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To be really pissed off about this?

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Fanfeckintastic · 08/04/2015 21:40

I was supposed to go to a show tonight with a good friend. The tickets were £65 and my friend booked them on her card ages ago and I transferred the money into her account the same day.

Another good friend of hers (who we'll call Sally) who I have never met seems to be having a really bad time lately, horrible husband (that my friend really hates), money troubles etc among other things. A couple of days ago I said "it really seems as if Sally could do with some time out, do you want to give her my ticket and you two go and make a night of it?"
Friend replied "I don't think she'd afford the £50 for the ticket"
Now we did book the ticket ages ago so it's possible she just forgot the price or something, no big deal, I replied "don't be silly I don't want money for the ticket!"

All good, friend agreed to go.

Sally has just tagged my friend on Facebook at the event saying what a great night etc and also tagged her husband gushing for buying her the ticket Angry

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nickelbarapasaurus · 10/04/2015 14:38

i think friend fainted today or yesterday, after OP had chased it up.

not during the day of the event.

I also think that it doesn't sound terribly realistic - if you'd fainted once you wouldn't get sent for an MRI, unless there's an underlying health issue, which surely you would have already known about?!
(and it wouldn't be the same week)

Lottieismydog · 10/04/2015 15:02

Sorry I have come in late here. Sally tagged the OP ' s husband to say thanks for buying the ticket?
Could it be that OP's friend told Sally that her husband had bought tickets, rather than having to explain that someone else had given them to her? That would still mean no money had changed hands, unless OP's friend charged her own husband? Sorry if I missed something, but I don't see where Sally has said she paid for the ticket?.

Number3cometome · 10/04/2015 15:11

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Fanfeckintastic · 10/04/2015 15:55

No Sally tagged her own husband thanking him for buying the ticket.

Friend didn't faint at the event, they'd had a great time. She fainted yesterday and went to the doctor who referred her for an MRI. I find the whole scenario very unlikely and part of me really wants to chase it up when "she's feeling better" purely because it's all just so stupid, the ticket was free she could have accepted that! But another part of me thinks it'd be the perfect time to distance myself from her now, I was losing the ticket money anyway (and they were purchased so long the "loss" of money doesn't really register/bother me at this stage) it's the principal though!

But then a very tiny part of me thinks, imagine if there was a genuine misunderstanding with the ticket and she really is quite ill now! How bad would I feel chasing it up in that unlikely event!

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nickelbarapasaurus · 10/04/2015 16:03

she's not ill, OP

keep an eye out on her fb for miraculous recoveries and not a mention of a scan...

TheReluctantCountess · 10/04/2015 16:05

MRI my arse! She doesn't want to cough up.

NeedAScarfForMyGiraffe · 10/04/2015 16:05

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ShipwreckedAndComatose · 10/04/2015 16:59

me thinks, imagine if there was a genuine misunderstanding with the ticket and she really is quite ill now

Yeah, but let's face it, it's the least likely senario in all of this isn't it!!

I agree with Needascarf. Turn up with get well card and flowers, the whole works, and see how she is feeling!!

CrapBag · 10/04/2015 19:44

What!

I know a hypochondriac someone who 'faints' a lot and she's never had an MRI. I smell total bullshit. She's pocketed the money and doesn't want to pay you back.

Justusemyname · 10/04/2015 19:53

You don't get referred after one faint! Taking you for a mug. Again.

emms1981 · 10/04/2015 19:58

shes talking bs

ConfusedInBath · 10/04/2015 20:08

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Stealthpolarbear · 10/04/2015 20:15

presumably he paid the ops friend for the ticket

ConfusedInBath · 10/04/2015 20:17

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Stealthpolarbear · 10/04/2015 20:17

tho that doesn't answer the fundamental question of why people talk to their own family through the medium of Facebook rather than hollering up the stairs as we used to do in t' good old days

ThatIsNachoCheese · 10/04/2015 20:18

How cheeky?! Yes, I am marking my place...
I can understand why you wouldn't want to chase it up if there is a possibility she is ill. I wouldn't either. There is no rush surely, just don't forget it and remind her when she is 'better'.

HeyDuggee · 10/04/2015 20:21

Maybe your friend doesn't really want to discuss with you all the other little symptoms that she's been experiencing over last week or two as none of them appear all that dramatic.. But perhaps together added up with the fainting concerned her GP enough that he/she decided to rule some things out with a scan.

If you seriously think your friend would fake an illness to avoid paying you £50 that you both can afford... Well, it does say a lot about what you really think of her. Maybe it is time to distance yourself, if you think she'd really stoop this low.

Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 10/04/2015 20:25

Have I read your post right. You're friend expects you go out on a night out with someone you've never met.
If that's the cAse ynbu.

Stealthpolarbear · 10/04/2015 20:26

no but good point
maybe your friend is annoyed you let her down
doesn't justify the money tho

LondonRocks · 10/04/2015 21:10

Wait till she is better. Go for a coffee, walk past a cash point, tell her you have a bill to pay tomorrow and get her to withdraw it!

SilentTreatment · 12/04/2015 16:40

Any news?

lithewire · 12/04/2015 17:26

Is it possible that the friend just forgot that you paid her originally for your share? Maybe she charged Sally because she thought the ticket hadn't been paid for yet.

inlawsareasses · 12/04/2015 17:47

I'd tell sally you gave it her as a pick me up due to friend revealing all of her secrets, but I can be rather spiteful when wronged!

softlysoftly · 12/04/2015 17:57

I just want to know which area she lives in that you can faint once and get an MRI Hmm

ApocalypseNowt · 12/04/2015 17:58

I really want to know how this pans out...

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