So years ago I get a set of antique chairs from the flat of my uncle, who died about 10 years ago. No one else wanted them and at the time I did and used them loads, restoring them in the process.
I redecorate and offer dad the chairs. He says, I know you're skint, I will pay you for them. Well, ok, I say, I guess I am an idiot if I don't accept it. I lost my job earlier in the year and am indeed painfully broke. We look them up on tinterwed to see how much they are worth, and Dad reckons at least 500 quid. Get in.
But mum calls me later to say the chairs are not antiques and clearly came from Woolworths in Paignton, where late uncle lived. This is unlikely, as one look would certify. She offers me 50 quid. She tells me they're filthy (just been restored) etc etc. The same mum, incidentally, who kept the cash her parents left me and told me they'd died penniless.
What do I do?