To think that my friend has lied to me for money?

[AppleCrisps]

A month ago, my friend decided that it'd be a good idea for us two to go on an overseas trip in April for "old time's sake" (we were very close during our uni years). I agreed, and sent £500 to her bank account to cover for my share of the lodging (payment was all supposed to be done online).

Fast forward to today, trip is cancelled since she "doesn't feel like going anymore". Okay, no problem. Asked her to transfer me the money, and she can't because she's "only got cash at the moment" and she wondered if I could "wait till Friday".

AIBU to be suspicious about this? If she was planning to book everything as per our agreement, why would she even withdraw the money in the first place? I don't want to sound like the paranoid/untrusting friend so haven't said anything to her beyond an "Oh, okay thanks".

oh FFS, I came on here hoping for an update - one that said friend had paid the money back and all is forgiven.

I would guess that OP got her money back as promised and felt she had blown the whole thing out of proportion. Not necessarily so, it's a horrid feeling when you think you've been hoodwinked.

Come on it OP got her money back she could at least come and tell us though

Oh god I saw this and thought there had been an update. Ops mate was a cf. I hope she has her money back ✌🏼

48 hours and waiting!

I'm thinking CF friend may have seen this and got annoyed hense the lack of response!

We need to know OP what happened?

Like a film that ends badly isn't it?

More like someone's torn the last chapter out of a book, but you didn't notice it before you'd read all the rest, and you realise you wasted all that time.

Update OP??

@AppleCrisps did you get your money back?

Dying for an update too

WTAF? Please don't post & not update. Very uncool.

The OP can do what she likes.

Clearly she has the money back, and there's nothing to see here, people.

I disagree. I think she hasn't got her money bad but hasn't done anything about it so is embarrassed to update.

Could be wrong though!

or maybe she just has a life outwith mumsnet and will come back on to update in her own time?

People are actually chastising OP for not coming back?
Wtf lol

WTAF? Please don't post & not update. Very uncool. hmm

Yeah, OP can do what she likes of course but it’s pretty rude/bad form to post something for advice, get pages and pages of it, and then not let people know the outcome. Or maybe rude is a bit strong, it’s bad form/very discourteous.

She might still come back but I don’t think anyone’s wrong for being a bit miffed if she never does, even though it’s a risk you know you’re taking when you get invested into a thread, that you might not ever find out the ending.

Just posting again to piss everyone off thinking there's an update

@TinselAndKnickers

Cf friend has spun a tall tale and op doesn't want to admit to letting her away with it .

FilledSoda that’s my guess.

The friend has probably spun some kind of tale and OP is so desperate to get the cash back she feels unable to say ‘come off it CF, I want it back right now’ for fear of not getting it back at all, so she’s probably rolled over a bit and agreed to instalments or something.

Either way I think if she’d got the full amount back right away there’d be no need to avoid updating the thread she knows people are invested in. But if friend has pulled a fast one she might be embarrassed to admit.

We will never know if the cash got returned, cheque got cancelled, what was in the safe, where the chocolate bar or ironing board went.
Personally, I think CF has got all of them.

Do you think she discovered a secret room in her house Bluetrews?

And we will never know why/what happened when Boswell walked up the post office steps...

Oh, Duck! The secret room!!! Didn’t the OP decide to investigate, alone, in the dark. Then never came back to update? (Bites nails)

Hmmmmm