To be very upset by friend demanding something back given to me 15 years ago??

[rockinhippy]

I'll try not to ramble, but already feeling ill & now very upset, so excuse me if I do....I would apreciate opinions as to whether or not I am being unreasonable in, a being upset, & b, refusing.

Some 16 odd years ago, probably much more, ........my friend ...(who is one of my DDs 2 GodMums) gave me a vintage astrakan coat, passed to her by her uncle, but not her style at all, but very much mine..........she said at the time something along the lines of "if you change your mind & don't wear it, or want it in future, don't get rid of it, but let me have it back, maybe I'll keep it or pass it on"

Now I love this coat, repaired the lining & keep it for winter going out for special occasions & have looked after it well, so its still in as new condition

the other day I recieved an e-mail, telling me her DD now 17 had been looking through old family photos, & has fell in love with this coat...& wondered if I still had it & was it used..& could she have it back....at first I was confused & thought she meant a 1 she had passed over to my DD....

e-mail yesterday clarified what she meant....so I replied saying, yes, I still love it & wear it with pride & even included a recent photo (we don't live close to each other anymore)

Just now recieved a reply along the lines of....

Sadly DD feels just as strongly about the coat & DD takes precedence over friend, will be popping down to your town next Monday I will collect it then

WTF?

Crikey. Um, well, I think ..... crikey.

huh? So the OP does't have the coat anymore??

BTW - BOF I'll have that coat - would fit me perfectly and sounds lush

Its a coat FGS!!!

Your friend is being rude to ask for somthting back which she gave you but you are completely over-reacting - I suspect you know that or wouldnt have asked for opinions????

What an odd and pointless thread.

So in essence it's neither a coat nor a kidney?

eh??????

Becaroo must read all of a thread before replying!!!

Does anyone else feel like she's in the internet equivalent of a rip-off Kafka novel?

Like pramgate, this definitely warrants a picture of The Coat

So, there is no coat.

I bet this thread can still run though.

So you don't actually have the coat??

Well that's a least an hour of my life that I won't back get!! Thanks.

PMSL at this thread especially GOML's "No special care other than keeping it out of the way if lit fags" and the dead sheep with full rigor mortis

BoysAreLikeDogs Thu 09-Sep-10 13:07:33
So in essence it's neither a coat nor a kidney?
:o:o:o

Rockbird you think your head hurts! I keep thinking you are the OP and getting all confused

No Boysare its a stuffed sheep with an extremely aggressive form of rigor mortis apparently.

Shall we break into BBC archives and get the sheep out and have them analysed - settle it once and for all.

..tablets Suda .. come on then watch the aeroplane and..gulp..good girl

ooooookaaaaaaaayyyyyy .....

.... the doors of the realms of unbelievability have just been entered kicked off ....

Don't think of it as an hour wasted Lou, think of the journey the OP has been kind enough to take us all on with her (and her funny fags)

so, key questions:

-Is the coat real or fake? Although as someone else pointed out is it any less cruel when it's made from fake lambs' kidneys? Why do we care less about the poor fake lambs?

• Is the ex wearing the coat do we think?
• Is the ex actually the ebay seller of the coat that was listed further down?
• Could the OP's DD make a new coat with her sewing machine?

no pun intended 'aeroplane' btw. getting quite twilight zone/far out in a spooky way this thread the way it goes full circle somehow.

..going under the stairs now - its where I feel safe.. be careful out there you lot.

yes, she could maybe also use the emmerdale dead sheep - surely they won't have any need for them any more?

you know one thing that strikes me in this thread is about people's attitude to how the 17yr old DD would have looked after the coat had she got her hands on it.

basically along the lines of "she's 17, she won't look after it/won't care" because she's only 17

Yes MamO - I bet a lot of 17 year olds would treasure that del boy coat.

Lots of those slagging off teenagers probably have young kids and think all teens are the antichrist.

well if this is trolling, this is M & S quality trolling, so well done

and if not

One of the things I've got from this thread has been the origin of 'welching on a bet' - I say that and it hadn't occurred to me it might be offensive. Anyway, I've looked it up in my dictionary of phrase and fable and done some googling and I still don't know.
That, and Indian giver of course.

So, learnt some new things.

I think you are lying about the coat being stolen but just don't want mn to believe you are going to keep the thing.

pmsl at M + S trolling, and it being neither a caot or a kidney.

love it.

random thread of the yr for me.