There are 3 friends, A, B and C (sorry! Hope this doesn't get too confusing!) A buys expensive tickets for an event, telling B & C that they can give her the money for the tickets on the weekend of the event, which is months away as she'll use the money as spending money for the weekend. All good, everyone is good for the money and looking forward to the event.
In the meantime, A falls out with B, won't see B and won't tell her why. B tries and tries to get A to see her but she won't so B gives up and moves on with her life, maintaining a friendship with C.
C tries to maintain a friendship with A but A's behaviour makes it difficult for C. A & C have words, afterwards both say they want to remain friends and whilst C has tried many times to get A to see her, A starts ignoring texts, won't commit to meeting up, generally makes no effort to see C or maintain a friendship. C starts to give up and tries to moveon with her life.
Months and months pass with sporadic attempts at contact from B & C being ignored by A.
The weekend of the event is looming. A has 3 expensive tickets which she has had no money for. It's unlikely that A has anyone else to go with her and she likely won't get back what she paid for them if she tries to sell them. She hasn't contacted B or C.
B & C have tried to build bridges with A but she won't meet them half way. If you were B or C in this situation, what would you do? B thinks forget about it, A will be out of pocket due to her own behaviour. C wonders whether she should have one last try at getting in touch with A to see what she wants to do about the tickets. Neither B or C are that fussed about going to the event any more, being ignored by A for months has taken the shine off the friendship so even if A does get in touch, months worth of ignoring them is not going to be undone in a couple of days in time for the event.
I realise this all sounds very teenager like considering A, B & C are well into middle age! What should B & C do in this situation? Thank you if you got this far!!