Issues with friend

[Horrordoeurvres]

Okay so background first to set the scene.

Recently my youngest sisters Xbox broke, our dog got out of the kitchen and chewed it, my fault as I was supposed to be watching him but got caught up doing house work. She was gutted as she just got it for her 12th birthday, I bought her a new one but I've got two weeks till payday so it's left me a bit skint. No big deal as all my bills are paid anyway. Just means I don't have any "spare cash" this month. My friend knows this yet has been harping at my all week to go out for drinks tonight, I've told her no and explained why again but she's literally texted me all day complaining that I'm being really shit and obviously don't want to see her etc. She's now started messaging my boyfriend and other friends trying to convince them to get me to go out and to feel sorry for her because I'm saying no.

Am I being unreasonable here for not going? I see her almost every week so it's not as If I cancel on her a lot or hardly see her. I'm starting to feel a bit bad for saying no now but I literally cannot afford a random night out drinking for no reason? :( she's normally a really good friend but has a hard time accepting no means no sometimes.

@Sparklesocks honestly two weeks and I'll be financially free, i don't know why she can't just wait! Would rather be skint for two weeks and have a happy little sister 😋

Update - bf's on his way round with a pizza and more wine for some movies and videogaming later with my younger sister, result! 😂

Any chance of claiming on house insurance accidental damage?

@teaandtoast I never even thought about that, I'll ask my dad later. He's been away with work the past week and it's him that deals with all the insurances etc, just felt so guilty and got her a new one in a blind panic! Think she was getting fortnite withdrawal symptoms haha

Sounds like a great evening!

I would back off from the friendship, she sounds totally unhinged.

I've had this with my best friend this week too, although it is her belated birthday night out.

I've explained we only have £150 in the bank til payday Friday, it would cost me at least £40 to get to/from Glasgow, we need to pay dc lunch, get top-up shop etc and we're away to manchester this week for a gig.

Nope, she's having none of it. Has messaged dh non stop to try get him to bend my arm. It's D-day tomorrow, I'm going into hiding

she's normally a really good friend but has a hard time accepting no means no sometimes

Yeh, so that would be the definition of a shit friend.

it's a night out to the Manikee in Falkirk as well, just Incase you're central Scotland and have experienced that horror before hahah

I’m further west but I asked a Falkirk based friend and her face said it all!

I think she's jealous you have a nice new boyfriend and she's still out there looking.

I’ve had this friend. It never fucking ends - the demands on your time; the assumptthst your cash is somehow more disposable than theirs... tell her she’s an adult and needs to accept that sometimes shit happens. If she can’t accept that, get a lot busier next time she calls.

she does sound a bit demanding, I did wonder if at first she was upset or maybe needed to talk about something which would explain the persistance

The dog WBU!

Your friend is being a dickhead. Does she take drugs by any chance?

Pester power off an adult? Tell her to bring a bottle round or shut up. And tell her to pester power is for toddlers. .

And you maintain this friendship because.......??? She sounds really really hard work.

She hassled a stranger online in order that he could then hassle you (in person) as well? She's unhinged. I hope your boyfriend blocked her. Maybe you should too.

PS. You sound like an awesome big sister!

The Maniqui is still on the go?? Jeezo it was a dive in the 90s when I was 17 and too young to know any better! Hope you had a nice night in

Yikes stay in, I’m In Stirling I’d be pretending I had no money so I didn’t have to go there. Perhaps she was thinking she’d meet someone?...your night in sounds much better

SHE TRACKED YOUR NEW BLOKE DOWN ON FACEBOOK AND IS HARANGUING HIM?

What the actual fuck?

She would be no friend of mine from now on. She needs help.

I could be a millionaire and pretend to be skint if someone asked me to go to the maniqui or Stirling’s own Fubar

@StoorieHoose I'm from Stirling! Fubar and Dusk give me nightmares from my teenage years when I walk past Hahaa

@Kaykay06 I'm from Stirling Too Hahaa!

In from Denny so had the best of both worlds when I started going out - maniqui in Falkirk and Rainbow Rocks in Stirling! Long bloody time ago now mind you!

Ha fubar haha, makes me feel so old
There’s not much going on in Stirling these days
Did you enjoy your night in x

@Kaykay06 & @StoorieHoose yeah I had a really lovely weekend, hope you guys did too! And that's crazy, I'm from Stirling but live in Denny. Small world!!