To never speak to her again- CF!

[Peanutbuttermandms]

I have a long term school ‘friend’, let’s call her S. I hear from her very sporadically and most recently, when she wants something: sponsorship money from me for one of her ‘challenges’ to stay in my central city home (!)… but folks, I give you the best one to date today…

Text out of the blue.. not even a ‘how are you’.. can I pick her son up from the airport (!) on Wednesday as he’s flying in alone (he is 10) from his dad’s abroad. You’re thinking wtaf, right?

The text goes on.. she can’t and her new DP are holidaying in the south of France and their flight doesn’t get in to airport until 5pm.. so the wee mite is alone for 4 hours after travelling alone. At 10. Jesus!

It ends ‘would obviously be great to see you too!!’

AIBU to think cheeky fucker and never speak to the self centred cow again?

Given that OP felt no obligation to reply to a text from a CF ex-friend, I doubt she's the sort who would feel any obligation to update thos thread with what the eventual outcome (or lack of outcome) was either. It's not really any of our business anyway. Though it would he a tiny bit interesting to know.

Tbh nothing on MN is really our business.

@Peanutbuttermandms

what happened?

Nothing happened or OP would have posted an update on here

It was resolved once OP blocked CF friend

There's nothing more to say. It worked. OP didn't have to deal with wheedling or a barrage of texts from CF pressurising her to do something she had no time transport nor wish to do. CF had to make alternative arrangements as OP didn't agree nor respond to CF demand.

Nothing came of it

No calls from the airline accusing OP of abandoning a random child that isn't hers and she didn't agree to collect from random flight when he has two parents perfectly capable of making their own arrangements for their 10 year old child.

How would OP know if anything happened?

@MyOtherProfile

How would OP know if anything happened?

That's the point

The thread was about OP not wanting to be involved in CFs dramas nor favours asked
She hasn't been back as there's no update to give

She blocked CF so no further contact from her
CF didn't lie to falsely claim OP was collecting child, as there were no calls from unblocked airline numbers asking why she hadn't collected random child

That's as good as it gets folks
No update means no problems were caused to OP

What CF arranged for her own child is irrelevant here as CF didn't post the thread - it's not her update to give

I'm sure CF would think I'll give the airline Peanut's contact details and they will work on her to pick kid up. I would just text back that you're travelling abroad yourself and won't be in the country. Then ignore calls on the day.

@Hathertonhariden

I'm sure CF would think I'll give the airline Peanut's contact details and they will work on her to pick kid up. I would just text back that you're travelling abroad yourself and won't be in the country. Then ignore calls on the day.

Haver it's over Read back a few posts or read the original post well

CF's Child's Flight would have landed yesterday

OP had no need to lie to pretend to be away, as that would suggest had she not, she would have collected CF's child if not busy and OP didn't want to do that. It was a ridiculous time consuming request. She simply blocked CF, ignored and nothing came of it because only a deluded person in this scenario would think "I had no response therefore I assume they mean yes"

The OP never said she was going to block the CF. Just that she was not going to reply to this text (and WNBU to never speak to her again).

@Peanutbuttermandms

Did you pick up yesterday child?

“some of tghe things posted on here are the most batshit ive witnessed

so now if someone asks you to do something by text -with no reply constitues a difinite arrangment?

ok im gonna ask someone to take me somewhere next week and when they dont turn up they'll be bloody sorry-mijght even phone the police

ffs”

No apparently if anyone you already know and have a relationship with, and have texted back and forth, messages you and asks you to do something, which you can’t and won’t, it’s literally impossible and massively unreasonable to expect you to spend 20 seconds of your life replying saying no, you have to just blank them