall that we let out as a holiday let. During covid we were not allowed to let it out - so it remained closed. Observing Covid requirements we also didn't go there ourselves during lockdowns.

Friends in London repeatedly asked to use it during lockdown - to keep an eye on it for us. We had to explain that it was illegal and that our neighbours in Cornwall (who we had put a lot of effort in with as we know holiday lets are not popular) would be apoplectic if 'friends from London' turned up.

CF colleague who wanted me to cancel my wedding day. I had booked a week off and as we were eloping I had told very few people about our plans. She asked if I could cancel at least one of the days (my actual wedding day) as her son had a routine check up at the hospital. He needed a hearing check. I said no and she was quite annoyed so I actually told her it was my wedding day. She looked me in the eye and said ‘well surely you could shuffle things around!’ Erm no. She also had a useless husband and an adult son who could have taken him. After that she was a bit of a c**t to me but that’s another story.

MIL has history and can be really needy. DH had a start date for a new job which coincided with her Covid vaccine date. She is able bodied and travels around on the bus at least 3-4 times a week with her pals. The location is a 5 minute bus journey away and the stop for the bus is a 1 minute walk from her house. She wanted DH to take her, she demanded and wheedled, turned on the waterworks and the emotional blackmail. He said ‘it’s my first day in training at new job, I have to be there!’ She said ‘well I’m sure they’ll understand if you nip away’ it would be a two hour round trip from his office then time for the actual jag. Yes I’m sure his new workplace would love that. She kept phoning asking him to look up bus times and train times despite not needing a train. DH told her the times and refused to talk about it with her!

My first week back after maternity... a friend ( who's still a friend now!) who lives very close to like 10 mins walk. Asked if I would resume lifts and taking her to work with me, I agreed but on the condition she would walk to mine for 8am as her house was the opposite direction.
I had to also drop my 7 month old at grandparents. Before we headed to work.
She never came to mine.. always an excuse then one morning it had frozen up over night and I had to de ice the car with an annoyed 7 month old . I texted and said she better leave now to get to mine as I was de icing the car and we'd be late .... she genuinely replied saying ' oh I'm watching the last episode of * why didn't you de ice the car earlier?

I said that I was busy organising the activities for the children who had actually been invited and suggested she take her to the park across the road to keep her busy. I walked away before she could say anything else. She did come to me at the end to apologise and ask for a “spare” slice of bday cake for her daughter. I happily obliged.

MIL said I was selfish and unreasonable not to drive over to SIL's around an hour away and look after her 2 week old baby as she couldn't be expected to do it on her own and MIL had to return home after staying there since the birth.
Her Husband was perfectly capable and I was having a baby any day myself and had a 3 year old.
When I explained I wouldn't be doing that and quite frankly she had a cheek asking I was told it was my own fault for "being capable"

My mum plays silly beggars with requests that I help my brother.

He's in his fifties, and lives half an hour from me. I have a 10m old, and husband is away for work semi-often.

My brother messaged her moaning about a wait in A&E, saying that he might as well go home. My mum panics and emails/texts/calls me multiple times saying that I HAVE to get my son out of bed and drag him across town to stop my adult brother leaving A&E.

Needless to say I didn't.

After spending countless hours with my friend organising her daughter wedding I was not included on the guest list. We have been friends for over 30years and I have known the bride since birth. I decided to suck it up and be the bigger person (although I was very hurt)
Five days before the wedding she rang to ask if I could look after her daughter's dog while they were all at a posh hotel for the wedding. It would have involved spending two nights sleeping at dogs home because he couldn't tolerate being somewhere else.
I declined.

Wow, she has more brass neck than one of those Kayan women.

I have to say I'm not often left speechless, but I think this would've done it 😲 Please feel free to get the book started here!

To be fair, I can quite understand why she would only allow the banjo practice while she was out of the house.

When I was younger I had a friend who, started to invite me over in the evening, to keep her company while her partner was at work, sometimes on call.
After a few weeks she began to also ask another (younger, male, annoying) friend, who I didn't know - they would disappear for a short time on the pretence of 'finding some loaned item in the garage' or some such.
On the third week I phoned last-minute to tell her I couldn't make it and she firstly moaned, then pleaded and then had a full on shouty, sweary rant at me for how awful and selfish I was. She admitted they were having an affair and I was their decoy and stooge, so that if her fiancée were to arrive back unexpectedly, he would never suspect anything was going on as she "...just had two good friends over for dinner"!

Sounds like he was used to you forking out for him the cheeky git. Is this the case?

That's just vile!

Partly I think, but he had a job (albeit poorly paid!) and paid his fair share of bills etc, but would quite often spend on crap and I was a soft touch at times hence he used the toddler with no food story to try and tug at my heart strings knowing I’d have said no if he told me the real story, but unfortunately for him I didn’t come down with the last shower.

The thing about taking another woman on a date I think that was a poorly thought out attempt to make me jealous which wouldn’t have worked in a month of Sundays but who the hell asks their ex for money to date someone else? 🤣 If this fictitious woman was real she’d have landed right on her feet with him.

Wow, he's definitely a catch! 😉

Just thank your lucky stars he is an ex. What a loser.

Years ago I worked part time in a beauty salon after I'd come back from maternity leave. One day I was at home with my toddler (and pregnant) and my mobile started ringing with calls to the salon! The owner had gone on holiday and redirected the salon phone to my mobile without a word to me. I quit when she got back.

Not sure if this fits here,but when my brother met my (now) sister in law/wife,they started to talk about moving in together and how they'd better get their names on the council list for a flat

They where entitled to a one bed flat but asked me to go to the council with them,to tell the council they needed a two/three bed,as they had my kids every weekend

As they barely spoke to my dc and had zero relationship with them,I refused

So they forged a letter,claiming it was from me,saying I was a struggling single mum (true) and they had my dc in the holidays and weekends (lie) and signed it with my signature

Council never rang me to check,I didn't know anything about this letter or I would have gone in with the truth

They did get a two bed flat,based on their lies (I strongly suspect my narc mother claimed to be me on the phone)

Same silly cunts ended up having the younger dc while I was rushed to hospital with a broken elbow and a bump the size on a planet on my head-they then tried to charge me £60 for babysitting an hour (£30 each) until my friend came and took over from them (the kids just sat in front of finding nemo and they barely spoke to them apparently)

I was once in Next with a friend and she wanted a top. I had a next card but wasn’t keen on adding to it as wanted to pay off the balance. She fancied a top but asked could I put it on my next card. I asked her if she didn’t have her credit card and she said yes she did but didn’t want to pay the interest. So she wanted me to put it on my card and she could pay off monthly on there instead.. I said no. She can use her own card!

Old friend's husband came in to the shop I was working at and said xxxx would love a visit from you as she had been very ill and was recovering. Ok says I and he text someone and made me promise to be there .

Arrived to see friend , husband went out of the door saying see you in a couple of hours and could I stay until he returned The friend was pleasant but conversation a little strained . The husband Rocks up later with a friend as it turns out he had collected from the airport. I could sense they all wanted me gone straight away

Eventually it dawned on me , the wife was too ill to be left alone and basically they had used me as cover in case she had another haemorrhage

A few months later I bumped into husband and asked how wife was and I informed him if they ever needed someone to sit with her again then they need to pay a carer . The look on his face was priceless. Probably thought I was too dumb to work it out . Never heard from them again .