Money from friend

[Squiff85]

I took my friends son out for the day with my daughter.

We planned to eat out and she told me she didn't have any cash on her but to let her know what her sons stuff comes to and she will reimburse me for everything.

The evening we got back I text her the amount and said no rush etc, it was only £15.

This was a month ago now and still no money. I don't know what to do tbh. Would I be unreasonable to mention it? I know its not much but its my money :(

[sonjadog]

She's most likely forgotten. Just send a text and remind her. No big deal.

[SuperLoveFuzz]

I think YWBU to keep a note of how much you spent on her child and ask her for it. I know she offered but it's not a lot of money and like others have said, it tends to even out over time.

[listsandbudgets]

She may have just forgotten. I owed a friend £10 for something around Christmas and kept forgetting about it or seeing her remembering and being embarrassed and avoiding the issue because I had no cash on me.

I finally gave it back to her with huge apologies last week. I was very embarrassed I'd forgotten for so long and oddly enough she'd forgotten all about it but was pleased to have it back nontheless

Just remind her next time you see her.

[DeloresDeSyn]

Were you taking her son out as a favour to her then? If not then asking her to pay, even if it was agreed, is pretty odd tbh.

[AnotherTimeMaybe]

scarlets that's genius!!

[ihateminecraft]

Hmmm. As someone else said, I really couldn't get too worked up over £15, but that's just me. I really HATE asking people for money but can't really afford to be quite as casual as I am!

Funnily enough, I took one of DD'S friend's out recently. The mum isn't a friend, I hardly know her, but had invited her and her daughter to join a few of us for an activity. The mum couldn't make it but said she was happy for me to take her daughter. This took me aback slightly as, personally, I would’ve waited for the other mum to offer but I really didn't mind as I was happy for the company for DD.

I told her the cost of the activity, even felt a bit awkward about that due to my hatred of asking for money, and mentioned we would also go for lunch. She said she would give me the money for the activity plus lunch but I muttered something about lunch being "on me", which I was happy with.

When I picked her up, the mum handed me an envelope containing the activity money and a fiver "for lunch". Just before I dropped her off, I gave the girl the envelope still containing the fiver as I didn't want the embarrassment of the mum trying to give it back to me. Thing is, I've not heard from the mum since so am now wondering if her DD ever gave her the envelope! Arghhhhh!