Absolute CF. I know IANBU but sharing anyway.

[JeffTheSquirrel]

I bought 3 tickets to a show this weekend, for me & DD + a friend of her choice. I paid for them all (£50+ each) but told the mum of invited friend that I didn’t want any contribution. All good.

Now the friend unfortunately can’t make it (legit reason). I mentioned that I’d probably be able to sell ticket as it’s very popular, so no worries (as it happens, another friend has accepted a late invite).

The mum of original invitee asked me to transfer the cost of the ticket to her, so she can treat her DD for missing out.

Eh??

I mean that’s batshit, right?

This ia actually funny.
What on earth was going through her mind asking you that?😂

Wow. I want to know what happens next...! 😄

Say you will give her the £50, but explain you were going to get them sweets, pizza and taxis etc, so you will need it back to cover the costs you would have had.

My friend offered to help a friend with the odd hour of afterschool free childcare a couple of times a week for a short period and then spied a printed out calendar on fridge with her name in those slots for weeks and weeks on end - some people just are monumental piss takers

Send her the link to this thread. That should clear it up. 😁

I would reply - don't be ridiculous.

You could say that as she has not paid any money, she is not due any money back. If she wants to take her dd out, she'll need to fund that herself.

I can't actually believe someone would effectively ask for free money. Surely, she can't think this is okay.

Absolutely YANBU and hoping it might cheer you up to know that I've been thinking CF meant chicken fucker this entire time. 🫣😂

Trust me some people do.

This is very good

How did you respond to that last reply OP?
I would have just put the word 'no'

If they aren't your own chickens then it probably is cheeky fuckery

This is next level CF behaviour!

🐔 🤣 🙈

The ticket was a gift for YOUR daughter to give to a friend of her choice. Not a gift for HER daughter. Your daughter has now chosen a different friend to give the ticket to - the ticket still belongs to YOUR daughter. It was never a gift for HER daughter. So currently she expects you to pay for the ticket that her daughter did not use, pay her daughter £50 for not going, so the trip now costs you £200 instead of £150 ... Right.

“Of course - When did the money go into my account t? I just can’t seem to find when you paid me”

She gets worse! I think my politeness would be pushed to the limits after that. I would be replying something along the lines of, if she wants to treat her daughter she will need to use her own money to do so.

I take it You still have the ticket in question? If so, not only is thew a CF but she's bat-shit crazy. You offered to take her child as company for your own child - not to 'Give' her the ticket!!!

That was my first thought.

The problem is you can't reason with such people. You might as well just not bother replying because she will never understand why nobody else on god's green earth would think she is entitled to that £50. Such is the way CF's navigate life. Was there no hint of such brazen CFery before this though? She can't possibly interact normally with fellow mums on a daily basis.

OP, can I just say that I am unable to go anywhere this weekend so could I have £50 too please?

Just reply "I didn't give her a ticket. I asked if she wanted to use mine and she couldn't."

Curt? CUNT more like!!!!

Reply back and tell her

"There is NO loss to you or you DD. So kindly fuck off you CFC and pay ME the money I spaffed on the tickets your DD wasted."

I wish there were a shocked reaction option for just this post!

I would just go - the ticket was for my daughter to bring a friend to a shared event. You are not owed any money and I am quite shocked you are trying to ask for money in these circumstances.

I'm sure when your DD is better she can join a future event with my DD. But I will not be sending you money for her missing this event.

This is probably the best way to go. But oh my gosh!

The CF hasn't thought this through. If the ticket was a gift, then ownership passed to the CF's daughter. In which case, the OP no longer has ownership. In which case, CF needs to be asking the parent of the girl who is now going for the money.