Best CF Stories

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Lockdown sucks, what’s the best CF stories you’ve read?

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@truthisalie

DH a few times behaved like a CF and because I was with him people ofcourse probably thought that I was as well. Once older DS was invited to a birthday party to some play barn. DH with younger DS, gave us a lift but instead of returning home he decided to join us in the barn even though I asked him not to. Obviously the staff didn't check younger DS but the school mums did see him enjoying. From next day the mums never talked to me again.

This is peculiar on a number of levels.

Firstly that you are married to a man that you think of a cheeky fucker and indeed displays behaviour to suggest you’re correct.

Secondly, that the mothers responded like this!!

@truthisalie did you not insist he park for your other DS or indeed do it yourself?

DSD once came home with a party invite, which said something along the lines of “all guests have to pay £15 to attend”. This was a party for a 6 year old in a village hall, and the parents were fairly well off. Ended up paying as it was one of DSD’s good friends, but we weren’t happy about it - only 10 kids out of 30 ended up going.

[quote Thedarknightsarelifting]@truthisalie did you not insist he park for your other DS or indeed do it yourself?[/quote]
Oh that’s a third reason to my list of why peculiar

Lady i knew in passing from our street, single mum and our boys sometimes played together. It just happened that our sons birthdays were on the same day,albeit a year apart. On the day of the birthday she came over in tears. Said she couldnt afford anything for her son that year and was there any chance her son could come to my sons party that we were hosting that day? I said of course. When the party was over she came to pick him up and said she was glad he had eaten as there was no food in the house. Feeling awful ( i had been a single mum previously and knew how hard it was) gave her all the party leftovers( a lot) a huge chunk of cake and some candles, a cooked chicken and some veg and a wrapped present she could give her son when she got home,saying it was from her. She was very grateful and left. 2 days later i saw a mutual friend had posted on FB pics of the enormous party she had organised for her son the day before( so 1 day after my party)with dozens of guests at a huge play place with a clown and everything. To add insult to injury my son didnt even get an invite !!! When i sent her a msg to ask why he didnt get an invite she said it had been booked for ages and was too late to add anyone else !!!!!

Not sure if this was a cf or a rude f, but:

We were invited to evening wedding reception of old school friend of dh. We drove for 2.5 hours to this castle, and when we arrived (after the start time, I hasten to add) all the day guests were still in situ at their tables. So dh and I hovered in the foyer for ages, by ourselves, until we saw a member of staff, who informed us there was no extra evening reception, no buffet etc but there was a disco later. It dawned on us that we were the only evening guests What idiots we felt. Dh managed to attract the attention of the groom, we wished him well, and then left with our present . Dh never spoke to him again.

I am not, like some on MN, against evening receptions, but you can’t invite just two people!

This one is actually my sister who can be a CF....

I moved house when single and was living quite close to her.
I was stuck trying to move a piece of heavy furniture and asked if her OH would mind popping round.Her reply only if you offer to pay him.

So I had just moved to the area and made friends with the lovely couple next door who had recently moved in also. Saw my sister walk up to there door one afternoon.Later outside getting washing in neighbour says we will knock on later and we can walk round your sisters together for the BBQ. I said I didnt know about it. Few day lated asked my sis what that was about....sorry only invited couples and thought it would be nice for your neighbours to meet some locals.

My mother had bought her all her gardening stuff. My mum says to my sister at least CLEANASANWHISTE wont have to worry about buying a lawn mower etc because she can use yours. No sorry because she couldnt afford to replace it if she broke it.When I started dating my OH my sisters husband asked to borrow his van.

When I was dating she asked me if my OH had a drill.Sent him round to put some hooks on the wall because my OH is too tired to do jobs when he gets in from work....my boyfriend worked long hours.

I got married and moved a few miles away.Sister had 3 kids and I had one.She complained they were bored over school hols and hard work. I offered them to sleepover one at a time for 3 nights each. So on the 9th day sister phones and says I will pick up child at 12 ish but dont feed him as I will take kids to McD as a treat.
So she picks up her kid and has her other 2 in the car ,cant stop bye drives off.
Never offered to take my kid for the treat.

@cleanasawhistle

This one is actually my sister who can be a CF....

I moved house when single and was living quite close to her.
I was stuck trying to move a piece of heavy furniture and asked if her OH would mind popping round.Her reply only if you offer to pay him.

So I had just moved to the area and made friends with the lovely couple next door who had recently moved in also. Saw my sister walk up to there door one afternoon.Later outside getting washing in neighbour says we will knock on later and we can walk round your sisters together for the BBQ. I said I didnt know about it. Few day lated asked my sis what that was about....sorry only invited couples and thought it would be nice for your neighbours to meet some locals.

My mother had bought her all her gardening stuff. My mum says to my sister at least CLEANASANWHISTE wont have to worry about buying a lawn mower etc because she can use yours. No sorry because she couldnt afford to replace it if she broke it.When I started dating my OH my sisters husband asked to borrow his van.

When I was dating she asked me if my OH had a drill.Sent him round to put some hooks on the wall because my OH is too tired to do jobs when he gets in from work....my boyfriend worked long hours.

I got married and moved a few miles away.Sister had 3 kids and I had one.She complained they were bored over school hols and hard work. I offered them to sleepover one at a time for 3 nights each. So on the 9th day sister phones and says I will pick up child at 12 ish but dont feed him as I will take kids to McD as a treat.
So she picks up her kid and has her other 2 in the car ,cant stop bye drives off.
Never offered to take my kid for the treat.

This is appalling

And intriguing

Why? Why? Why? Have you not raised this and if continues despite discussion, withdraw?

@Lucieintheskye - your DH could offer to tattoo a lovely ancient Irish saying of love on the CF Groom if he felt up to it:
www.independent.ie/entertainment/banter/trending/too-ridiculous-to-be-true-dodgy-tattoo-as-gaeilge-divides-internet-35365643.html

:D

A few years ago a friend who had two teenage daughters aged 16 and 18 decided to hire a boat for a day on a canal. She included her partner and her parent.
The cost to hire the boat was £100 for the day.
Friend invited me and my 4 kids under 13 to join them. She explained herself, partner . Parents and elder daughter ( who worked) would all pay £10 each. So if I just paid the other £50 for me and my young kids, then her 16 year old could go free.
She was very put out when I said it was unfair. Obviously none of mine were earning and the younger two were at infant school. Also I was a single parent on benefits at that time whereas her partner had a very good job.
This ex friend was a CF on a regular basis too.

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@truthisalie did you not insist he park for your other DS or indeed do it yourself?

I didn't have money with me and also he said he would leave but stayed. He was quite cross with me for being ridiculous.

Secondly, that the mothers responded like this

The response told me a lot about them as well. Felt like a school gang.

Same friend
I was taking my 11 and 13 year old out for a rare treat while my sister watched the younger two.
Friend said she would come with her younger daughter. All fine.
Then her 18 year old decided she wanted to come as she had a day off and was at a loose end. Unfortunately there wasnt enough room for anyone else in the car.
Friend stared at my 11 year old and told her to go and arrange a playdate with another friend, so her daughter could come instead!!! Neither friend or her kids came in the end. I was fuming.

[quote truthisalie]**@truthisalie did you not insist he park for your other DS or indeed do it yourself?

I didn't have money with me and also he said he would leave but stayed. He was quite cross with me for being ridiculous.[/quote]
He was being a twat.

The mothers were... odd and over reacted

But seriously... you could have said to the parents that you didn’t have cash but could do an online payment to them or drop around the money tomorrow. And apologised but explained that your DH was very keen to stay.

@Saturdaysnotforexercise

Round dodgers have plagued many a work do over the years. One woman was utterly adamant she would never pay into a round or otherwise do anything that would involve more than her precise share, and even then she would move heaven and earth to avoid that. She used to state brazenly that managers should pay more, and on another occasion utterly refused to leave a tip at a restaurant- loathsome behaviour in my view.

I totally disagree. It's not CF to not buy rounds as long as you pay for your own drinks. I don't do rounds either. If I'm going out for 3 or 4 drink, I'm not going to buy a round for 7 people. As for kitties, I would never just put a huge amount of money into a kitty not knowing what it's for. As for managers paying more, not really fair of course, but there is a tradition of the boss buying a drink for workers in the pub. And tipping is completely optional.

@Buttercup54321

A few years ago a friend who had two teenage daughters aged 16 and 18 decided to hire a boat for a day on a canal. She included her partner and her parent. The cost to hire the boat was £100 for the day. Friend invited me and my 4 kids under 13 to join them. She explained herself, partner . Parents and elder daughter ( who worked) would all pay £10 each. So if I just paid the other £50 for me and my young kids, then her 16 year old could go free. She was very put out when I said it was unfair. Obviously none of mine were earning and the younger two were at infant school. Also I was a single parent on benefits at that time whereas her partner had a very good job. This ex friend was a CF on a regular basis too.

So rude of her

@Buttercup54321

A few years ago a friend who had two teenage daughters aged 16 and 18 decided to hire a boat for a day on a canal. She included her partner and her parent. The cost to hire the boat was £100 for the day. Friend invited me and my 4 kids under 13 to join them. She explained herself, partner . Parents and elder daughter ( who worked) would all pay £10 each. So if I just paid the other £50 for me and my young kids, then her 16 year old could go free. She was very put out when I said it was unfair. Obviously none of mine were earning and the younger two were at infant school. Also I was a single parent on benefits at that time whereas her partner had a very good job. This ex friend was a CF on a regular basis too.

But hold on, her family was 5 people and your family was 5 people so split in half, it would be £50 each. Is that so unfair?

But seriously... you could have said to the parents that you didn’t have cash but could do an online payment to them or drop around the money tomorrow. And apologised but explained that your DH was very keen to stay

At the time I had difficulties in my marriage. I didn't have my own money and because of DH's behaviour towards me I didn't feel often brave enough to say what I wanted to say. He was emotionally abusive to me as well. Years later he told me the reason of his behaviour. He has some health issues which he hid from me because he thought it would change my mind about him. He told me when I finally thought enough was enough. So, he projected his personal issues on me. I can understand him but it was unfair as I often felt unloved. I still think he is a twat for not talking to me sooner and he agrees with it. But it's another thread.

A friend was invited to a wedding. The invite asked you to go to a website they'd created so that you could RSVP. Once on the website it stated that if you were going to the full day then you had to pay for the lunch and evening buffet in advance by credit card!!! Alternatively you could just go to the evening reception and pay a reduced amount for that. To add insult to injury, the prices were extortionate and they were obviously making a profit on what the caterers were charging!!!!

[quote BosleyCharliesAngel]@Lucieintheskye - your DH could offer to tattoo a lovely ancient Irish saying of love on the CF Groom if he felt up to it:
www.independent.ie/entertainment/banter/trending/too-ridiculous-to-be-true-dodgy-tattoo-as-gaeilge-divides-internet-35365643.html

:D[/quote]
DH is actually Irish so I reckon he could rustle up something romantic sounding ...

@WestendVBroadway That has to be one of the worst CF stories I've ever read on here. In fact, it goes beyond CFery. Preventing a child from eating her crisps and then taking her pocket money from her. I am speechless. Your poor daughter.

Truthisalie, did you pay the younger child in? or, expect the party parents to suck up the cost?

@Sophiederuges, the CF mother was always taking the p**s. I was so glad when her DD and mine went in to different secondary schools.