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To think she is starting to take the piss?

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Beautyandtheyeast · 23/10/2016 17:26

My friend has recently separated from her husband. He was a twat, we'd known it for years, and she had a lot of support from family/friends in helping her leave.

I paid for two weeks worth of petrol, as she had to leave suddenly and it was difficult for her to drive to her job from the new house, she hadn't got finances sorted. I also gave her money for other things to do with her new house etc. If I'm honest I couldn't really afford it, but she's my friend and I felt she had the greater need

She's posted today that she's bought hundreds of pounds worth of clothes and makeup, and has booked a weekend away. This is all part of "the new her" apparently

I'm not sure if I have the right to feel annoyed or not. I gave her the money not expecting to see it back, but I thought I was helping her pay bills and emergency expenses, not book a holiday. If she had money for both then surely she didn't need mine in the first place?

I am probably BU but I do feel taken advantage of

OP posts:
timelytess · 23/10/2016 19:01

I'm not going to challenge her on it, but I don't think I'll be giving her any more money.
Seems reasonable to me.

JoJoSM2 · 23/10/2016 19:03

She's gone mad... I wouldn't give or lend her any more money.

Squeegle · 23/10/2016 19:13

like PPs have said, the decent thing would be for her to offer to pay it back when she can. Why hasn't she? Most people wouldn't dream of buying expensive luxuries if they had taken hand outs, without offering to pay them back as soon as they could.

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