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?

Lol. I would ignore her message

I think the only response applicable here is

'??'

Oh yes she is such a cf !!

I took my dd and her friend to a show last summer and said I would grab food for us all . My treat as dd’s birthday . Her friends mum messaged me and requested that as we were eating out it would have to be KFC and then sent me the usual meal option she enjoys ( enough for 2 I might add) as that’s her preference . No offer of money towards it and more to the point no thought as to my dd whose birthday it was 🤯.
This is why i don’t like people 😂

😆 Excuse me what? CF!!

Even if you managed to sell the ticket, surely she should still have got you a bottle of wine to say thanks for thinking of her daughter and for the inconvenience of having to find someone else to take the ticket?
This might be the most shocking cf I have read on here!

The brass neck of some people!

I would just say, 'Hi x, as it was our treat dd has decided to invite another friend to use the ticket. Sorry your daughter wasn't able to come.'

Leave it to that.

I can't imagine why anyone would think that's a reasonable request

I would just reply that you didn't get a refund, it's been gifted.

Oh my good grief 🤦🏼‍♀️
Not just takes the biscuit but the whole flipping biscuit barrel

This has to be a case of confusion rather than CFery, surely?

Absolutely hilarious.
Can only assume she’s mistaken and thinks she paid you.

Total grifter. The very entitlement of the woman!

CFs are one of the reasons I love MN!

Just when you think you've heard it all, there's someone who will always go one further!

Absolutely astounded at her request.

I would actually reply "you're joking right? Of course I won't be transferring the money - you didn't paid for the ticket!"

OMG! Please let us know how she responds when you message her!

What is she going to treat her dd at your expense, I wonder. And pass it off as her own treat.

I wouldn't be treating the dd anymore. Shame she misses out due to her mother's graspiness.

Complete CF. Unbelievable!! Unless she forgot that she never had actually paid for the ticket?

I think I'd say 'Hi Cheeky Fucker. I'm a bit confused to be honest - I paid for your daughter's ticket. I told you that you didn't need to pay me back for the ticket, which you haven't. Therefore, there's no money to refund to you. I'm sorry X couldn't make the performance'. It amazes me how utterly deluded some people can be, and bloody cheeky!

Yes, the CF has missed that it's a treat for OP's dd, to be there with her friend.

If the dd doesn't get to enjoy her friend's company, then there is no incentive to treat the friend.

I’d just ignore her rather than responding. Some people.

No, don't pander to this ridiculous bullshit by pretending it's a legitimate request that's been thwarted by circumstance. She's not worried about offending you, OP, so there's no reason to play along with her nonsense.

I love a good meaty CF story but bloody hell this one wins an award 😲

Lol. She is a CF, but I can see where the logic has come from.

She is seeing the ticket as a gift to her daughter. If her daughter received say, a birthday gift, that she couldn’t use, she would sell the gift and use the money for something else, rather than return the gift to person who gifted it.

She is of course wrong, but I think this is how she is thinking about it 😂

What the heck?! Yes she’s a gold medal CF! The gall of some people!

I like the response about ballsy maths - I'd go with that :D

This has to be a wind up.

This is astounding cheeky fuckery. Like actually wild. I almost respect her absolute brass neck